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The VM state link is a link in the VM object with the "rel" attribute set to state. The "title" attribute contains the current state. You can send a PUT request of a virtualmachine state object to the link (in the "href" attribute) to change the state of the VM.

        {
  
         "titlehref": "ON",
            "rel": "state",
   https://mjsabiquo.bcn.abiquo.com:443/api/cloud/virtualdatacenters/2/virtualappliances/2/virtualmachines/6/state",
        "type": "application/vnd.abiquo.virtualmachinestate+json",
      "rel": "state",
      "hreftitle": "https://mjsabiquo.bcn.abiquo.com:443/api/cloud/virtualdatacenters/26/virtualappliances/37/virtualmachines/198/state"
 ON"
      }, 

Examples of virtualmachinestate objects

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Example of VM hard power off via API

To hard power off a VM using the API, perform a request like the one shown below.

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cURL:

curl -X PUT http://localhost:9000/api/cloud/virtualdatacenters/2205/virtualappliances/1080/virtualmachines/1121/state \ 
	 -H 'Accept:application/vnd.abiquo.acceptedrequest+json; version=4.2' \ 
	 -H 'Content-Type:application/vnd.abiquo.virtualmachinestate+json; version=4.2' \ 
	 -d @requestpayload.json \ 
	 -u user:password --verbose 

Success status code: 202

Request payload:

{
  "state": "OFF", 
  "links": []
}

Response payload:

{
  "message": "You can keep track of the progress in the link", 
  "links": [
    {
      "href": "http://localhost:9009/api/cloud/virtualdatacenters/2205/virtualappliances/1080/virtualmachines/1121/tasks/1fd663d5-1e66-4443-b94c-f78d13c9e62f", 
      "rel": "status"
    }
  ]
}

The API will return a link where you can monitor the progress of this operation.The API will return a link where you can monitor the progress of this operation.

See https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/VirtualMachinesResource.html#change-the-state-of-a-virtual-machine

Example of failed graceful shutdown

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