diff --git a/packages/cp-gql-schema/schema.gql b/packages/cp-gql-schema/schema.gql
index ce1ec907..20ea3eda 100644
--- a/packages/cp-gql-schema/schema.gql
+++ b/packages/cp-gql-schema/schema.gql
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ enum InstanceStatus {
   PAUSED
   EXITED
   DELETED
+  STOPPED
 }
 
 type Instance {
diff --git a/packages/docker-compose-client/lib/index.js b/packages/docker-compose-client/lib/index.js
index c897ccdd..33463243 100644
--- a/packages/docker-compose-client/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/docker-compose-client/lib/index.js
@@ -39,4 +39,16 @@ module.exports = class DockerComposeClient extends EventEmitter {
 
     return this._invoke('scale', options, manifest, cb);
   }
+
+  config({ projectName, services, manifest }, cb) {
+    const options = {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+      project_name: projectName,
+      services: services.map(service => ({
+        name: service
+      }))
+    };
+
+    return this._invoke('config', options, manifest, cb);
+  }
 };
diff --git a/packages/docker-compose-client/test/index.js b/packages/docker-compose-client/test/index.js
index 8cd8dd2f..e4688968 100644
--- a/packages/docker-compose-client/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/docker-compose-client/test/index.js
@@ -69,6 +69,30 @@ const server = new Server({
       projectName: options.project_name,
       services: options.services
     });
+  },
+  // eslint-disable-next-line object-shorthand
+  config: function(options, manifest, fn) {
+    if (typeof options !== 'object') {
+      return fn(new Error('Expected options'));
+    }
+
+    if (typeof options.project_name !== 'string') {
+      return fn(new Error('Expected project name'));
+    }
+
+    if (typeof manifest !== 'string') {
+      return fn(new Error('Expected manifest'));
+    }
+
+    try {
+      safeLoad(manifest);
+    } catch (err) {
+      return fn(err);
+    }
+
+    fn(null, {
+      projectName: options.project_name
+    });
   }
 });
 
@@ -123,6 +147,30 @@ it('scale()', done => {
   );
 });
 
+it('config()', done => {
+  const manifest = `
+    hello:
+      image: hello-world:latest
+    world:
+      image: consul:latest
+    node:
+      image: node:latest
+  `;
+
+  client.config(
+    {
+      projectName,
+      services: ['hello'],
+      manifest
+    },
+    (err, res) => {
+      expect(err).to.not.exist();
+      expect(res).to.exist();
+      done();
+    }
+  );
+});
+
 it('handles errors', done => {
   client.once('error', err => {
     expect(err).to.exist();
diff --git a/packages/portal-data/lib/index.js b/packages/portal-data/lib/index.js
index cdb80abf..7a97e0ae 100644
--- a/packages/portal-data/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/portal-data/lib/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
 const DockerClient = require('docker-compose-client');
+const Dockerode = require('dockerode');
 const Hoek = require('hoek');
 const Penseur = require('penseur');
 const VAsync = require('vasync');
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ const internals = {
     db: {
       test: false
     },
-    dockerHost: 'tcp://0.0.0.0:4242'
+    dockerComposeHost: 'tcp://0.0.0.0:4242'
   },
   tables: {
     'portals': { id: { type: 'uuid' }, primary: 'id', secondary: false, purge: false },
@@ -36,9 +37,10 @@ module.exports = class Data extends EventEmitter {
 
     // Penseur will assert that the options are correct
     this._db = new Penseur.Db(settings.name, settings.db);
-    this._docker = new DockerClient(settings.dockerHost);
+    this._dockerCompose = new DockerClient(settings.dockerComposeHost);
+    this._docker = new Dockerode(settings.docker);
 
