# metalcloud-cli vm reboot

Restart a virtual machine

## Synopsis

Restart a virtual machine by performing a graceful reboot. The VM will be
shutdown gracefully and then started again. This is equivalent to performing
a shutdown followed by a start operation.

Arguments:
  vm_id          Required. The unique identifier of the virtual machine to reboot.

Prerequisites:
  - VM must be in 'running' state
  - User must have write permissions for the VM
  - VM configuration must be valid

Examples:
  ## Reboot a VM by ID
  metalcloud-cli vm reboot 12345
  
  ## Reboot multiple VMs sequentially
  for vm in 12345 12346 12347; do metalcloud-cli vm reboot $vm; done

```
metalcloud-cli vm reboot vm_id [flags]
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for reboot
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -k, --api_key string         MetalCloud API key
  -c, --config string          Config file path
  -d, --debug                  Set to enable debug logging
  -e, --endpoint string        MetalCloud API endpoint
  -f, --format string          Output format. Supported values are 'text','csv','md','json','yaml'. (default "text")
  -i, --insecure_skip_verify   Set to allow insecure transport
  -l, --log_file string        Log file path
  -v, --verbosity string       Log level verbosity (default "INFO")
```

### SEE ALSO

* [metalcloud-cli vm](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli_vm.md)	 - Manage virtual machines lifecycle and configuration

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