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Reinstall

Updated on 07 November, 2025

Reinstalls the operating system on a Vultr instance while preserving its configuration and IP address.


The vultr-cli instance reinstall command resets a Vultr virtual machine instance to its original state, reinstalling the operating system while preserving the instance's configuration settings.

Usage

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

Flags

Shorthand Long Version Description
- --host The hostname to assign to this instance

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