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Starting and stopping services with the Aiven CLI

What's this blog post about?

The text discusses how to save money by managing non-production services using the Aiven CLI. It explains that running these services when they're not needed can waste resources, and provides a detailed guide on how to start and stop them as needed. The author emphasizes the importance of understanding the specifics of each service type before power cycling, as some may lose data upon shutdown. They also provide an example shell script that automates this process using the Aiven CLI and jq JSON processor.

Company
Aiven

Date published
April 25, 2023

Author(s)
Troy Sellers

Word count
2219

Language
English

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