---
title: "Google: Controlling the Nasuni Edge Appliance"
slug: "google-controlling-the-nasuni-edge-appliance"
tags: ["Configuration", "Google Cloud", "Nasuni Edge Appliance", "Nasuni Management Console", "Troubleshooting"]
updated: 2026-07-22T17:21:07Z
published: 2026-07-22T17:21:07Z
canonical: "docs.nasuni.com/google-controlling-the-nasuni-edge-appliance"
---

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# Google: Controlling the Nasuni Edge Appliance

## Overview of Controlling a Nasuni VM on Google Cloud

Virtual platforms offer a variety of configuration options to improve the performance and behavior of your Nasuni Edge Appliance. This section presents procedures for performing these configurations. Because these configurations depend on third-party virtual platforms, you should follow the procedures for your specific virtual platform.

## Shut Down the Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC First

To shut down the Nasuni Edge Appliance, use the Web UI as described in chapter 3 of the [Edge Appliance Administration Guide](https://docs.nasuni.com/docs/nasuni-edge-administration). To shut down the NMC, use the NMC as described in chapter 5 of [NMC Guide](https://docs.nasuni.com/docs/nasuni-management-console).

> [!WARNING]
> *Caution: Always shut down the NEA or NMC before shutting down the VM.*

> [!WARNING]
> *Caution: Do not reboot or power off the appliance during the first boot. After the first boot completes, you may reboot or power off the appliance as needed.*

## Stop the Google Cloud VM

As an alternative to shutting down the Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC as described above, you can perform a “graceful” or “soft” shutdown of the virtual machine.

To shut down the Nasuni Edge Appliance on the Google Cloud using the Google Cloud Console, follow these steps:

1. Click the **Navigation menu** icon at the upper left. From the drop-down menu, select **Compute Engine**, then select **VM Instances**. The **VM Instances** pane appears.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2adf6ce2-c120-4520-b135-0fc4463ddde3/Images/Documentation/chapter-1-platform-considerations-image-6c2kw0kx.png)

Figure 4-1: VM instances.
2. From the list of VM Instances, click the instance to shut down.
3. Click **Stop**.

Then confirm by clicking **Stop**.