RebootInstances

The RebootInstances operation requests a reboot of one or more instances. This operation is asynchronous; it only queues a request to reboot the specified instance(s). The operation will succeed if the instances are valid and belong to the user. Requests to reboot terminated instances are ignored.

Request Parameters

The following table describes the request parameters for RebootInstance. Parameter names are case sensitive.

Name Description Required

Name	Description	Required
`InstanceId.n`	One or more instance IDs. Type: String	Yes

InstanceId.n

One or more instance IDs.

Type: String

Yes

Response Elements

The following table describes the default response tags included in RebootInstances responses.

Name Description

Name	Description
`result`	`true` if the operation succeeded. Type: xsd:boolean

result

true if the operation succeeded.

Type: xsd:boolean

Sample Request

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
?Action=RebootInstances
&InstanceId.1=i-2ea64347
&InstanceId.2=i-21a64348
&...auth parameters...

Sample Response

<RebootInstancesResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2008-02-01">
      <return>true</return>
</RebootInstancesResponse>