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metalcloud-cli vm-instance power-status

Get VM instance power status

Get VM instance power status.

This command retrieves the current power state of a VM instance, indicating whether it is running, stopped, starting, stopping, or in another power state. This is useful for monitoring and understanding the operational status of virtual machines.

ARGUMENTS: infrastructure_id The ID of the infrastructure containing the VM instance vm_instance_id The ID of the VM instance to check power status for

EXAMPLES:

Get power status of VM instance 67890 in infrastructure 12345

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metalcloud-cli vm-instance power-status 12345 67890

metalcloud-cli vm power-status 12345 67890

metalcloud-cli vm-instance power-status infrastructure_id vm_instance_id [flags]
-h, --help help for power-status
-k, --api_key string MetalCloud API key
-c, --config string Config file path
-d, --debug Set to enable debug logging
-e, --endpoint string MetalCloud API endpoint
-f, --format string Output format. Supported values are 'text','csv','md','json','yaml'. (default "text")
-i, --insecure_skip_verify Set to allow insecure transport
-l, --log_file string Log file path
-v, --verbosity string Log level verbosity (default "INFO")

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