{"id":7425,"date":"2019-06-22T06:07:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T06:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=7425"},"modified":"2019-06-22T06:07:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T06:07:50","slug":"power-off-a-droplet-from-a-command-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/power-off-a-droplet-from-a-command-line\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Power Off a Droplet From a Command Line (To Create a Snapshot)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article you will learn to power off and on a droplet from a command line as well as to take a snapshot.<\/p>\n<h3>Steps to Power Off a Droplet from a Command Line and Create a Snapshot<\/h3>\n<p>Go to the command line and type the below syntax:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">sudo shutdown -h now<\/pre>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">sudo poweroff<\/pre>\n<p>After that, go to the <strong>Power<\/strong> page and power it off here too. This won\u2019t have an effect on your droplet but the web interface will be taken into sync.<\/p>\n<p>Now go back to the <strong>Snapshot<\/strong> page and click on the<strong> Take Snapshot<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article you will learn to power off and on a droplet from a command line as well as to take a snapshot. 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