Actions

For common tasks, you can also act on an instance directly from the list without opening its detail view. Click the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the instance to open a dropdown menu of actions.

The options include:

Action	Description
Trends	View usage and performance trends for the instance. See Monitoring Instances.
Event History	Review a log of events and actions related to the instance. See Monitoring Instances.
Snapshots	Manage snapshots for backup and recovery purposes. See Backup and Restore.
Edit	Modify instance settings and configuration. You can change the instance name, description, and other fields. Find the full list of fields here. Fields that cannot be changed: - Name (can only be set on creation) - State (read-only)
Clone	Create a new instance based on the current instance's configuration. See Clone an Instance.
Update	Apply your pending configuration changes — settings, installed Apps, or image/version — to the instance. The change is rolled out in a highly-available manner. Run this after making changes in the Console so they take effect.
Restart	Perform a highly-available restart of the instance's services (web and worker pods) with the same configuration. For example, restart to pick up an environment-variable Secret after it has been associated, removed, or updated.
Recover	Redeploy the instance as a last resort when it is stuck or in an indeterminate state (for example, after a timed-out operation). This removes and re-creates the instance's compute services while keeping the database intact — it does not restore data from a Snapshot.
Destroy	Permanently delete the instance and all associated data.

For an explanation of the states an instance moves through as these actions run, see Instance States.