- NAME
-
- gcloud compute instances stop - stop a virtual machine instance
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
gcloud compute instances stop
INSTANCE_NAMES
[INSTANCE_NAMES
…] [--async
] [--discard-local-ssd
[=DISCARD_LOCAL_SSD
]] [--zone
=ZONE
] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …
]
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
gcloud compute instances stop
is used to stop a Compute Engine virtual machine. Stopping a VM performs a clean shutdown, much like invoking the shutdown functionality of a workstation or laptop.If a VM has any attached Local SSD disks, you must use the
--discard-local-ssd
flag to indicate whether or not the Local SSD data should be discarded. To stop the VM and preserve the Local SSD data when you stop the VM by setting--discard-local-ssd=False
.To stop the VM and discard the Local SSD data, specify
--discard-local-ssd=True
.Preserving the Local SSD disk data incurs costs and is subject to limitations. See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/local-ssd#stop_instance for more information.
Stopping a VM which is already stopped will return without errors.
- EXAMPLES
-
To stop an instance named
test-instance
, run:gcloud compute instances stop test-instance
To stop an instance named
test-instance
that has a Local SSD, run:gcloud compute instances stop test-instance --discard-local-ssd=True
Using '--discard-local-ssd' without a value defaults to True.
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
-
INSTANCE_NAMES
[INSTANCE_NAMES
…]- Names of the instances to operate on. For details on valid instance names, refer to the criteria documented under the field 'name' at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
- FLAGS
-
--async
- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--discard-local-ssd
[=DISCARD_LOCAL_SSD
]- If set to true, local SSD data is discarded.
--zone
=ZONE
-
Zone of the instances to operate on. If not specified, you might be prompted to
select a zone (interactive mode only).
gcloud
attempts to identify the appropriate zone by searching for resources in your currently active project. If the zone cannot be determined,gcloud
prompts you for a selection with all available Google Cloud Platform zones.To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, the user can set the
property:compute/zone
gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE
A list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones list
To unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/zone
Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
-
These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file
,--account
,--billing-project
,--configuration
,--flags-file
,--flatten
,--format
,--help
,--impersonate-service-account
,--log-http
,--project
,--quiet
,--trace-token
,--user-output-enabled
,--verbosity
.Run
$ gcloud help
for details. - NOTES
-
These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute instances stop
gcloud beta compute instances stop
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Last updated 2024-05-21 UTC.