The lifecycle of a cloud server instance starts from its creation and ends after its destruction. Some operations performed on the cloud server during this process will cause the cloud server state to change.
All states of the cloud server instance constitute the life cycle of the cloud server instance, and each state is shown in the following table.
Status | Status Type | Description |
Creating | Intermediate state | The intermediate state after the user creates an ECS instance and before the instance is fully activated. When the creation is complete, the state of instance will become Running. |
Running | Steady state | The ECS instance is in normal state, and users can run related services normally. |
Stopping | Intermediate state | The intermediate state after the console performs a shutdown operation on the ECS instance that is in Running state. When the shutdown is complete, the state of instance will become Shutdown. |
Shutdown | Steady state | The console operates the ECS instance to shut down normally and reaches a steady state after Stopping. Instances in the shutdown state cannot provide external services. |
Starting | Intermediate state | The intermediate state after the console performs a startup operation on the ECS instance that is in Shutdown state. When the startup is complete, the state of instance will become Running. |
Restarting | Intermediate state | The intermediate state after the console performs a restart operation on the ECS instance that is in Running state. When the restart is complete, the state of instance will become Running. |
Configuring | Intermediate state | The console performs a configuration change operation on the ECS instance. After the configuration change, it will be set to the original state before the change. |
Rebuilding | Intermediate state | The intermediate state after the console performs a One-Click Reinstall on the ECS instance that is in the Shutdown state, which is the process of reinstalling the operating system on the ECS instance. When the reinstallation is complete, the state of instance will become Shutdown. |
Deleting | Intermediate state | The ECS instance is in the state of being deleted, and the user will receive an unsubscribe SMS if the deletion is successful. |
Deleted | Steady state | The deleted ECS instance will be removed from the console list display. This state is not displayed on the console. |
Frozen | Steady state | When you subscribe to the cloud server via pay-as-you-go billing mode, if the account is in arrears, the cloud server will enter this state. After the cloud server renewed, this state is released. |
Expired | Steady state | When you subscribe to the cloud server via subscription-based billing mode, if the instance expires, the cloud server will enter this state. After the cloud server renewed, this state is released. |
Error | Steady state | If an error occurs in any of the above operations, it will be set to error. |