Use standby mode

How to use standby Mode

Published on 26 May 2021

Standby Mode temporarily stops an Instance. The Instance remains allocated to your account and all data remains on the local storage of the Instance.

Identity and Access Management (IAM):

If you have activated 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 created an Instance

How to put an Instance into standby mode

Click Instances in the Compute section of the side menu. The Instances page displays.
Click the Instance you want to put into standby Mode. The Overview page for that Instance displays.
Scroll down to the Standby Mode section
Click Switch to standby mode. A pop-up displays asking you to confirm the action.
Click Standby to confirm.

Your Instance is now in standby mode.

Important:

An Instance in standby mode is still considered as allocated to your account. This means you will be billed for the Instance, its storage and any flexible IP attached to it. See also how to power off your instance.