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Enable Rescue Mode for a Server

Enable the Hetzner Rescue System for this Server. The next time a Server with enabled rescue mode boots it will start a special minimal Linux distribution designed for repair and reinstall.

In case a Server cannot boot on its own you can use this to access a Server’s disks.

Rescue Mode is automatically disabled when you first boot into it or if you do not use it for 60 minutes.

Enabling rescue mode will not reboot your Server — you will have to do this yourself.

post/servers/{id}/actions/enable_rescue

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1
  • URL: https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1/servers/{id}/actions/enable_rescue
  • Auth: HTTP bearer

Path parameters

idinteger required

ID of the Server.

Example:42

ID of the Server.

Request body

type'linux64'

Type of rescue system to boot.

ssh_keysinteger[]

Array of SSH key IDs which should be injected into the rescue system.

Example request

{
  "ssh_keys": [
    2323
  ]
}

Response

Request succeeded.

root_passwordstring

Password that will be set for this Server once the Action succeeds.

Example response

{
  "root_password": "zCWbFhnu950dUTko5f40",
  "action": {
    "id": 42,
    "command": "start_resource",
    "started": "2016-01-30T23:55:00Z",
    "finished": "2016-01-30T23:55:00Z",
    "progress": 100,
    "resources": [
      {
        "id": 42,
        "type": "server"
      }
    ],
    "error": {
      "code": "action_failed",
      "message": "Action failed"
    }
  }
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.