Learn how to safely stop a running Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute instance from the control panel.
Stopping an instance shuts it down and disables network connectivity until it is restarted. The operating system and all running processes are halted, but billing continues unless the instance is deleted.
Follow this guide to stop a Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute instance using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, or CLI.
Send a GET
request to the List Instances endpoint and note your target instance's ID.
$ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/instances" \
-X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"
Send a POST
request to the Halt Instances endpoint to stop the instance.
$ 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"
]
}'
List all available instances and note your target instance's ID.
$ vultr-cli instance list
Stop the instance.
$ vultr-cli instance stop <your-instance-id>
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