Servers - Stop

Service:

PostgreSQL

API Version:

2025-08-01

Stops a server.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/flexibleServers/{serverName}/stop?api-version=2025-08-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
resourceGroupName	path	True	string minLength: 1 maxLength: 90	The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.
serverName	path	True	string minLength: 3 maxLength: 63 pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*	The name of the server.
subscriptionId	path	True	string (uuid)	The ID of the target subscription. The value must be an UUID.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
202 Accepted		Accepted. Headers Location: string Azure-AsyncOperation: string
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Microsoft Entra 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

Stop a server.

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff/resourceGroups/exampleresourcegroup/providers/Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/flexibleServers/exampleserver/stop?api-version=2025-08-01

Java

/**
 * Samples for Servers Stop.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/postgresql/resource-manager/Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/stable/2025-08-01/examples/ServersStop.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: Stop a server.
     * 
     * @param manager Entry point to PostgreSqlManager.
     */
    public static void stopAServer(com.azure.resourcemanager.postgresqlflexibleserver.PostgreSqlManager manager) {
        manager.servers().stop("exampleresourcegroup", "exampleserver", com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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Python

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.postgresqlflexibleservers import PostgreSQLManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-postgresqlflexibleservers
# USAGE
    python servers_stop.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = PostgreSQLManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff",
    )

    client.servers.begin_stop(
        resource_group_name="exampleresourcegroup",
        server_name="exampleserver",
    ).result()


# x-ms-original-file: specification/postgresql/resource-manager/Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/stable/2025-08-01/examples/ServersStop.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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JavaScript

const { PostgreSQLManagementFlexibleServerClient } = require("@azure/arm-postgresql-flexible");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Stops a server.
 *
 * @summary Stops a server.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/postgresql/resource-manager/Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/stable/2025-08-01/examples/ServersStop.json
 */
async function stopAServer() {
  const subscriptionId =
    process.env["POSTGRESQL_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["POSTGRESQL_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "exampleresourcegroup";
  const serverName = "exampleserver";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new PostgreSQLManagementFlexibleServerClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.servers.beginStopAndWait(resourceGroupName, serverName);
  console.log(result);
}

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Sample response

Status code:

202

Azure-AsyncOperation: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff/providers/Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/locations/eastus/azureAsyncOperation/aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa?api-version=2025-06-01-preview
Location: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff/providers/Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/locations/eastus/operationResults/bbbbbbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb?api-version=2025-06-01-preview

Definitions

Name	Description
ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail	The error detail.
ErrorResponse	Error response

ErrorAdditionalInfo

Object

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

Object

The error detail.

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorDetail[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

ErrorResponse

Object

Error response

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorDetail	The error object.