At any point of time, any VPS is characterized by a status (or state). There are four stable statuses and a number of transitional statuses that a VPS may have. If the VPS is in one of the stable states, it means that it is likely to continue in this state until its administrator performs a task that would change its status. If the VPS is in one of the transitional states, it means that it is currently passing from one stable state to another. During a transition stage, no operation can be performed on the VPS until the transition is finished.
The stable statuses are:
Status
Description
Possible Actions
down
The VPS is stopped and its private area is unmounted.
Starting/reinstalling
mounted
The VPS private area is initialized and ready to work, but the VPS is not running.
Starting
running
The VPS private area is mounted and the VPS is running.
