Overview

This document describes how to start up an instance via the console or an API.

Directions

Starting up an instance via the console

1. Log in to the CVM console.
2. Choose the appropriate operation method based on your actual needs.
   • Starting up one instance: select the instance you want to start up, and click More -> Instance Status -> Start up in the Operation column on the right, as shown below:
     
   • Starting up the instances: select the instances you want to start up, and click Start up at the top of the list to start the selected instances, as shown below:
     

Starting up an instance via an API

Use the StartInstances API to start up an instance.

Subsequent Operations

Once the instance starts up, you can perform the following operations:

• Logging in to the instance: depending on the instance type, log in to the Linux instance or the Windows instance.
• Initializing cloud disks: initialize the cloud disks mounted to the instance by formatting, partitioning, and creating a file system.