Reinstalling an instance wipes the file system, resets all configurations, and reinstalls the operating system. Any data on the instance's file system is permanently deleted and cannot be recovered unless a backup or snapshot is available in your Vultr account.
Follow this guide to reinstall a Vultr Cloud Compute instance using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, CLI, or Terraform.
Send a GET
request to the List Instances endpoint and note your target instance's ID.
$ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/instances" \
-X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"
Send a POST
request to the Reinstall Instance endpoint to reinstall the target instance.
$ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/instances/{instance-id}/reinstall" \
-X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}" \
List all available instances and note your target instance's ID.
$ vultr-cli instance list
Reinstall the target instance.
$ vultr-cli instance reinstall <instance_id>
Open your Terraform configuration for the existing Cloud Compute instance.
Trigger a reinstall by replacing the instance during apply.
$ terraform apply -replace=vultr_instance.cc
Apply the configuration and observe the following output:
Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 1 destroyed.
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