-    this._docker.on('error', (err) => {
+    this._dockerCompose.on('error', (err) => {
       this.emit('error', err);
     });
   }
@@ -489,7 +491,7 @@ module.exports = class Data extends EventEmitter {
       manifest: manifest.raw
     };
     options.services[service.name] = replicas;
-    this._docker.scale(options, (err) => {
+    this._dockerCompose.scale(options, (err) => {
       if (err) {
         return cb(err);
       }
@@ -523,7 +525,7 @@ module.exports = class Data extends EventEmitter {
 
         setImmediate(() => {
           let isHandled = false;
-          this._docker.provision({ projectName: deploymentGroup.name, manifest: clientManifest.raw }, (err, res) => {
+          this._dockerCompose.provision({ projectName: deploymentGroup.name, manifest: clientManifest.raw }, (err, res) => {
             if (err) {
               this.emit('error', err);
               return;
@@ -538,7 +540,8 @@ module.exports = class Data extends EventEmitter {
             const options = {
               manifestServices: manifest.json.services || manifest.json,
               deploymentGroup,
-              manifestId: key
+              manifestId: key,
+              provisionRes: res
             };
             this.provisionServices(options);
           });
@@ -575,7 +578,7 @@ module.exports = class Data extends EventEmitter {
 
   // services
 
-  provisionServices ({ manifestServices, deploymentGroup, manifestId }, cb) {
+  provisionServices ({ manifestServices, deploymentGroup, manifestId, provisionRes }, cb) {
     // insert instance information
     // insert service information
     // insert version information -- will update deploymentGroups
@@ -591,7 +594,7 @@ module.exports = class Data extends EventEmitter {
         const manifestService = manifestServices[serviceName];
         const clientInstance = {
           name: serviceName,
-          machineId: `${deploymentGroup.name}_${serviceName}_1`,
+          machineId: provisionRes[serviceName].plan.containers[0].id,
           status: 'CREATED'
         };
         this.createInstance(clientInstance, (err, createdInstance) => {
@@ -604,7 +607,8 @@ module.exports = class Data extends EventEmitter {
             name: serviceName,
             slug: serviceName,
             deploymentGroupId: deploymentGroup.id,
-            instances: [createdInstance]
+            instances: [createdInstance],
+            info: provisionRes[serviceName]
           };
 
           this.createService(clientService, (err, createdService) => {
@@ -750,6 +754,62 @@ module.exports = class Data extends EventEmitter {
     });
   }
 
+  stopServices ({ ids }, cb) {
+    this._db.services.get(ids, (err, services) => {
+      if (err) {
+        return cb(err);
+      }
+
+      if (!services || !services.length) {
+        return cb();
+      }
+
+      let instanceIds = [];
+      services.forEach((service) => {
+        instanceIds = instanceIds.concat(service.instance_ids);
+      });
+
+      VAsync.forEachParallel({
+        func: (instanceId, next) => {
+          this._db.instances.get(instanceId, (err, instance) => {
+            if (err) {
+              return next(err);
+            }
+
+            const container = this._docker.getContainer(instance.machine_id);
+
+            container.stop((err) => {
+              if (err) {
+                return next(err);
+              }
+
+              this.updateInstance({ id: instance.id, status: 'STOPPED' }, next);
+            });
+          });
+        },
+        inputs: instanceIds
+      }, (err, results) => {
+        if (err) {
+          return cb(err);
+        }
+
+        this.getServices({ ids }, cb);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  startServices ({ ids }, cb) {
+
+  }
+
+  restartServices ({ ids }, cb) {
+
+  }
+
+  deleteServices ({ ids }, cb) {
+
+  }
+
 
   // instances
 
@@ -774,6 +834,16 @@ module.exports = class Data extends EventEmitter {
     });
   }
 
+  updateInstance ({ id, status }, cb) {
+    this._db.instances.update(id, { status }, (err, instance) => {
+      if (err) {
+        return cb(err);
+      }
+
+      cb(null, instance ? Transform.fromInstance(instance) : {});
+    });
+  }
+
 
