AutoScale can’t simple be stopped, how ever you can suspend it at any time.
Suspend
as-suspend-processes [as-group-name]
Resume:
as-resume-processes [as-group-name]
Status:
as-describe-auto-scaling-groups [as-group-name] --headers
Note:
Remember to set the environment variables that holds the AWS credentials
export EC2_PRIVATE_KEY=/path/to/private-key export EC2_CERT=/path/to/cretificate
