gcloud beta compute instances stop - stop a virtual machine instance
gcloud beta compute instances stop INSTANCE_NAMES [INSTANCE_NAMES ...] [--async] [--discard-local-ssd[=DISCARD_LOCAL_SSD]] [--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
(BETA) gcloud beta 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. Stopping a VM with a local SSD is not supported and will result in an API error unless the --discard-local-ssd flag is passed. Stopping a VM which is already stopped will return without errors.
To stop an instance named test-instance, run:
$ gcloud beta compute instances stop test-instance
To stop an instance named test-instance that has a Local SSD, run:
$ gcloud beta compute instances stop test-instance \ --discard-local-ssd=True
Using '--discard-local-ssd' without a value defaults to True.
- 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
- --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 compute/zone property:
$ 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.
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.
This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These variants are also available:
$ gcloud compute instances stop
$ gcloud alpha compute instances stop