How to park and unpark a Cloud

1. What is parking a Cloud for

Imagine that for a while you will not be using your Cloud, nor do you need it to be operational, although you know that after some time you will have to start it up again.

Therefore, a good option to save monthly costs for your Cloud server would be to park it. Parking a Cloud server means stopping it and ceasing to allocate certain resources (vCores and RAM), but keeping its assigned public IP and also all the data saved on its disk.

The cost of the resources for this Cloud (vCores and RAM) will no longer be billed; only the total disk space assigned to your Cloud server and the public IP will be billed.

In this way, the monthly cost of your Cloud server will be the minimum possible and will correspond only to the preservation of the data of the Cloud disk you are going to park, in addition to the public IP of your server.

1.1 What is the difference between stopping a Cloud and parking a Cloud

A stopped Cloud does not release the resources corresponding to the server's vCores and RAM, so it continues to generate costs for all the server's resources (vCores, RAM, HD, IPs…), in the same way as when the server remains started and functioning.

2. How to park a Cloud server

2.1 Locate your Cloud server

In the main Dashboard of your SWPanel account, use the search bar to locate your Cloud server. Once located, click on the name of your Cloud server:

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info You can use the service search bar located at the top of your SWPanel Dashboard to quickly locate and access the Cloud server or its hosting services.

2.2 Access the menu to park your Cloud

From the blue side menu, go to “Actions for this Cloud” → “Act on Cloud” → “Park Cloud”:

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2.3 Park your Cloud

The monthly cost of the server will be billed up to the date you park your server. You will also be informed of the monthly cost you must pay to maintain your IP assigned to your server and the disk space for your data.

If you have Backups enabled, you will be informed that while the server is parked, backups cannot be performed and, therefore, Backups will be deactivated and any existing copies on our servers will be deleted.

Finally, you must agree to park the server and click on the “Park now” button:

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3. How to unpark a Cloud server

3.1 Locate your Parked Cloud server

In the main Dashboard of your SWPanel account, use the search bar to locate your Cloud server. Once located, click on the name of your Cloud server:

info_capture The screenshot is for guidance. It was taken using version 2025.00.0017 dated 12/30/2024. It may differ from what the current version of SWPanel shows.

info You can use the service search bar located at the top of your SWPanel Dashboard to quickly locate and access the Cloud server or its hosting services.

3.2 Access the menu to unpark your Cloud

From the blue side menu, go to “Actions for this Cloud” → “Act on Cloud” → “Unpark Cloud”:

info_capture The screenshot is for guidance. It was taken using version 2025.00.0017 dated 12/30/2024. It may differ from what the current version of SWPanel shows.

3.3 Unpark your Cloud

Confirm the action by clicking on “Unpark Now”. The server will be unparked and will start automatically.

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