How to shut down an Elastic Metal server
Published on 26 May 2021
An Elastic Metal server can be shut down from the Scaleway Console. This powers off the physical server.
Security & Identity (IAM):
You may need certain IAM permissions to carry out some actions described on this page. This means:
- you are the Owner of the Scaleway Organization in which the actions will be carried out, or
- you are an IAM user of the Organization, with a policy granting you the necessary permission sets
Requirements:
- You have an account and are logged into the Scaleway console
- You have configured your SSH key
- You have created and installed an Elastic Metal server
- Click Elastic Metal in the Compute section of the Scaleway Console side menu. The Elastic Metal dashboard displays.
- Click «See more Icon» next to the server you want to shut down. A drop-down menu displays.
- Click Power off in the menu.
- Confirm that you have shut down the operating system and click Power off Elastic Metal to power off the server.
Important:
Make sure to stop your operating system by executing the
haltcommand, before shutting off the server. Otherwise you risk damaing the file system and causing data loss.
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