Start, Stop, and Reboot Server Safely
Overview
CloudAIPilot interacts with your cloud provider's API to start, stop, and restart servers. These actions are available from the server detail page header when the server is not archived.
Available Power Actions
- Start: Boots a stopped VM. The server transitions to Running once the cloud provider confirms it is up.
- Stop: Shuts down the VM. Your cloud provider typically stops charging for compute (CPU/RAM) but continues to charge for disk storage.
- Restart: Reboots the running VM via the cloud provider API.
What to Know Before Stopping or Restarting
- Any sites or apps running on the server will be unavailable while it is stopped or restarting.
- Stopping a server does not delete any data — your files, databases, and configuration remain intact.
- A server in Stopped state can be started again at any time from the same detail page.