/v2/projects/{project_id}/vms/{vm_id}/stop
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POST /v2/projects/**{project_id}**/vms/**{vm_id}**/stop
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Start a VM instance

Parameters
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- **vm_id**: UUID for the VM
- **project_id**: UUID for the project

Response status codes
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- **400**: Invalid request
- **201**: Instance created

Output
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    <table>
    <tr>                 <th>Name</th>                 <th>Mandatory</th>                 <th>Type</th>                 <th>Description</th>                 </tr>
    <tr><td>compute_id</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td>Hypervisor identifier</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>console</td>                    <td> </td>                     <td>['integer', 'null']</td>                     <td>Console TCP port</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>console_type</td>                    <td> </td>                     <td>enum</td>                     <td>Possible values: serial, vnc, telnet</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>name</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td>VM name</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>project_id</td>                    <td> </td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td>Project identifier</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>properties</td>                    <td> </td>                     <td>object</td>                     <td>Properties specific to an emulator</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>vm_id</td>                    <td> </td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td>VM identifier</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>vm_type</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>enum</td>                     <td>Possible values: docker, dynamips, vpcs, virtualbox, vmware, iou</td>                     </tr>
    </table>

Sample session
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.. literalinclude:: ../../../examples/controller_post_projectsprojectidvmsvmidstop.txt