How-to: Automatically Start and Stop a VM Instance

You can automatically start and stop Compute VM instances using the OCI CLI.

The OCI console doesn't have a built-in feature to perform the scheduled stop and start of a Compute instance. As a workaround, set up OCI CLI on a server and perform a scheduled task at the operating system level.

Use the compute instance action command to stop and start instances. For example:

oci compute instance action --action STOP --instance-id
oci compute instance action --action START --instance-id

Create a cron job or task scheduler to perform this action at regular intervals. For more information, see:

• Installing the CLI
• CLI Command Reference