Restart Instance

Restarting a VM is equivalent to rebooting the operating system. In most cases, it only takes a few minutes to restart your virtual server.

When you restart the server, it will retain the following:

• Public DNS name (IPv4)

• Private IPv4 address

• Public IPv4 address

• IPv6 address (if applicable)

And any data on its storage volume.

Restarting the server does not start a new billing cycle (with a minimum fee of one minute), unlike stopping and starting your server.

We can schedule restarts of your instance for necessary maintenance, such as applying updates requiring a restart. You don't need to take any action; we advise you to wait for the scheduled restart process to occur in the scheduled window.

We recommend using the vServer Portal dashboard, command-line tool, or API to restart your instance. If you use the vServer Portal dashboard, command-line tool, or API to restart your server, we will perform a hard restart if the instance doesn't shut down completely within a few minutes.

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To restart a server using the dashboard:

1. Open the vServer dashboard at: https://hcm-3.console.vngcloud.vn/vserver/

2. In the navigation pane, select the Server tab.

3. Select the desired Server and choose Actions, then select Restart from the drop-down list.

4. Confirm when prompted to restart.

5. The server will then be in the Rebooting state.