---
title: "Manage Lifecycle"
description: "Manage Thanos service lifecycle states and scale plans via the portal, API, or CLI with minimal interruption."
url: https://community.exoscale.com/product/dbaas/service-specific/thanos/how-to/lifecycle/
product: "Thanos"
section: product
last_updated: 2026-06-03
---
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# Manage Lifecycle

## Service States
Your Thanos service can be in the following states:

| State | Description |
| ------- | ------------- |
| **Building** | Service is being provisioned |
| **Running** | Service is operational and accepting connections |
| **Rebuilding** | Service is being updated or scaled |
| **Poweroff** | Service is stopped |

## Scaling
Change your Thanos plan to scale resources up or down:

1. **Via [Portal](https://portal.exoscale.com/)**: DBaaS > Your Service > Change Plan
2. **Via [API](https://community.exoscale.com/reference/api/dbaas/dbaas-thanos/index.md)**: `PUT /dbaas-thanos/{name}` with new `plan` value
3. **Via CLI**

Available plans range from `startup-4` to `business-64`. See [Overview](/product/dbaas/service-specific/thanos/overview/index.md) for plan details.

> [!NOTE]
> Scaling may cause brief service interruptions. Plan changes on Business plans benefit from high availability to minimize downtime.