diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/Dashboard/Pages/ServiceDetails.razor b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/Dashboard/Pages/ServiceDetails.razor
index 875912c55..e8f3d4f38 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/Dashboard/Pages/ServiceDetails.razor
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/Dashboard/Pages/ServiceDetails.razor
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 @page "/services/{ServiceName}"
 @inject Application application
+@inject HttpClient Http
 
 @if (Service == null)
 {
@@ -9,6 +10,14 @@ else
 {
     <h3>@Service.Description.Name</h3>
 
+    @if (_service?.Replicas != null) {
+        if (_service.Replicas.Any()) {
+            <button @onclick="OnServiceStop" class="btn btn-danger">Stop</button>
+        } else {
+            <button @onclick="OnServiceStart" class="btn btn-success">Start</button>
+        }
+    }
+
     switch (Service.ServiceType)
     {
         case ServiceType.Container:
@@ -36,4 +45,14 @@ else
     {
         application.Services.TryGetValue(ServiceName, out _service);
     }
+
+    private async Task OnServiceStop()
+    {        
+        await Http.PostAsync($"/api/v1/services/{ServiceName}/stop", null);
+    }
+
+    private async Task OnServiceStart()
+    {
+        await Http.PostAsync($"/api/v1/services/{ServiceName}/start", null);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/ProcessRunner.cs b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/ProcessRunner.cs
index 4dc8f1248..6b9891851 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/ProcessRunner.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/ProcessRunner.cs
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ service.Description.RunInfo is ProjectRunInfo project2 &&
             }
         }
 
-        private void LaunchService(Application application, Service service)
+        public void LaunchService(Application application, Service service)
         {
             var serviceDescription = service.Description;
             var processInfo = new ProcessInfo(new Task[service.Description.Replicas]);
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ async Task RunApplicationAsync(IEnumerable<(int ExternalPort, int Port, string?
             service.Items[typeof(ProcessInfo)] = processInfo;
         }
 
-        private Task KillRunningProcesses(IDictionary<string, Service> services)
+        public Task KillRunningProcesses(IDictionary<string, Service> services)
         {
             static Task KillProcessAsync(Service service)
             {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/TyeDashboardApi.cs b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/TyeDashboardApi.cs
index 90cc787b4..22b90f0cb 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/TyeDashboardApi.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/TyeDashboardApi.cs
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Tye.Hosting
     public class TyeDashboardApi
     {
         private readonly JsonSerializerOptions _options;
+        private readonly ProcessRunner _processRunner;
 
-        public TyeDashboardApi()
+        public TyeDashboardApi(ProcessRunner processRunner)
         {
             _options = new JsonSerializerOptions()
             {
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ public TyeDashboardApi()
             };
 
             _options.Converters.Add(new JsonStringEnumConverter(JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase));
+            _processRunner = processRunner;
         }
 
         public void MapRoutes(IEndpointRouteBuilder endpoints)
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ public void MapRoutes(IEndpointRouteBuilder endpoints)
             endpoints.MapGet("/api/v1/application", ApplicationIndex);
             endpoints.MapDelete("/api/v1/control", ControlPlaneShutdown);
             endpoints.MapGet("/api/v1/services", Services);
+            endpoints.MapPost("/api/v1/services/{name}/stop", ServiceStop);
+            endpoints.MapPost("/api/v1/services/{name}/start", ServiceStart);
             endpoints.MapGet("/api/v1/services/{name}", Service);
             endpoints.MapGet("/api/v1/logs/{name}", Logs);
             endpoints.MapGet("/api/v1/metrics", AllMetrics);
@@ -128,6 +132,38 @@ private Task Service(HttpContext context)
             return JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(context.Response.Body, serviceJson, _options);
         }
 
+        private Task ServiceStart(HttpContext context)
+        {
+            var app = context.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<Application>();
+
+            var name = (string?)context.Request.RouteValues["name"];
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) && app.Services.TryGetValue(name, out var service))
+            {
+                _processRunner.LaunchService(app, service);
+            }
+
+            context.Response.Redirect($"/services/{name}");
+
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+
+        private async Task ServiceStop(HttpContext context)
+        {
+            var app = context.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<Application>();
+
+            var name = (string?)context.Request.RouteValues["name"];
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) && app.Services.TryGetValue(name, out var service))
+            {
+                var services = new Dictionary<string, Service>();
+                services.Add(name, service);
+                await _processRunner.KillRunningProcesses(services);
+            }
+
+            context.Response.Redirect($"/services/{name}");
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         private static V1Service CreateServiceJson(Service service)
         {
             var description = service.Description;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/TyeHost.cs b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/TyeHost.cs
index 86b142a3a..70536fd39 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/TyeHost.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Hosting/TyeHost.cs
@@ -204,6 +204,13 @@ private IHost BuildWebApplication(Application application, HostOptions options,
                                     });
                             });
                     services.AddSingleton(application);
+                    services.AddScoped(sp =>
+                    {
+                        var server = sp.GetRequiredService<AspNetCore.Hosting.Server.IServer>();
+                        var addressFeature = server.Features.Get<AspNetCore.Hosting.Server.Features.IServerAddressesFeature>();
+                        var baseAddress = addressFeature?.Addresses.FirstOrDefault() ?? string.Empty;
+                        return new System.Net.Http.HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(baseAddress) };
+                    });
                 })
                 .Build();
         }
@@ -218,14 +225,17 @@ private void ConfigureApplication(IApplicationBuilder app)
 
             app.UseRouting();
 
-            var api = new TyeDashboardApi();
-
-            app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
+            if (_logger != null && _replicaRegistry != null)
             {
-                api.MapRoutes(endpoints);
-                endpoints.MapBlazorHub();
-                endpoints.MapFallbackToPage("/_Host");
-            });
+                var api = new TyeDashboardApi(new ProcessRunner(_logger, _replicaRegistry, ProcessRunnerOptions.FromHostOptions(_options)));
+
+                app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
+                {
+                    api.MapRoutes(endpoints);
+                    endpoints.MapBlazorHub();
+                    endpoints.MapFallbackToPage("/_Host");
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         private int ComputePort(int? port)