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How to Stop a Vultr Cloud Compute 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 Cloud Compute 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 Instances endpoint and note the target instance's ID in your output.

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

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

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/instances/halt" \
   -X POST \
   -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}" \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "instance_ids" : [
       "your-instance-id"
     ]
   }'

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

    console 
    $ vultr-cli instance list

  2. Stop the instance.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli instance stop <your-instance-id>