---
name: paperos-cli-instances
description: Tenant instance operations for the white-labeled paperos CLI. Use when customers need to list, provision, access, or lifecycle-manage instances.
---

# paperos CLI Instances

Use this for day-to-day tenant instance operations.

## List and inspect

```sh
paperos instances list
paperos inventory
```

## Provision LXC

```sh
paperos instances create --bunch paperos-dev --cores 2 --memory 2048 app
```

## Access instance

```sh
paperos instances ssh app
```

## Lifecycle actions

```sh
paperos instances start app
paperos instances stop app
paperos instances reboot app
paperos instances shutdown app
```

## Destroy (requires confirm)

```sh
paperos instances destroy --confirm app
```

## Domain management

```sh
paperos domains list --vmid 1110001
paperos domains add --vmid 1110001 --domain app.paperos.net
paperos domains remove --vmid 1110001 --domain app.paperos.net
```