   // packages
 
diff --git a/packages/portal-data/package.json b/packages/portal-data/package.json
index a201a92e..7992705b 100644
--- a/packages/portal-data/package.json
+++ b/packages/portal-data/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "docker-compose-client": "^1.0.7",
+    "dockerode": "^2.4.3",
     "hoek": "^4.1.1",
     "penseur": "^7.8.1",
     "vasync": "^1.6.4",
diff --git a/packages/portal-data/test/index.js b/packages/portal-data/test/index.js
index a893e5d9..b5efffdf 100644
--- a/packages/portal-data/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/portal-data/test/index.js
@@ -6,16 +6,32 @@ const Code = require('code');
 const Lab = require('lab');
 const PortalData = require('../');
 
+
 const lab = exports.lab = Lab.script();
+const afterEach = lab.afterEach;
 const it = lab.it;
 const describe = lab.describe;
 const expect = Code.expect;
 
+
 const internals = {
-  options: { name: 'test', db: { test: true } },
+  options: {
+    name: 'test',
+    db: { test: true }
+  },
   composeFile: Fs.readFileSync(Path.join(__dirname, 'docker-compose.yml')).toString()
 };
 
+
+afterEach((done) => {
+  const data = new PortalData({ name: 'test', db: { test: true } });
+  data.connect(() => {
+    data._db.r.dbDrop('test').run(data._db._connection, () => {
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 describe('connect()', () => {
   it('connects to the database', (done) => {
     const data = new PortalData(internals.options);
@@ -688,3 +704,38 @@ describe.skip('scale()', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+
+// skipping by default since it takes so long
+describe.skip('stopServices()', () => {
+  it('stops all instances of a service', { timeout: 180000 }, (done) => {
+    const data = new PortalData(internals.options);
+    data.connect((err) => {
+      expect(err).to.not.exist();
+      data.createDeploymentGroup({ name: 'something' }, (err, deploymentGroup) => {
+        expect(err).to.not.exist();
+        const clientManifest = {
+          deploymentGroupId: deploymentGroup.id,
+          type: 'compose',
+          format: 'yml',
+          raw: internals.composeFile
+        };
+        data.provisionManifest(clientManifest, (err, manifest) => {
+          expect(err).to.not.exist();
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            data.getDeploymentGroup({ id: deploymentGroup.id }, (err, deploymentGroup) => {
+              expect(err).to.not.exist();
+              deploymentGroup.services().then((deploymentGroupServices) => {
+                data.stopServices({ ids: [deploymentGroupServices[0].id] }, (err, services) => {
+                  expect(err).to.not.exist();
+                  expect(services).to.exist();
+                  done();
+                });
+              });
+            });
+          }, 80000);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/portal-data/yarn.lock b/packages/portal-data/yarn.lock
index d1488e9b..cf86cf0f 100644
--- a/packages/portal-data/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/portal-data/yarn.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 # yarn lockfile v1
 
 
+JSONStream@0.10.0:
+  version "0.10.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/JSONStream/-/JSONStream-0.10.0.tgz#74349d0d89522b71f30f0a03ff9bd20ca6f12ac0"
+  dependencies:
+    jsonparse "0.0.5"
+    through ">=2.2.7 <3"
+
 acorn-jsx@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/acorn-jsx/-/acorn-jsx-3.0.1.tgz#afdf9488fb1ecefc8348f6fb22f464e32a58b36b"
@@ -105,6 +112,12 @@ bindings@~1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bindings/-/bindings-1.2.1.tgz#14ad6113812d2d37d72e67b4cacb4bb726505f11"
 
+bl@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bl/-/bl-1.2.1.tgz#cac328f7bee45730d404b692203fcb590e172d5e"
+  dependencies:
+    readable-stream "^2.0.5"
+
 "bluebird@>= 2.3.2 < 3":
   version "2.11.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bluebird/-/bluebird-2.11.0.tgz#534b9033c022c9579c56ba3b3e5a5caafbb650e1"
@@ -212,6 +225,14 @@ concat-stream@^1.5.2:
     readable-stream "^2.2.2"
     typedarray "^0.0.6"
 
