Stop a virtual machine instance. Stopping a VM instance performs a clean shutdown, much like invoking the shutdown functionality of a workstation or laptop. Stopping a VM instance which is already stopped will return without errors.
EXAMPLES
To stop an instance named "example-instance" in project "example-project", run:
gdcloud compute instances stop example-instance --project example-project
GDCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands: --configuration, --format, --help, --project, --quiet.
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