<p>Instance Lifecycle</p> <p>Ping An Cloud ECS instance lifecycle refers to the period from its creation to release, including the following status:</p> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p><strong>Status</strong></p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p><strong>Status attribute</strong></p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p><strong>Status description</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Creating</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Intermediate</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>After an instance order is created, the status of the instance becomes <strong>Creating</strong>. You might need to wait for a few minutes before it is completed. It takes one or two minutes in Linux and five minutes in Windows.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Running</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Stable</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>The instance is running normally and can be used to configure business.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Restarting</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Intermediate</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>After you perform the command of restarting the instance, the status of the instance turns into <strong>Restarting</strong>.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Stopped</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Stable</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>The instance goes into the <strong>Stopped</strong> status. Services and businesses stop running.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Released</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Stable</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>When the instance goes into the released status, data will be cleared. A released instance cannot be viewed on <strong>Instance Management</strong> page.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>The following figure describes the switch of an instance status..</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200107165326-1d9d4ce59733.png" style="height:274px; width:800px" /></p> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>镜像</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Image</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>稳定状态</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Stable status</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>中间状态</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Intermediate status</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>创建</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Create</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>创建中</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Creating</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>运行中</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Running</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>重启</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Restart</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>关机</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Stop</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>重启中</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Restarting</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>停止中</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Stopping</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>启动中</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Starting</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>释放中</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Releasing</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>释放</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Release</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>开机</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Start</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>已释放</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <p>Released&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>