# Instance Overview

The Instance Overview page provides a detailed summary and management options for your VM. It includes instance status, location, operating system, performance metrics, and quick actions.

Open Virtual Machines → Instances in the portal to see all your VMs, each with its status, region, project, operating system, and IP. Select an instance to open its overview.

![ZCP portal Instances list showing each VM's status, region, project, OS, and IP](https://docs.zcp.zsoftly.ca/_astro/instances-list.D3x71kNX_7iLpm.webp)

## Action Buttons

Available from the three-dot menu or overview page:

- Refresh: Refreshes the instance status and page information.
- Console Access: Opens a console interface to interact with the VM directly.
- VM Volume Snapshots: Lists existing snapshots or lets you take a new one.
- Power Off: Shuts down the virtual machine.
- Reboot: Restarts the instance.
- Attach ISO for VM: Mounts an ISO file to the VM.
- Delete: Deletes the instance permanently.

![Instance action buttons](https://docs.zcp.zsoftly.ca/_astro/instance-overview-action-buttons.CXlG6FfC_Z28zNcB.webp)

## Instance Information

- Instance Name
- Created on
- Status (running/stopped)

![Instance information panel](https://docs.zcp.zsoftly.ca/_astro/instance-overview-instance-information.CazTfV1x_Z25ABb4.webp)

## Instance Details

- Location
- Operating System
- Cost (all-time)

![Instance details panel](https://docs.zcp.zsoftly.ca/_astro/instance-overview-instance-details.B1gi-Ft5_2ncMjj.webp)

## Resource Specifications

- Label
- CPU (vCPUs)
- RAM
- Disk Size
- Public IP
- Private IP
- Network
- Username
- Password
- Affinity Group
- Tag (add via Add Tag → Key + Value → Submit)

![Resource specifications panel](https://docs.zcp.zsoftly.ca/_astro/instance-overview-resource-specifications.DODA44qC_2vfjDv.webp)

## Resource Usage

- Disk Size: capacity usage
- Network Traffic: metrics over a specified period (default: Last 24 Hours)
- CPU Usage: percentage
- RAM Usage: memory consumption

![Resource usage metrics](https://docs.zcp.zsoftly.ca/_astro/instance-overview-resource-usage.BIiDgxJS_Z2fpDtT.webp)

## See also

- [Create Instance](https://docs.zcp.zsoftly.ca/public-cloud/compute/create-instance)
- [Console Access](https://docs.zcp.zsoftly.ca/public-cloud/compute/console-access)
- [Activity Logs](https://docs.zcp.zsoftly.ca/public-cloud/compute/activity-logs)