How Can I Start/ Stop/ Reboot My VPS In Power Panel?

September 7, 2011 / vps hosting

You have to follow the following steps to start, stop, and reboot your VPS in the power panel

  1. First you have to log in to your Virtuzzo power panel(VZPP).
  2. You can see the following page.
  3. As you can see at the top our VPS is currently running.
  4. Click on the “start/ stop VPS” option.
  5. You can start, stop, and reboot (restart) your Virtual server with the following page.
  6. There are many states the VPS could be in, and many corresponding possible actions you could take from this page.

    State- possible action

    Running – VPS can only restarted or stopped.
    Down – VPS can only start.
    Repairing – no action is performed until the state is completed.
    Mounting – no action performed until the state is completed.
    Starting – no action performed until the state is completed.
    Stopping – no action performed until the state is completed.

  7. Since your VPS is already running. The start option is not currently available.
  8. Let’s go ahead and restart the VPS with the “Restart VPS ” option.
  9. The VPS scheduled for restarting(reboot). And will restore it shortly.
  10. If you want to stop your VPS. Keep in mind that there is a 2-minute timeout for the VPS shutdown scripts to executed.
  11. If your VPS does not stop in 2 minutes, then the system forcibly kills all processes in the VPS and the VPS will stop in any case. Even if it is seriously damaged.
  12. Another option available to us is the “Fast Stop VPS” option located here.
  13. To avoid waiting for 2 minutes if you are operating a VPS that is known to corrupt, you can utilize the “Fast Stop VPS” option.
  14. Go to the top and click on the “Top” option to return to the main screen.