--- title: "Managing the Users & VMs" slug: "managing-the-users-vms" updated: 2025-06-12T13:36:20Z published: 2025-06-12T13:36:20Z canonical: "help.cloudlabs.ai/managing-the-users-vms" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.cloudlabs.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Managing the Users & VMs ## Managing the Users & VMs - Start/Stop from Control Panel​ #### 1.Adding and Managing the Users to a Lab​ As an Instructor, you would have permission to manage the users in the CloudLabs portal to a specific On Demand Lab. Please follow the below steps which graphically explain how to manage users: i. You would have access to a specific **On Demand Lab**, click on the **Users** button in the **Actions** pane ![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/APJ11.png) ii. Got attendee list already? Use **Add User** functionality to add users to the lab ![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/APJ12.png) iii. Fill out required information, then click on **Submit** button ![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/APJ13.png) iv. Once user is added, send email to user so that he can activate the lab environment ![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/APJ14.png) #### 2. Managing the VMs from Control panel i. Open the control panel as shown in the image below. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/APJ15.png) ii. **Stop the Virtual Machines:** If you want to stop all the Virtual Machines for a specific On Demand Lab, you can stop all VMs together by clicking on **Stop VM**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/APJ16.png) iii. **Start the Virtual Machines:** If you want to start all the Virtual Machines for a specific On Demand Lab, you can start all VMs together by clicking on **Start VM**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/APJ17.png)