Stop and start a VM

You can stop a running VM (Virtual Machine) at any time, then start it again. Stopping a VM lets you, for example, carry out its maintenance or process its system volume.

Permissions

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This action requires the following IAM (Identity and Access Management) permissions:

• compute.vm.update

Console

1 / 4From the left-hand side menu, click Compute → VMs to open the list of VMs.

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Stop a VM

1. From the left-hand side menu, click Compute → VM to access the list of VM.

2. Select the VM you want to stop.

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   Multi-selection is available.

3. Click the Stop button.

4. When prompted to confirm the operation, select Stop.

   The selected VM is stopped.

5. The state of the selected VM moves to "stopping", then to "stopped" once the operation is complete.

Start a VM

1. From the left-hand side menu, click Compute → VM to access the list of VM.

2. Select the VM you want to start.

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   Multi-selection is available.

3. Click the Start button.

4. When prompted to confirm the operation, select Start.

   The selected VM is started.

5. The state of the selected VM moves to "pending", then to "running" once the operation is complete.

API

The PUT /compute/spaces/{spaceId}/vms/{id}/stop command stops a running VM. The data stored in the RAM (Random Access Memory) of the VM is lost.

Example request: Stop a VM

The PUT /compute/spaces/{spaceId}/vms/{id}/start command starts a VM.

Example request: Launch a VM

Terraform

The Terraform documentation is available on the Numspot registry ↗.