diff --git a/app/controllers/api/instances_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/instances_controller.rb
index d2f94f3df9..0c4a199d25 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/instances_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/instances_controller.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class InstancesController < BaseController
     include Subcollections::LoadBalancers
     include Subcollections::SecurityGroups
     include Subcollections::Snapshots
+    extend Api::Mixins::CentralAdmin
 
     DEFAULT_ROLE = 'ems_operations'.freeze
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ def stop_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
         result
       end
     end
+    central_admin :stop_resource, :stop
 
     def start_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
       raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for starting a #{type} resource" unless id
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ def start_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
         result
       end
     end
+    central_admin :start_resource, :start
 
     def pause_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
       raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for pausing a #{type} resource" unless id
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ def suspend_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
         result
       end
     end
+    central_admin :suspend_resource, :suspend
 
     def shelve_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
       raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for shelving a #{type} resource" unless id
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ def reboot_guest_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
         result
       end
     end
+    central_admin :reboot_guest_resource, :reboot_guest
 
     def reset_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
       raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for resetting a #{type} resource" unless id
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ def reset_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
         result
       end
     end
+    central_admin :reset_resource, :reset
 
     private
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/mixins/central_admin.rb b/app/controllers/api/mixins/central_admin.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1820038b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/api/mixins/central_admin.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+module Api
+  module Mixins
+    module CentralAdmin
+      def self.extended(klass)
+        unless klass.const_defined?("MethodRelay")
+          method_relay = klass.const_set("MethodRelay", Module.new)
+          klass.prepend(method_relay)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def central_admin(method, action = method)
+        const_get("MethodRelay").class_eval do
+          define_method(method) do |*meth_args, &meth_block|
+            api_args = yield(*meth_args) if block_given?
+
+            type, id, _rest = meth_args
+
+            if ApplicationRecord.id_in_current_region?(id.to_i)
+              super(*meth_args, &meth_block)
+            else
+              region_number = ApplicationRecord.id_to_region(id)
+              Api::Mixins::CentralAdmin.inter_region_call(region_number, @req.subject.to_sym, action, api_args, id).tap do |response|
+                add_href_to_result(response, type, id)
+                add_task_to_result(response, response["task_href"].split("api/tasks/").last) if response["task_href"]
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      def self.inter_region_call(region, collection, action, api_args, id)
+        InterRegionApiMethodRelay.exec_api_call(region, collection, action, api_args, id)
+      rescue InterRegionApiMethodRelay::InterRegionApiMethodRelayError => error
+        {"success" => false, "message" => error.message}
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/vms_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/vms_controller.rb
index 1c5991cbaf..ffe50a170d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/vms_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/vms_controller.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class VmsController < BaseController
     include Subcollections::Software
     include Subcollections::Snapshots
     include Subcollections::MetricRollups
+    extend Api::Mixins::CentralAdmin
 
     VALID_EDIT_ATTRS = %w(description child_resources parent_resource).freeze
     RELATIONSHIP_COLLECTIONS = %w(vms templates).freeze
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ def start_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
         result
       end
     end
+    central_admin :start_resource, :start
 
     def stop_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
       raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for stopping a #{type} resource" unless id
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ def stop_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
         result
       end
     end
+    central_admin :stop_resource, :stop
 
     def suspend_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
       raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for suspending a #{type} resource" unless id
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ def suspend_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
         result
       end
     end
+    central_admin :suspend_resource, :suspend
 
     def pause_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
       raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for pausing a #{type} resource" unless id
@@ -188,6 +192,7 @@ def reset_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
         result
       end
     end
+    central_admin :reset_resource, :reset
 
     def reboot_guest_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
       raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for rebooting a #{type} resource" unless id
@@ -201,6 +206,7 @@ def reboot_guest_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
         result
       end
     end
+    central_admin :reboot_guest_resource, :reboot_guest
 
     def shutdown_guest_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
       raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for shutting down a #{type} resource" unless id
@@ -214,6 +220,7 @@ def shutdown_guest_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
         result
       end
     end
+    central_admin :shutdown_guest_resource, :shutdown_guest
 
