Hard reboot VM

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/vms/{id}/reboot-hard \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-Project-ID: <x-project-id>'

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Operation completed successfully"
}

Power & state

Hard reboot VM

Force an immediate power-off and restart of a virtual machine, without a graceful shutdown.

When to use

Use this only when a soft reboot (POST /api/v1/vms/{id}/reboot) does not work — for example, the VM is hung and not responding to OS-level signals.

Risks

Unsaved data may be lost. Filesystems and applications cannot flush state before power-off.
Filesystem corruption is possible. Hard power-off skips clean unmount.

Prefer the standard reboot whenever the VM is responsive.

POST

api

vms

{id}

reboot-hard

Hard reboot VM

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.rafftechnologies.com/api/v1/vms/{id}/reboot-hard \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-Project-ID: <x-project-id>'

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Operation completed successfully"
}

_{Updated May 8, 2026}

Authorizations

X-API-Key

string

header

required

API key for authentication. Each key is bound to a specific account.

Headers

X-Project-ID

string<uuid>

required

Project ID. Required for all mutating operations (create, delete, power actions, resize).

Path Parameters

string<uuid>

required

VM ID (UUID)

Response

Hard reboot initiated

success

boolean

Example:

true

message

string

Example:

"Operation completed successfully"

Last modified on May 8, 2026

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