Restarting an Instance

You restart an instance that is in Shut_down or error status.

  1. Log in to the UI and go to the Self Service Portal.
  2. In the Home tab, click an orchestration in the Services section.
    All the instances in the orchestration are displayed.
  3. Select the instance that is in shut_down or error status
  4. To start the instance, click Start.
  5. Confirm the start action.

Restarting an Instance Using the CLI or API

Use the following command to restart an instance that is in shut_down or error state:

oracle-compute restart instance name

For more information, see CLI Reference for Oracle Compute Cloud Service.

To restart an instance using the API, use the PUT https://api.oc.example.com/instance/name?action=RESTART method.

For more information, see REST API Reference for Oracle Compute Cloud Service.