action
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Description
===========

Performs one of the following power actions on the specified instance:

* **START** - Powers on the instance.

* **STOP** - Powers off the instance.

* **SOFTRESET** - Gracefully reboots instance by sending a shutdown
  command to the operating system and then powers the instance back
  on.

* **SOFTSTOP** - Gracefully shuts down instance by sending a
  shutdown command to the operating system.

* **RESET** - Powers off the instance and then powers it back on.

For more information see Stopping and Starting an Instance.


Usage
=====

   oci compute instance action [OPTIONS]


Options
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--instance-id [text]
--------------------

The OCID of the instance. [required]


--action [text]
---------------

The action to perform on the instance. Allowed values are: STOP,
START, SOFTRESET, RESET, SOFTSTOP [required]


--if-match [text]
-----------------

For optimistic concurrency control. In the PUT or DELETE call for a
resource, set the *if-match* parameter to the value of the etag from a
previous GET or POST response for that resource.  The resource will be
updated or deleted only if the etag you provide matches the resource's
current etag value.


--wait-for-state [PROVISIONING|RUNNING|STARTING|STOPPING|STOPPED|CREATING_IMAGE|TERMINATING|TERMINATED]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This operation creates, modifies or deletes a resource that has a
defined lifecycle state. Specify this option to perform the action and
then wait until the resource reaches a given lifecycle state.


--max-wait-seconds [integer]
----------------------------

The maximum time to wait for the resource to reach the lifecycle state
defined by --wait-for-state. Defaults to 1200 seconds.


--wait-interval-seconds [integer]
---------------------------------

Check every --wait-interval-seconds to see whether the resource to see
if it has reached the lifecycle state defined by --wait-for-state.
Defaults to 30 seconds.


--from-json [text]
------------------

Provide input to this command as a JSON document from a file.

Options can still be provided on the command line. If an option exists
in both the JSON document and the command line then the command line
specified value will be used


-?, -h, --help
--------------

Show this message and exit.
