/v2/compute/projects/{project_id}/vpcs/nodes/{node_id}/start
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POST /v2/compute/projects/**{project_id}**/vpcs/nodes/**{node_id}**/start
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Start a VPCS instance

Parameters
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- **project_id**: Project UUID
- **node_id**: Node UUID

Response status codes
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- **204**: Instance started
- **400**: Invalid request
- **404**: Instance doesn't exist

Output
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    <table>
    <tr>                 <th>Name</th>                 <th>Mandatory</th>                 <th>Type</th>                 <th>Description</th>                 </tr>
    <tr><td>command_line</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td>Last command line used by GNS3 to start QEMU</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>console</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>integer</td>                     <td>Console TCP port</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>console_type</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>enum</td>                     <td>Possible values: telnet</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>name</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td>VPCS VM name</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>node_directory</td>                    <td> </td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td>Path to the VM working directory</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>node_id</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td>Node UUID</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>project_id</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td>Project UUID</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>startup_script</td>                    <td> </td>                     <td>['string', 'null']</td>                     <td>Content of the VPCS startup script</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>startup_script_path</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>['string', 'null']</td>                     <td>Path of the VPCS startup script relative to project directory</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>status</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>enum</td>                     <td>Possible values: started, stopped, suspended</td>                     </tr>
    </table>

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