How to power off your Instance
Powering off your Instance shuts it down by transferring all the data on the Instance’s local volume, to a volume store. The physical node is released back to the pool of available machines. The Instance’s flexible IP (if it has one) remains available in your account.
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
The power-off process may take some time, depending on the amount of data on the Instance’s local volume. You should shut down the OS of your Instance first by logging into your Instance as root and executing the halt command.
- You have an account and are logged into the Scaleway console
- You have created an Instance
How to power off an Instance
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Click Instances in the Compute section of the side menu. The Instances page displays.
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Click the Instance you want to power off. The Overview page for that Instance displays.
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Use the toggle «Toogle Icon» in the top right corner of the screen to power off your Instance.
A pop-up displays asking you to confirm the action.
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Click Power off Instance.
Important:When a server is powered off, only its volumes and any reserved flexible IP address are billed.
How to power on an Instance
- Click Instances in the Compute section of the side menu. The Instances page displays.
- Click the Instance you want to power on again. The Overview page for that Instance displays.
- Use the toggle «Toogle Icon» in the top right corner of the screen to switch your Instance to ON. A pop-up displays asking you to confirm the action.
- Click Power on Instance.