:_mod-docs-content-type: ASSEMBLY
[id="graceful-shutdown-cluster"]
= Shutting down the cluster gracefully
include::_attributes/common-attributes.adoc[]
:context: graceful-shutdown-cluster

toc::[]

[role="_abstract"]
You can shut down your {product-title} cluster for planned maintenance by cordoning nodes, draining workloads, and stopping nodes in order. Graceful shutdown preserves cluster state so you can restart the cluster when maintenance is complete.

// Shutting down the cluster
include::modules/graceful-shutdown.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

[role="_additional-resources"]
[id="additional-resources_restarting-restoring-cluster"]
== Additional resources

* xref:../backup_and_restore/control_plane_backup_and_restore/backing-up-etcd.adoc#backup-etcd[Backing up etcd]
* xref:../backup_and_restore/control_plane_backup_and_restore/disaster_recovery/scenario-2-restoring-cluster-state.adoc#dr-restoring-cluster-state[Restoring to a previous cluster state]
* xref:../backup_and_restore/graceful-cluster-restart.adoc#graceful-restart-cluster[Restarting the cluster gracefully]
