Manage a VM

Start, stop and reboot a VM, and understand every status it can show.

Open a VM from Virtual Machines. Its page has an Overview tab (vCPU, RAM, disk, OS image, price, creation and provisioning dates) and tabs for Snapshots, Firewall, Network and Console. The action buttons sit at the top, and the VM's public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are shown under its name.

Live status and addresses

The Overview tab asks the provider for the VM's current state each time you open it. It shows the provider's own status, how long the VM has been running, and its public IPv4, IPv6 and any floating IP. Choose Refresh to check again.

Live CPU, memory and disk usage graphs aren't offered yet for every provider. When they aren't, the Overview tab says so. Inside the VM, tools such as top, free and df show the same information.

Start, stop and reboot

Action	Available when	Notes
Start	The VM is stopped	Brings it back online.
Stop	The VM is running	Powers it off. Its disk and settings are kept.
Reboot	The VM is running	Restarts it.

These run straight away without a confirmation, because they are reversible. Buttons that do not apply to the current status are disabled with a hint explaining why.

Statuses

Status	Meaning
Pending, Provisioning	The order was accepted and the VM is being built.
Running	Up and reachable.
Stopped	Powered off. Start it to use it again.
Starting, Stopping, Rebooting	A power action is in progress.
Resizing, Reinstalling, Restoring	A change to size, operating system or disk is in progress. The VM returns to Running when it finishes.
Deleting, Deleted	The VM is being torn down, and once finished it no longer exists at the provider.
Failed	The VM could not be created. The reason is shown on its page.

While a change is in progress, the page checks for an update every few seconds and switches to the final status by itself. You can leave and come back.

Resize, reinstall and delete are covered on their own pages: Resize, Reinstall the OS, Delete.