Change an instance's type — Origin Cloud Docs

Change an instance’s type to resize it, or to move it off a type that is no longer offered. Only the size changes. The instance keeps its URN, its addresses and its volumes.

Before you begin

An instance that you stopped and that reads STOPPED. A FAILED instance still holds capacity on its machine, so you can’t change its type. Start and stop it cleanly first, or terminate it.
Free vCPU quota if the new type is larger. Growing is checked against the same vCPU quota as a launch. Shrinking never is. See Limits.

Change the type

Stop the instance if it’s running. See Stop and start an instance.
Pick a type whose available is true:
Terminal window
```
origin compute list-instance-types
```

Change the type:

origin compute change-instance-type \
  --instance-urn <instance-urn> \
  --instance-type gp1.core.4

Verify the change. instanceType on the instance now reads the new type:
Terminal window
```
origin compute get-instance --instance-urn <instance-urn>
```

Start the instance:

origin compute start-instance --instance-urn <instance-urn>

Using the API

mutation {
  compute {
    changeInstanceType(input: {
      instanceUrn: "<instance-urn>"
      instanceType: "gp1.core.4"
    }) {
      accepted
      message
    }
  }
}

If this fails

PRODUCT_UNAVAILABLE: the type you named is no longer offered. Pick one whose available is true. See Instance types.
Quota exceeded: the larger type would take the organization or project past its vCPU limit. Choose a smaller type or request a higher limit.
The instance isn’t stopped: stop it first and wait for STOPPED.