---
title: "Power action"
method: POST
path: "/v1/vps/{service_id}/power"
tags: ["VPS"]
---

# Power action

`POST /v1/vps/{service_id}/power`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://developers.servera.co.uk`
- URL: `https://developers.servera.co.uk/v1/vps/{service_id}/power`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Start, stop (force), shutdown (ACPI), or reboot a VPS/VDS you own.

For QEMU VMs `reboot` performs a hard reset (cloud images ship without the
guest agent an ACPI reboot needs).

## Path parameters

- `service_id` integer, required

## Request body

- PowerRequest
  - `action` 'start' | 'stop' | 'shutdown' | 'reboot', required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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