RebootInstances
Description
Requests a reboot of one or more instances. This operation is asynchronous; it only queues a request to reboot the specified instance(s). The operation will succeed if the instances are valid and belong to you. Requests to reboot terminated instances are ignored.
Note | |
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If a Linux/UNIX instance does not cleanly shut down within four minutes, Amazon EC2 will perform a hard reboot. |
Request Parameters
Name | Description | Required |
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| One or more instance IDs. Type: String Default: None | Yes |
Response Elements
Name | Description |
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Type: |
Ancestor: None
Children: requestId
, return
requestId
The ID of the request.
Type: xsd:string
Ancestor: RebootInstancesResponseType
Children: None
return
Returns "true" if successful; otherwise "false".
Type: xsd:boolean
Ancestor: RebootInstancesResponseType
Children: None
Examples
Example Request
This example reboots an instance.
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=RebootInstances&AuthParams
Example Response
<RebootInstancesResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-07-15/"> <return>true</return> </RebootInstancesResponse>