Shut Down and Restart an Instance

If you created an instance using a persistent bootable storage volume, then, if you don’t need the instance, you can shut down the instance. However, the instance isn’t deleted. After shutting down an instance, you can restart the instance later, without losing any of the instance data or configuration.

Note:

To learn what happens when you shut down and restart an instance, see Shutting Down and Restarting an Instance in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Classic.

1. Sign in to the Compute Classic console.

2. On the Instances page, go to the instance that you want to stop. From the menu, select Shut Down.

   While the instance is being shut down, its status changes to Stopping. When the instance has shut down, it continues to be listed on the Instances page with the status Stopped.

3. After the instance has shut down, to start the instance again, on the Instances page, go to the instance that you want to restart. From the menu, select Start.