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Reboot an instance
==================
You can soft or hard reboot a running instance. A soft reboot attempts a
graceful shut down and restart of the instance. A hard reboot power
cycles the instance.
By default, when you reboot an instance, it is a soft reboot.
.. code-block:: console
$ nova reboot SERVER
To perform a hard reboot, pass the :option:`--hard` parameter, as follows:
.. code-block:: console
$ nova reboot --hard SERVER
It is also possible to reboot a running instance into rescue mode. For example,
this operation may be required, if a filesystem of an instance becomes
corrupted with prolonged use.
.. note::
Pause, suspend, and stop operations are not allowed when an instance
is running in rescue mode, as triggering these actions causes the
loss of the original instance state, and makes it impossible to
unrescue the instance.
Rescue mode provides a mechanism for access, even if an image renders
the instance inaccessible. By default, it starts an instance from the
initial image attaching the current boot disk as a secondary one.
To perform an instance reboot into rescue mode, run the following
command:
.. code-block:: console
$ nova rescue SERVER
.. note::
On running the :command:`nova rescue` command,
an instance performs a soft shutdown first. This means that
the guest operating system has a chance to perform
a controlled shutdown before the instance is powered off.
The shutdown behavior is configured by the ``shutdown_timeout``
parameter that can be set in the ``nova.conf`` file.
Its value stands for the overall period (in seconds)
a guest operation system is allowed to complete the shutdown.
The default timeout is 60 seconds. See `Description of
Compute configuration options
<http://docs.openstack.org/liberty/config-reference/content/list-of-compute-config-options.html>`_
for details.
The timeout value can be overridden on a per image basis
by means of ``os_shutdown_timeout`` that is an image metadata
setting allowing different types of operating systems to specify
how much time they need to shut down cleanly.
To restart the instance from the normal boot disk, run the following
command:
.. code-block:: console
$ nova unrescue SERVER
If you want to rescue an instance with a specific image, rather than the
default one, use the :option:`--rescue_image_ref` parameter:
.. code-block:: console
$ nova rescue --rescue_image_ref IMAGE_ID SERVER