How to shut down my server from SSH and restart it later?

Cheerag Nundlall · Sep 18, 2020

As title asked, I want to shut down my server from SSH and restart it later. Is that possible?

Efe Agbontaen · Sep 18, 2020

If it is a VPS, you can only put it back on from your provider's Control Panel. Or through their API....

But you cannot put it back on via SSH

Kaz Wolfe · Sep 19, 2020

It is simple to shut down your server or VPS by this command.

Code:

shutdown

But if you want to restart it, you need do that via your hosting control panel which your hosting provider sent it to you.

fiz · Sep 21, 2020

Cheerag Nundlall said:
As title asked, I want to shut down my server from SSH and restart it later. Is that possible?

SSH only works when the machine is running. When you turn off (shutdown) the machine, there is no SSH. You can use VNC though or as my friends said above: Your VPS Control Panel.

tuxandrew · Sep 21, 2020

Cheerag Nundlall said:
As title asked, I want to shut down my server from SSH and restart it later. Is that possible?

1. Just stop only the SSH service in the server.

2. Block the port 22 in firewall to block all incoming SSH connections to the server.

In this case, the server still be up and running, only the SSH service will be down for the server. Later you may restart the service and unblock the port through the control panel.

mehrdadali14 · Oct 28, 2020

if you can't login to ssh then best is request your provider to give access you on VNC

sam@12 · Nov 5, 2021

Hello,

Yes, it is possible to shutdown the server via SSH but restart is possible via control panel.

vikasjkn · Nov 5, 2021

You can shutdown server using below command

Code:

ssh -t [email protected] 'sudo shutdown -r 0'

But note, it must not be VPS hosting

amanwaa · Jan 5, 2022

You must pass the -t option to the ssh command to force pseudo-terminal allocation. The shutdown accepts -h option i.e. Linux is powered/halted at the specified time. A value of zero indicates poweroff the machine immediately

MooseLucifer · Mar 15, 2023

Cheerag Nundlall said:
As title asked, I want to shut down my server from SSH and restart it later. Is that possible?

Interesting question!

Yes, it is possible to shut down and restart your server from SSH. To shut down the server, you can use the shutdown command with the appropriate options. For example, to shut down the server immediately you can use the command shutdown -h now. To restart the server later, you will need physical access to the server or remote access to its power management interface.

You can use the shutdown command with the -r option and a time argument to schedule a shutdown and restart of your server. For example, to schedule a shutdown in 24 hours and restart the server automatically after that time, you can use the command shutdown -r +1440. This will shut down the server in 1440 minutes (24 hours) and restart it automatically.

Hope it helps!

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