     def refresh_resource(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
       raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for refreshing a #{type} resource" unless id
diff --git a/spec/requests/instances_spec.rb b/spec/requests/instances_spec.rb
index ab4a0eff8e..69603d46fd 100644
--- a/spec/requests/instances_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/instances_spec.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def update_raw_power_state(state, *instances)
   let(:instance_url) { api_instance_url(nil, instance) }
   let(:instance1_url) { api_instance_url(nil, instance1) }
   let(:instance2_url) { api_instance_url(nil, instance2) }
-  let(:invalid_instance_url) { api_instance_url(nil, 999_999) }
+  let(:invalid_instance_url) { api_instance_url(nil, ApplicationRecord.id_in_region(999_999, ApplicationRecord.my_region_number)) }
   let(:instances_list) { [instance1_url, instance2_url] }
   let(:instance_guid) { instance.guid }
 
@@ -843,4 +843,14 @@ def update_raw_power_state(state, *instances)
       expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "/api/instances central admin" do
+    let(:resource_type) { "instance" }
+
+    include_examples "resource power operations", :vm_amazon, :reboot_guest
+    include_examples "resource power operations", :vm_amazon, :reset
+    include_examples "resource power operations", :vm_amazon, :start
+    include_examples "resource power operations", :vm_amazon, :stop
+    include_examples "resource power operations", :vm_amazon, :suspend
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/vms_spec.rb b/spec/requests/vms_spec.rb
index f8b0816244..5f39cd758f 100644
--- a/spec/requests/vms_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/vms_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   let(:vm_guid)            { vm.guid }
   let(:vm_url)             { api_vm_url(nil, vm) }
 
-  let(:invalid_vm_url) { api_vm_url(nil, 999_999) }
+  let(:invalid_vm_url) { api_vm_url(nil, ApplicationRecord.id_in_region(999_999, ApplicationRecord.my_region_number)) }
 
   def update_raw_power_state(state, *vms)
     vms.each { |vm| vm.update_attributes!(:raw_power_state => state) }
@@ -1819,4 +1819,15 @@ def update_raw_power_state(state, *vms)
       expect(response).to have_http_status(:forbidden)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "/api/vms central admin" do
+    let(:resource_type) { "vm" }
+
+    include_examples "resource power operations", :vm_vmware, :reboot_guest
+    include_examples "resource power operations", :vm_vmware, :reset
+    include_examples "resource power operations", :vm_vmware, :shutdown_guest
+    include_examples "resource power operations", :vm_vmware, :start
+    include_examples "resource power operations", :vm_vmware, :stop
+    include_examples "resource power operations", :vm_vmware, :suspend
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/shared_examples/resource_power_operations.rb b/spec/support/shared_examples/resource_power_operations.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96ab64af68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/shared_examples/resource_power_operations.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+shared_examples "resource power operations" do |factory, operation|
+  let!(:resource)             { FactoryGirl.create(factory, :id => ApplicationRecord.id_in_region(1, region_remote.region)) }
+  let(:api_client_collection) { double("/api/#{resource_type.pluralize}") }
+  let(:api_client_connection) { double("ApiClient", :instances => api_client_collection) }
+  let(:api_resource)          { double(resource_type) }
+  let(:operation)             { operation }
+  let(:region_remote)         { FactoryGirl.create(:miq_region) }
+  let(:url)                   { send("api_#{resource_type}_url", nil, resource) }
+
+  it operation.to_s do
+    api_basic_authorize(action_identifier(resource_type.pluralize.to_sym, operation))
+
+    expect(api_client_connection).to receive(resource_type.pluralize).and_return(api_client_collection)
+    expect(InterRegionApiMethodRelay).to receive(:api_client_connection_for_region).with(region_remote.region).and_return(api_client_connection)
+    expect(api_client_collection).to receive(:find).with(resource.id).and_return(api_resource)
+    expect(api_resource).to receive(operation)
+
+    post(url, :params => gen_request(operation))
+  end
+end