**To start maintenance**

The following ``start-maintenance`` command manually starts maintenance on a Chef Automate server 
named ``automate-06`` in your default region. This command can be useful if an earlier, automated 
maintenance attempt failed, and the underlying cause of maintenance failure has been resolved.::

  aws opsworks-cm start-maintenance --server-name 'automate-06'

The output shows you information similar to the following about the maintenance request.
*Output*::

  {
   "Server": { 
      "BackupRetentionCount": 8,
      "CreatedAt": 2016-07-29T13:38:47.520Z,
      "DisableAutomatedBackup": TRUE,
      "Endpoint": "https://opsworks-cm.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
      "Engine": "Chef",
      "EngineAttributes": [ 
         { 
            "Name": "CHEF_DELIVERY_ADMIN_PASSWORD",
            "Value": "1Password1"
         }
      ],
      "EngineModel": "Single",
      "EngineVersion": "12",
      "InstanceProfileArn": "arn:aws:iam::1019881987024:instance-profile/automate-06-1010V4UU2WRM2",
      "InstanceType": "m4.large",
      "KeyPair": "",
      "MaintenanceStatus": "SUCCESS",
      "PreferredBackupWindow": "",
      "PreferredMaintenanceWindow": "",
      "SecurityGroupIds": [ "sg-1a24c270" ],
      "ServerArn": "arn:aws:iam::1019881987024:instance/automate-06-1010V4UU2WRM2",
      "ServerName": "automate-06",
      "ServiceRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::1019881987024:role/aws-opsworks-cm-service-role.1114810729735",
      "Status": "HEALTHY",
      "StatusReason": "",
      "SubnetIds": [ "subnet-49436a18" ]
   }
}

**More Information**

For more information, see `StartMaintenance`_ in the *AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate API Reference*.

.. _`StartMaintenance`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks-cm/latest/APIReference/API_StartMaintenance.html