+concat-stream@~1.5.1:
+  version "1.5.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/concat-stream/-/concat-stream-1.5.2.tgz#708978624d856af41a5a741defdd261da752c266"
+  dependencies:
+    inherits "~2.0.1"
+    readable-stream "~2.0.0"
+    typedarray "~0.0.5"
+
 core-util-is@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-util-is/-/core-util-is-1.0.2.tgz#b5fd54220aa2bc5ab57aab7140c940754503c1a7"
@@ -222,7 +243,7 @@ d@1:
   dependencies:
     es5-ext "^0.10.9"
 
-debug@^2.1.1:
+debug@^2.1.1, debug@^2.6.0:
   version "2.6.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-2.6.8.tgz#e731531ca2ede27d188222427da17821d68ff4fc"
   dependencies:
@@ -259,6 +280,23 @@ docker-compose-client@^1.0.7:
     apr-awaitify "^1.0.4"
     zerorpc "^0.9.7"
 
+docker-modem@0.3.x:
+  version "0.3.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/docker-modem/-/docker-modem-0.3.7.tgz#3f510d09f5d334dc2134228f92bd344671227df4"
+  dependencies:
+    JSONStream "0.10.0"
+    debug "^2.6.0"
+    readable-stream "~1.0.26-4"
+    split-ca "^1.0.0"
+
+dockerode@^2.4.3:
+  version "2.4.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dockerode/-/dockerode-2.4.3.tgz#7ec55b492fc9f289e77325ff07c6a3a96021b4f2"
+  dependencies:
+    concat-stream "~1.5.1"
+    docker-modem "0.3.x"
+    tar-fs "~1.12.0"
+
 doctrine@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/doctrine/-/doctrine-2.0.0.tgz#c73d8d2909d22291e1a007a395804da8b665fe63"
@@ -266,6 +304,12 @@ doctrine@^2.0.0:
     esutils "^2.0.2"
     isarray "^1.0.0"
 
+end-of-stream@^1.0.0, end-of-stream@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/end-of-stream/-/end-of-stream-1.4.0.tgz#7a90d833efda6cfa6eac0f4949dbb0fad3a63206"
+  dependencies:
+    once "^1.4.0"
+
 es5-ext@^0.10.14, es5-ext@^0.10.9, es5-ext@~0.10.14:
   version "0.10.21"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es5-ext/-/es5-ext-0.10.21.tgz#19a725f9e51d0300bbc1e8e821109fd9daf55925"
@@ -636,6 +680,10 @@ is-resolvable@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     tryit "^1.0.1"
 
+isarray@0.0.1:
+  version "0.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isarray/-/isarray-0.0.1.tgz#8a18acfca9a8f4177e09abfc6038939b05d1eedf"
+
 isarray@^1.0.0, isarray@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isarray/-/isarray-1.0.0.tgz#bb935d48582cba168c06834957a54a3e07124f11"
@@ -682,6 +730,10 @@ jsonify@~0.0.0:
   version "0.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonify/-/jsonify-0.0.0.tgz#2c74b6ee41d93ca51b7b5aaee8f503631d252a73"
 
+jsonparse@0.0.5:
+  version "0.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonparse/-/jsonparse-0.0.5.tgz#330542ad3f0a654665b778f3eb2d9a9fa507ac64"
+
 jsonpointer@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonpointer/-/jsonpointer-4.0.1.tgz#4fd92cb34e0e9db3c89c8622ecf51f9b978c6cb9"
@@ -786,7 +838,7 @@ object-assign@^4.0.1, object-assign@^4.1.0:
   version "4.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-assign/-/object-assign-4.1.1.tgz#2109adc7965887cfc05cbbd442cac8bfbb360863"
 
-once@^1.3.0:
+once@^1.3.0, once@^1.3.1, once@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/once/-/once-1.4.0.tgz#583b1aa775961d4b113ac17d9c50baef9dd76bd1"
   dependencies:
@@ -871,11 +923,18 @@ progress@^1.1.8:
   version "1.1.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/progress/-/progress-1.1.8.tgz#e260c78f6161cdd9b0e56cc3e0a85de17c7a57be"
 
