Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Starting or Stopping Desktops in a Desktop Pool

Start or stop an individual desktop or all desktops in a desktop pool using Secure Desktops.

Stopping a desktop causes users to lose access to their desktop instances until the desktop is restarted.
  • Note

    To perform this task, you must be the desktop administrator.
    1. Open the navigation menu and select Compute. Under Secure Desktops, select Desktop Pools.
    2. Select the compartment that contains the desktop pool.
    3. Select the desktop pool name.
    4. To start or stop all desktops in the desktop pool, select Start or Stop at the top of the page.
      If stopped, desktops in the pool remain unavailable to desktop users until you explicitly start the pool again.
    5. To start or stop an individual desktop, or multiple selected desktops, in the desktop pool, follow these steps.
      1. Select the Desktops tab.
      2. Select the desktop(s) in the list.
      3. From the Actions menu (three dots) for the desktop, select Stop or Start.
  • Use the desktop-pool stop command and required parameters to stop a desktop pool:
    oci desktops desktop-pool stop --desktop-pool-id <ocid> [OPTIONS]
    Use the desktop stop command and required parameters to stop an individual desktop:
    oci desktops desktop stop --desktop-id <ocid> [OPTIONS]
    Use the desktop-pool start command and required parameters to start a desktop pool:
    oci desktops desktop-pool start --desktop-pool-id <ocid> [OPTIONS]
    Use the desktop start command and required parameters to start an individual desktop:
    oci desktops desktop start --desktop-id <ocid> [OPTIONS]

    For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference.

  • Run the StopDesktopPool operation to stop a desktop pool.

    Run the StartDesktopPool operation to start a desktop pool.

    Run the StopDesktop operation to stop an individual desktop.

    Run the StartDesktop operation to start an individual desktop.