5.128. nova reboot


usage: nova reboot [--hard] [--poll] <server> [<server> ...]
Reboot a server.

Positional arguments

<server>


        Name or ID of server(s).

Optional arguments

--hard


        Perform a hard reboot (instead of a soft one). Note: Ironic does
      not currently support soft reboot; consequently, bare metal nodes
      will always do a hard reboot, regardless of the use of this
      option.

--poll


        Poll until reboot is complete.

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