Reinstall OS
curl --request POST \
--url https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"template_slug": "ubuntu-24.04",
"password": "myNewPassword123"
}
'import requests
url = "https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall"
payload = {
"template_slug": "ubuntu-24.04",
"password": "myNewPassword123"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({template_slug: 'ubuntu-24.04', password: 'myNewPassword123'})
};
fetch('https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'template_slug' => 'ubuntu-24.04',
'password' => 'myNewPassword123'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"template_slug\": \"ubuntu-24.04\",\n \"password\": \"myNewPassword123\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"template_slug\": \"ubuntu-24.04\",\n \"password\": \"myNewPassword123\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"template_slug\": \"ubuntu-24.04\",\n \"password\": \"myNewPassword123\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"status": "reinstalling",
"password": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
"message": "Missing or invalid Authorization header. Use: Authorization: Bearer <token>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "Server not found."
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "SERVER_STATUS_CONFLICT",
"message": "This server is currently installing and cannot perform this action."
}
}Servers
Reinstall OS
Reinstalls the server with a new operating system template. All data on the server will be lost. You may optionally provide a new root password.
POST
/
servers
/
{server}
/
reinstall
Reinstall OS
curl --request POST \
--url https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"template_slug": "ubuntu-24.04",
"password": "myNewPassword123"
}
'import requests
url = "https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall"
payload = {
"template_slug": "ubuntu-24.04",
"password": "myNewPassword123"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({template_slug: 'ubuntu-24.04', password: 'myNewPassword123'})
};
fetch('https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'template_slug' => 'ubuntu-24.04',
'password' => 'myNewPassword123'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"template_slug\": \"ubuntu-24.04\",\n \"password\": \"myNewPassword123\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"template_slug\": \"ubuntu-24.04\",\n \"password\": \"myNewPassword123\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://console.cloudblast.io/api/v2/servers/{server}/reinstall")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"template_slug\": \"ubuntu-24.04\",\n \"password\": \"myNewPassword123\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"status": "reinstalling",
"password": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
"message": "Missing or invalid Authorization header. Use: Authorization: Bearer <token>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "Server not found."
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "SERVER_STATUS_CONFLICT",
"message": "This server is currently installing and cannot perform this action."
}
}Authorizations
API token from your CloudBlast account settings. Pass as Authorization: Bearer <token>.
Path Parameters
Server identifier — any of: numeric id, uuid_short (8 chars), or full uuid (36 chars).
Body
application/json
Response
Reinstall initiated
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