Poweroff (command)

Created by Yuriy Andamasov, Modified on Wed, 17 Jan at 2:25 PM by Srividya Anantapatnaikuni

Article review date
2024-01-17
Validated for VyOS versions
1.2.5, 1.3.5, 1.4.0, 1.5.x

The poweroff command allows you to shutdown the VyOS instance via CLI . Without any modifier, the command is executed immediately. 

Syntax:

vyos@vyos:~$ poweroff
Possible completions:

         Execute the current command
  at            Poweroff at a specific time
  cancel        Cancel a pending poweroff
  in            Poweroff in X minutes
  now           Poweroff the system without confirmation

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