| ▲ | hendiatris 4 hours ago | |
I run sudo shutdown +15 (or other amount of minutes) when I need a compute instance and don’t want to forget to turn it off. It’s a simple trick that will save you in some cases. | ||
| ▲ | apawloski 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
For expensive GPU instances I have a crontab one-liner that shuts the node down after 2 hours if I don't touch an override file (/var/run/keepalive). /5 * * * [ -f /var/run/keepalive ] && [ $(( $(date +\%s) - $(stat -c \%Y /var/run/keepalive) )) -gt 7200 ] && shutdown -h now | ||
| ▲ | tln 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Sort of like cancelling Disney right after signing up for the free trial.. nice! | ||