Instance

Manage Vultr virtual machine instances through the command line with commands for creating, listing, modifying, and deleting cloud servers.

The vultr-cli instance command manages Vultr virtual machine instances, allowing you to create, list, modify, and delete cloud servers through the command line interface.

Usage

CONSOLE

$ vultr-cli instance

Examples

CONSOLE

# Full example
$ vultr-cli instance

Available Commands

app - Application commands for an instance
backup - List and create backup schedules for an instance
bandwidth - Get bandwidth usage
create - Create an instance
delete - Delete an instance
get - Get info on an instance
ipv4 - IPv4 instance commands
ipv6 - Display instance IPv6 info
iso - Manage ISOs on an instance
label - Label an instance
list - List all instances
os - Operating system commands for an instance
plan - Plan commands for an instance
reinstall - Reinstall an instance
restart - Restart an instance
restore - Restore instance from backup or snapshot
reverse-dns - Commands to handle reverse DNS on an instance
start - Start an instance
stop - Stop an instance
tags - Update tags on an instance
update-firewall-group - Assign a firewall group to instance
user-data - Commands to manage user data on an instance
vpc - Commands to handle vpcs on an instance

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Bandwidth

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Create

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Delete

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Get

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Label

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List

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Reinstall

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Restart

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Restore

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Start

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Stop

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Instance

Usage

Examples

Available Commands

Categories

App

Backup

IPv4

ISO

OS

Plan

Reverse DNS

User Data

VPC

Articles

Instance

Usage

Examples

Available Commands

Categories

App

Backup

IPv4

ISO

OS

Plan

Reverse DNS

User Data

VPC

Articles