Skip to content

docs(ins): update standby mode documentation #5001

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
merged 1 commit into from
May 22, 2025
Merged

docs(ins): update standby mode documentation #5001

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
1 commit
Select commit
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion pages/instances/how-to/use-standby-mode.mdx
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ content:
paragraph: Learn how to use standby mode on Scaleway Instances to save resources and reduce costs without losing data or configurations.
tags: instance standby standby-mode
dates:
validation: 2025-03-03
validation: 2025-05-21
posted: 2021-05-26
categories:
- compute
Expand All @@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ categories:

Your Instance is now in standby mode.

<Message type="tip">
Alternatively, you can put your Instance into standby mode from the terminal by typing the `poweroff` command. This will shut down your Instance and switch it to standby mode.
</Message>

<Message type="important">
You are still billed for an Instance in standby mode, as well as for its storage and any flexible IPs attached to it. To avoid being charged for an unused Instance, you can [power it off](/instances/how-to/power-off-instance/). <br /><br />
[Find out when the billing of your Instance starts and stops](/billing/faq/#when-does-the-billing-of-an-instance-start-and-stop).
Expand Down