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Change

Updated on 07 November, 2025

Changes the operating system on an existing Vultr instance, requiring a virtual machine restart.


The vultr-cli instance os change command allows you to change the operating system of a Vultr virtual machine instance while preserving the primary disk data.

Usage

console
$ vultr-cli instance os change <Instance ID> [flags]

Flags

Shorthand Long Version Description
- --os operating system ID you wish to use

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