---
title: "stopServerInstances"
slug: "compute-vserver-server-stopserverinstances"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:06:02Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:06:02Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/compute-vserver-server-stopserverinstances"
---

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# stopServerInstances

Available in VPC

Stop a server instance (VM) in operation.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| GET \| POST | /vserver/v2/stopServerInstances |

              Note

              

This guide is based on the GET method. POST method call tests can be performed through Swagger in the API Gateway service of the NAVER Cloud Platform console.

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Server APIs, see [Server request headers](/docs/en/compute-vserver#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request query parameters

You can use the following query parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `regionCode` | String | Optional | Region code - See [getRegionList](/docs/en/compute-vserver-server-common-getregionlist). - First Region in the query results (default) |
| `serverInstanceNoList.N` | Array | Required | Server instance number list - See [getServerInstanceList](/docs/en/compute-vserver-server-getserverinstancelist). - Example: `serverInstanceNoList.1=1234&serverInstanceNoList.2=2345` |
| `responseFormatType` | String | Optional | Format of the response data - `xml` (default) \| `json` |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request GET 'https://ncloud.apigw.ntruss.com/vserver/v2/stopServerInstances
?regionCode=KR
&serverInstanceNoList.1=*****8773
&responseFormatType=json' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `stopServerInstancesResponse` | Object | - | Response result - See [ServerInstanceList](/docs/en/common-vapidatatype-serverinstancelist). |
| `stopServerInstancesResponse.returnCode` | String | - | Response code |
| `stopServerInstancesResponse.returnMessage` | String | - | Response message |

### Response status codes

For information about the response status codes common to all Server APIs, see [Server response status codes](/docs/en/compute-vserver#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "stopServerInstancesResponse": {
        "totalRows": 1,
        "serverInstanceList": [
            {
                "serverInstanceNo": "*****8773",
                "serverName": "test-***",
                "serverDescription": "",
                "cpuCount": 4,
                "memorySize": 8589934592,
                "platformType": {
                    "code": "UBD64",
                    "codeName": "Ubuntu Desktop 64 Bit"
                },
                "loginKeyName": "test-***",
                "publicIpInstanceNo": "*****8824",
                "publicIp": "211.188.***.***",
                "serverInstanceStatus": {
                    "code": "RUN",
                    "codeName": "Server RUN status"
                },
                "serverInstanceOperation": {
                    "code": "SHTDN",
                    "codeName": "Server SHUTDOWN OP"
                },
                "serverInstanceStatusName": "shutting down",
                "createDate": "2025-06-11T17:00:14+0900",
                "uptime": "2025-06-26T09:56:22+0900",
                "serverImageProductCode": "SW.VSVR.OS.LNX64.UBNTU.SVR24.G003",
                "serverProductCode": "SVR.VSVR.CPU.C004.M008.G003",
                "isProtectServerTermination": true,
                "zoneCode": "KR-1",
                "regionCode": "KR",
                "vpcNo": "***75",
                "subnetNo": "****6",
                "networkInterfaceNoList": [
                    "*****30"
                ],
                "initScriptNo": "",
                "serverInstanceType": {
                    "code": "CPU",
                    "codeName": "CPU Intensive"
                },
                "baseBlockStorageDiskType": {
                    "code": "NET",
                    "codeName": "Network storage"
                },
                "baseBlockStorageDiskDetailType": {
                    "code": "SSD",
                    "codeName": "SSD"
                },
                "placementGroupNo": "",
                "placementGroupName": "",
                "memberServerImageInstanceNo": "",
                "hypervisorType": {
                    "code": "KVM",
                    "codeName": "KVM"
                },
                "serverImageNo": "104630229",
                "serverSpecCode": "ci4-g3",
                "eventList": [],
                "fabricClusterPoolNo": "",
                "fabricClusterPoolName": "",
                "fabricClusterMode": "",
                "fabricClusterNo": "",
                "fabricClusterName": ""
            }
        ],
        "requestId": "97521430-f667-4b6f-9d03-bf743aa2651a",
        "returnCode": "0",
        "returnMessage": "success"
    }
}
```