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Pterodactyl Client

User-level server management with Pterodactyl Panel Client API

Server → Power Action

AI-generated

Summary

Perform power operations such as start, stop, restart, or kill on a specified Pterodactyl game server.

Inputs

  • Server (required) — Select the server to perform the power action on, chosen from the list of accessible servers.
  • Action (required) — The power action to perform on the server; options include Start, Stop, Restart, and Kill.

Output shape

a single object representing the outcome of the power action, returned as JSON

The operation returns the result of the power action request as JSON data from the Pterodactyl API. Errors are reported via JSON error messages, and outputs correspond one-to-one with input items if multiple are processed.

Examples

Example 1: Start a server

Select the server from the server list and set Action to 'Start' to power on the server.

Example 2: Force kill a server

Select the target server and set Action to 'Kill' to immediately stop the server process.

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