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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. If the Instance has a flexible IP, it will remain available in your account.

Note
  • Before powering off your Instance, shut down the OS by logging into your Instance as root and executing the halt command.
  • Powering off may take some time, depending on the amount of data in the Instance’s local volume.

Before you start

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

How to power off an Instance

  1. Click CPU Instances in the Compute section of the side menu. The Instances page displays.

  2. Click the Instance you want to power off. The Overview page for that Instance displays.

  3. Use the toggle toggle icon in the top right corner of the screen to power off your Instance.

    A pop-up displays asking you to confirm the action.

  4. 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

  1. Click CPU Instances in the Compute section of the side menu. The Instances page displays.
  2. Click the Instance you want to power on again. The Overview page for that Instance displays.
  3. Use the toggle toggle 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.
  4. Click Power on Instance.
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