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Start a stopped Pod, resuming compute and billing. Use this to restart Pods that were previously stopped. 
runpodctl start pod <podId> [flags]

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Example

Start a stopped Pod with a custom bid price for spot instances: 
runpodctl start pod abc123xyz456 --bid 0.50

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Arguments

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<podId>
string
required
The ID of the Pod to start. You can find Pod IDs using the runpodctl get pod command.

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Flags

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--bid
float
The bid price per GPU in dollars per hour for spot instance pricing. This only applies to Community Cloud Pods.