Reboot sequence
- Drain traffic if behind load balancer.
- Confirm running critical jobs.
- Reboot from dashboard.
- Validate health checks and logs after restart.
Stop/start guidance
- Use stop only for maintenance windows.
- Verify startup dependencies before start.
- Re-check firewall/security group exposure after start.
Post-action verification
- app endpoint 200
- worker process running
- DB connectivity healthy