docs.spearhead.cloud/en/docs/startstop.md

Start and stopping instances

Before you can use the Spearhead Cloud you must create and account and provide your billing details.

Using the Spearhead Cloud Portal

TBD: shortly

Using the Spearhead CLI Tool

First install the Spearhead CLI Tool.

Now you can use the spearhead command to create your infrastructure container by running spearhead instance create. Here is an example of launching a debian container:

spearhead create -n webdeb -w debian-8 s1-general-1-2-100

The command parameters define:

1. -n (--name) provides the name of the container. In our case it is "webdeb".
2. -w "waits" for the container to be created before returning the prompt.
3. We are using debian-8 as our image₁.
4. We are using s1-general-1-2-100 as our package₂.

¹_{to view available images use spearhead images}

²_{to view available packages use spearhead packages}

Deleting your instances

Once you are finished using your instances you can delete them using the speahread CLI tool or using the Spearhead Cloud Portal.

Delete using the spearhead cli tool

Using the spearhead cli tool is the most convenient way to quickly delete your instances (including Docker containers). By issuing spearhead instance delete <UUID> you can remove any instance including Docker containers.

Delete using the Spearhead Cloud Portal

To delete an instance using the Spearhead Cloud Portal