Virtual Machines - Start

Service:

Compute

API Version:

2022-08-01

The operation to start a virtual machine.

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vmName}/start?api-version=2022-08-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
resourceGroupName	path	True	string	The name of the resource group.
subscriptionId	path	True	string	Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.
vmName	path	True	string	The name of the virtual machine.
api-version	query	True	string	Client Api Version.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK		OK
202 Accepted		Accepted
Other Status Codes	CloudError	Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

VirtualMachines_Start_MaximumSet_Gen

VirtualMachines_Start_MinimumSet_Gen

VirtualMachines_Start_MaximumSet_Gen

Sample request

HTTP

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/rgcompute/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/start?api-version=2022-08-01

Java

Java

import com.azure.core.util.Context;

/** Samples for VirtualMachines Start. */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-08-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachines_Start_MaximumSet_Gen.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: VirtualMachines_Start_MaximumSet_Gen.
     *
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void virtualMachinesStartMaximumSetGen(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure
            .virtualMachines()
            .manager()
            .serviceClient()
            .getVirtualMachines()
            .start("rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", Context.NONE);
    }
}

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Go

Go

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v4"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-08-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachines_Start_MaximumSet_Gen.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_BeginStart_virtualMachinesStartMaximumSetGen() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := armcompute.NewVirtualMachinesClient("{subscription-id}", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := client.BeginStart(ctx, "rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	_, err = poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to pull the result: %v", err)
	}
}

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JavaScript

JavaScript

const { ComputeManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-compute");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to The operation to start a virtual machine.
 *
 * @summary The operation to start a virtual machine.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-08-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachines_Start_MaximumSet_Gen.json
 */
async function virtualMachinesStartMaximumSetGen() {
  const subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
  const vmName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachines.beginStartAndWait(resourceGroupName, vmName);
  console.log(result);
}

virtualMachinesStartMaximumSetGen().catch(console.error);

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Sample response

Status code:

200

Status code:

202

HTTP

location: https://foo.com/operationstatus

VirtualMachines_Start_MinimumSet_Gen

Sample request

HTTP

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/rgcompute/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/aaaaa/start?api-version=2022-08-01

Java

Java

import com.azure.core.util.Context;

/** Samples for VirtualMachines Start. */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-08-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachines_Start_MinimumSet_Gen.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: VirtualMachines_Start_MinimumSet_Gen.
     *
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void virtualMachinesStartMinimumSetGen(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure
            .virtualMachines()
            .manager()
            .serviceClient()
            .getVirtualMachines()
            .start("rgcompute", "aaaaa", Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Go

Go

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v4"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-08-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachines_Start_MinimumSet_Gen.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_BeginStart_virtualMachinesStartMinimumSetGen() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := armcompute.NewVirtualMachinesClient("{subscription-id}", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := client.BeginStart(ctx, "rgcompute", "aaaaa", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	_, err = poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to pull the result: %v", err)
	}
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

JavaScript

JavaScript

const { ComputeManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-compute");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to The operation to start a virtual machine.
 *
 * @summary The operation to start a virtual machine.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2022-08-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachines_Start_MinimumSet_Gen.json
 */
async function virtualMachinesStartMinimumSetGen() {
  const subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
  const vmName = "aaaaa";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachines.beginStartAndWait(resourceGroupName, vmName);
  console.log(result);
}

virtualMachinesStartMinimumSetGen().catch(console.error);

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:

200

Status code:

202

HTTP

location: https://foo.com/operationstatus

Definitions

Name	Description
ApiError	Api error.
ApiErrorBase	Api error base.
CloudError	An error response from the Compute service.
InnerError	Inner error details.

ApiError

Object

Api error.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
details	ApiErrorBase[]	The Api error details
innererror	InnerError	The Api inner error
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

ApiErrorBase

Object

Api error base.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

CloudError

Object

An error response from the Compute service.

Name	Type	Description
error	ApiError	Api error.

InnerError

Object

Inner error details.

Name	Type	Description
errordetail	string	The internal error message or exception dump.
exceptiontype	string	The exception type.