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# Instance

<table><thead><tr><th data-type="content-ref">Operation</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/describezoneinstanceconfiginfos.md">DescribeZoneInstanceConfigInfos</a></td><td>Queries information on instance size in the zone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/describevminventorycapacity.md">DescribeVmInventoryCapacity</a></td><td>Queries the inventory capacity of a region</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/describetimezones.md">DescribeTimeZones</a></td><td>Queries the time zone information</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/inquirypricecreateinstance.md">InquiryPriceCreateInstance</a></td><td>Queries the price of creating an elastic compute instance</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/createzecinstances.md">CreateZecInstances</a></td><td>Creates one or more instances with specified configurations</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/describeinstances.md">DescribeInstances</a></td><td>Queries the ZEC instance list</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/describeinstancesstatus.md">DescribeInstancesStatus</a></td><td>Queries the status of one or more instances</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/modifyinstancesattribute.md">ModifyInstancesAttribute</a></td><td>Modifies the attributes of one or more elastic compute instances</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/startinstances.md">StartInstances</a></td><td>Starts one or more elastic compute instances</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/stopinstances.md">StopInstances</a></td><td>Shuts down one or more elastic compute instances</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/rebootinstances.md">RebootInstances</a></td><td>Restarts one or more elastic compute instances</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/resetinstancepassword.md">ResetInstancePassword</a></td><td>Resets the instance login password</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/resetinstance.md">ResetInstance</a></td><td>Reinstalls the operating system on a virtual machine instance</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/resetinstances.md">ResetInstances</a></td><td>Reinstalls the operating system on multiple virtual machine instances</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/startipforward.md">StartIpForward</a></td><td>Enables IP forwarding for an instance</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/stopipforward.md">StopIpForward</a></td><td>Disables IP forwarding for an instance</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/startagentmonitor.md">StartAgentMonitor</a></td><td>Enables Agent monitoring data collection</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/stopagentmonitor.md">StopAgentMonitor</a></td><td>Disables Agent monitoring data collection for an instance</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/modifyinstancetype.md">ModifyInstanceType</a></td><td>Modifies the type of an elastic compute instance</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/changenicnetworktype.md">ChangeNicNetworkType</a></td><td>Modifies the vNIC mode of the instance</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/releaseinstances.md">ReleaseInstances</a></td><td>Releases one or more elastic compute instances</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/describevncurl.md">DescribeVncUrl</a></td><td>Queries the VNC address of an instance</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/describeinstancemonitordata.md">DescribeInstanceMonitorData</a></td><td>Queries the performance data of the instance</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/inquirypricemodifyinstancetype.md">InquiryPriceModifyInstanceType</a></td><td>Inquire price for changing instance type</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/describezonegpuinstanceconfiginfos.md">DescribeZoneGpuInstanceConfigInfos</a></td><td>Queries the GPU instance types available in an availability zone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/api-reference/zec/instance/describezoneacceleratorconfiginfos.md">DescribeZoneAcceleratorConfigInfos</a></td><td>Describes accelerator instance types available for sale in a zone</td></tr></tbody></table>