doctl compute droplet-action shutdown <droplet-id> [flags]
Shuts down a Droplet.
A shutdown action is an attempt to shutdown the Droplet in a graceful way, similar to using the shutdown command from the Droplet’s console. Since a shutdown command can fail, this action guarantees that the command is issued, not that it succeeds. The preferred way to turn off a Droplet is to attempt a shutdown, with a reasonable timeout, followed by a doctl compute droplet-action power_off action to ensure the Droplet is off.
Droplets that are powered off are still billable. To stop incurring charges on a Droplet, destroy it.
The following example shuts down a Droplet with the ID 386734086:
doctl compute droplet-action shutdown 386734086
| Option | Description |
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--format
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Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: ID, Status, Type, StartedAt, CompletedAt, ResourceID, ResourceType, Region.
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--help
, -h
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Help for this command |
--no-header
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Return raw data with no headers
Default: false
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--wait
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Instruct the terminal to wait for the action to complete before returning access to the user
Default: false
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| Command | Description |
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| doctl compute droplet-action | Display Droplet action commands |
| Option | Description |
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--access-token, -t
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API V2 access token |
--api-url, -u
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Override default API endpoint |
--config, -c
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Specify a custom config file
Default:
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--context
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Specify a custom authentication context name |
--http-retry-max
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Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error
Default: 5
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--http-retry-wait-max
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Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 30
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--http-retry-wait-min
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Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 1
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--interactive
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Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false)
Default: false
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--output, -o
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Desired output format [text|json]
Default: text
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--trace
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Show a log of network activity while performing a command
Default: false
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--verbose, -v
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Enable verbose output
Default: false
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