Start or Terminate a Cluster

PUT /api/v2.2/clusters/<<Cluster ID>/<Cluster Label>>/state

Use this API to start or terminate a cluster.

Required Role

The following roles can make this API call:

• A user who is part of the system-user/system-admin group.
• A user invoking this API must be part of a group associated with a role that allows start/stop operations on a cluster. See Managing Groups and Managing Roles for more information.

Parameters

Note

Parameters marked in bold below are mandatory. Others are optional and have default values.

Parameter	Description
state	It is used to state the action to perform. Its valid values are start to start a cluster and terminate to terminate it. Starting a running cluster or stopping a terminated cluster will have no effect.

Examples

Start a Cluster

Here is an example to start a cluster that has 170 as its cluster ID.

curl -X PUT -H "X-AUTH-TOKEN:$X_AUTH_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json"
-d '{"state":"start"}' https://api.qubole.com/api/v2.2/clusters/170/state

Note

The above syntax uses https://api.qubole.com as the endpoint. Qubole provides other endpoints to access QDS that are described in Supported Qubole Endpoints on Different Cloud Providers.

Terminate a Running Cluster

Here is an example to terminate a running cluster that has 170 as its cluster ID.

curl -X PUT -H "X-AUTH-TOKEN:$X_AUTH_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json"
-d '{"state":"terminate"}' https://api.qubole.com/api/v2.2/clusters/170/state

Note

The above syntax uses https://api.qubole.com as the endpoint. Qubole provides other endpoints to access QDS that are described in Supported Qubole Endpoints on Different Cloud Providers.