+pump@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pump/-/pump-1.0.2.tgz#3b3ee6512f94f0e575538c17995f9f16990a5d51"
+  dependencies:
+    end-of-stream "^1.1.0"
+    once "^1.3.1"
+
 radix62@1.x.x:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/radix62/-/radix62-1.0.1.tgz#cc2f27a49543b44ddaac712380409354bbe009a5"
 
-readable-stream@^2.2.2:
+readable-stream@^2.0.0, readable-stream@^2.0.5, readable-stream@^2.2.2:
   version "2.2.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-2.2.9.tgz#cf78ec6f4a6d1eb43d26488cac97f042e74b7fc8"
   dependencies:
@@ -887,6 +946,26 @@ readable-stream@^2.2.2:
     string_decoder "~1.0.0"
     util-deprecate "~1.0.1"
 
+readable-stream@~1.0.26-4:
+  version "1.0.34"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-1.0.34.tgz#125820e34bc842d2f2aaafafe4c2916ee32c157c"
+  dependencies:
+    core-util-is "~1.0.0"
+    inherits "~2.0.1"
+    isarray "0.0.1"
+    string_decoder "~0.10.x"
+
+readable-stream@~2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-2.0.6.tgz#8f90341e68a53ccc928788dacfcd11b36eb9b78e"
+  dependencies:
+    core-util-is "~1.0.0"
+    inherits "~2.0.1"
+    isarray "~1.0.0"
+    process-nextick-args "~1.0.6"
+    string_decoder "~0.10.x"
+    util-deprecate "~1.0.1"
+
 readline2@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readline2/-/readline2-1.0.1.tgz#41059608ffc154757b715d9989d199ffbf372e35"
@@ -993,6 +1072,10 @@ source-map@^0.4.4:
   dependencies:
     amdefine ">=0.0.4"
 
+split-ca@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/split-ca/-/split-ca-1.0.1.tgz#6c83aff3692fa61256e0cd197e05e9de157691a6"
+
 sprintf-js@~1.0.2:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.0.3.tgz#04e6926f662895354f3dd015203633b857297e2c"
@@ -1012,6 +1095,10 @@ string-width@^2.0.0:
     is-fullwidth-code-point "^2.0.0"
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
 
+string_decoder@~0.10.x:
+  version "0.10.31"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-0.10.31.tgz#62e203bc41766c6c28c9fc84301dab1c5310fa94"
+
 string_decoder@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.0.1.tgz#62e200f039955a6810d8df0a33ffc0f013662d98"
@@ -1047,11 +1134,28 @@ table@^3.7.8:
     slice-ansi "0.0.4"
     string-width "^2.0.0"
 
+tar-fs@~1.12.0:
+  version "1.12.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar-fs/-/tar-fs-1.12.0.tgz#a6a80553d8a54c73de1d0ae0e79de77035605e1d"
+  dependencies:
+    mkdirp "^0.5.0"
+    pump "^1.0.0"
+    tar-stream "^1.1.2"
+
+tar-stream@^1.1.2:
+  version "1.5.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar-stream/-/tar-stream-1.5.4.tgz#36549cf04ed1aee9b2a30c0143252238daf94016"
+  dependencies:
+    bl "^1.0.0"
+    end-of-stream "^1.0.0"
+    readable-stream "^2.0.0"
+    xtend "^4.0.0"
+
 text-table@~0.2.0:
   version "0.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/text-table/-/text-table-0.2.0.tgz#7f5ee823ae805207c00af2df4a84ec3fcfa570b4"
 
-through@^2.3.6:
+"through@>=2.2.7 <3", through@^2.3.6:
   version "2.3.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/through/-/through-2.3.8.tgz#0dd4c9ffaabc357960b1b724115d7e0e86a2e1f5"
 
@@ -1071,7 +1175,7 @@ type-check@~0.3.2:
   dependencies:
     prelude-ls "~1.1.2"
 
-typedarray@^0.0.6:
+typedarray@^0.0.6, typedarray@~0.0.5:
   version "0.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typedarray/-/typedarray-0.0.6.tgz#867ac74e3864187b1d3d47d996a78ec5c8830777"