1. Operations
2. appliance
3. techpreview
4. shutdown

## appliance techpreview shutdown: poweroff

Power off the appliance.

### Request:

#### HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/appliance/techpreview/shutdown/poweroff

#### Request Body Structure:

- JSON
- XML

{
"config": {
"delay": 1,
"reason": "string"
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Poweroff-Input xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/appliance/techpreview/shutdown" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<config>
<reason>string</reason>
<delay>1</delay>
</config>
</ns0:Poweroff-Input>

#### Request Body Parameters:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
bold = required
config | shutdown_config | Configuration of poweroff action.
config.delay | long | Delay interval in minutes (optional). if you do not specify delay, then the shutdown starts immediately.
config.reason | string | Reason for performing shutdown (required).

### Response:

#### HTTP Status Code: 200

None

#### Errors:

HTTP Status Code | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
500 | error | Generic error