Restart a VM

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You can restart a running VM (Virtual Machine) if needed, which corresponds to restarting the operating system. During this operation, the VM restarts without following the stop and start process.

Permissions

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This action requires the following IAM (Identity and Access Management) permissions:

• compute.vm.update

Console

1 / 3From the left-hand side menu, click Compute → VMs to open the list of VMs.

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1. From the left-hand side menu, click Compute → VM to access the list of VM.

2. Select the VM you want to restart.

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   Multi-selection is available.

3. Click the Restart button.

4. When prompted to confirm the operation, select Restart.

   The selected VM is restarted.

API

The PUT /compute/spaces/{spaceId}/vms/{id}/reboot command restarts a VM. This operation sends a restart request to a specified VM. It is an asynchronous action that queues this restart request.

Example request: Restart the VM

Terraform

The Terraform documentation is available on the Numspot registry ↗.