/v1/projects/{project_id}/vpcs/vms/{vm_id}/start
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POST /v1/projects/**{project_id}**/vpcs/vms/**{vm_id}**/start
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Start a VPCS instance

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

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

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>name</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td>VPCS VM name</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</td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>vm_directory</td>                    <td> </td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td></td>                     </tr>
    <tr><td>vm_id</td>                    <td>&#10004;</td>                     <td>string</td>                     <td>VPCS VM UUID</td>                     </tr>
    </table>

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