Vultr DocsLatest Articles

How to Stop a Vultr Bare Metal Instance

Updated on November 27, 2024

Stopping an instance shuts it down and disables connectivity to the main network interface. The operating system and all running processes are stopped, but the instance normal billing cycle continues unless destroyed.

Follow this guide to stop a Vultr Bare Metal instance using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, or CLI.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI

  1. Navigate to Products and click Compute.

    Vultr Customer Portal

  2. Click your target instance to open its management page.

    View active instance subscriptions

  3. Click Stop Server on the top-right navigation menu to stop the instance.

    Stop Instance

  4. Click Stop Server in the confirmation prompt to stop the instance.

    Confirm Stop Instance Changes

  1. Send a GET request to the List Bare Metal Instances endpoint and note the target instance's ID in your output.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/bare-metals" \
  -X GET \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

  2. Send a POST request to the Halt Bare Metal endpoint to stop the instance.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/bare-metals/{baremetal-id}/halt" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

  1. List all Bare Metal instances in your Vultr account and note the target instance's ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli bare-metal list

  2. Stop the instance.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli bare-metal stop <instance-id>