Restarting an ECS

This API is used to restart a single ECS.

POST /v2.1/{project_id}/servers/{server_id}/action

Table 1 describes the parameters in the URI.

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain the ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
server_id	Yes	Specifies the ECS ID.

Table 2 describes the request parameters.

**Table 2** Request parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
reboot	Yes	Object	Specifies the operation to restart the ECS. For details, see Table 3.

**Table 3** **reboot** field description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
type	Yes	String	Specifies the type of the restart operation. SOFT: soft restart HARD: forcible restart (hard restart)

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Restart a specified ECS.

POST https://{endpoint}/v2.1/{project_id}/servers/{server_id}/action

{
    "reboot": {
        "type": "SOFT"
    }
}

None

Parent topic: Status Management

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