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# ServerReboot

This will force a hard reboot of the server. Do not use this method if you want to gracefully reboot the machine. This is the equivalent of powering off the machine and turning it back on.

```
knife ionoscloud server reboot SERVER_ID [SERVER_ID] (options)
```

## Available options:

### Required options:

* datacenter\_id

```
    ionoscloud_url: --url URL
        the Ionoscloud API URL

    extra_config_file: --extra-config EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH, -e EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH
        path to the additional config file

    datacenter_id: --datacenter-id DATACENTER_ID, -D DATACENTER_ID
        iD of the data center (required)

    ionoscloud_username: --username USERNAME, -u USERNAME
        your Ionoscloud username

    ionoscloud_password: --password PASSWORD, -p PASSWORD
        your Ionoscloud password

    ionoscloud_token: --token PASSWORD
        your Ionoscloud access token
```

## Example

```
knife ionoscloud server reboot SERVER_ID 
```