--- updatedAt: 2026-05-29T22:06:50.000Z agentTools: siteIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/llms.txt projectIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/llms.txt --- # Boot a Linode Boots a Linode you have permission to modify. If the Linode is using config profiles, and no parameters are given, a config profile is chosen for this boot based on the following criteria: - If there is only one config profile for this Linode, it will be used. - If there is more than one config profile, the last booted config will be used. - If there is more than one config profile and none were the last to be booted (because the Linode was never booted or the last booted config was deleted) an error will be returned. If the Linode is using Linode interfaces, where `interface_generation` is set as `linode`, an error is returned if the Linode has to boot without any interface defined. **Permissions and scopes** To call this operation, you need the following: - **Identity and access permissions**. Your user needs a role with these permissions assigned. [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/identity-access-cm-available-roles). - Permissions: `boot_linode` - **OAuth scopes**. Your user needs these scopes assigned. [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-started#oauth). - Scopes: `linodes:read_write` **CLI** ```shell linode-cli linodes boot 123 ``` [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started-with-the-linode-cli) # OpenAPI definition ````json { "components": { "securitySchemes": { "oauth": { "flows": { "authorizationCode": { "authorizationUrl": "https://login.linode.com/oauth/authorize", "scopes": { "account:read_only": "Allows access to GET information about your account.", "account:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your account.", "child_account:read_only": "Allows access to GET information about deprecated parent/child operations.", "child_account:read_write": "Allows access to deprecated parent/child operations.", "databases:read_only": "Allows access to GET information about databases.", "databases:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to databases.", "domains:read_only": "Allows access to GET Domains on your account.", "domains:read_write": "Allows access to all Domain endpoints.", "events:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Events.", "events:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Events.", "firewall:read_only": "Allows access to GET information about your Firewalls.", "firewall:read_write": "Allows access to all Firewall endpoints.", "images:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Images.", "images:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Images.", "ips:read_only": "Allows access to GET your ips.", "ips:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your ips.", "linodes:read_only": "Allows access to GET Linodes on your account.", "linodes:read_write": "Allow access to all endpoints related to your Linodes.", "lke:read_only": "Allows access to GET LKE Clusters on your account.", "lke:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to LKE Clusters on your account.", "longview:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Longview Clients.", "longview:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Longview Clients.", "monitor:read_only": "Allows access to Monitor (Akamai Cloud Pulse) data.", "monitor:read_write": "Allows access to GET Monitor (Akamai Cloud Pulse) data.", "nodebalancers:read_only": "Allows access to GET NodeBalancers on your account.", "nodebalancers:read_write": "Allows access to all NodeBalancer endpoints.", "object_storage:read_only": "Allows access to GET information related to your Object Storage.", "object_storage:read_write": "Allows access to all Object Storage endpoints.", "stackscripts:read_only": "Allows access to GET your StackScripts.", "stackscripts:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your StackScripts.", "volumes:read_only": "Allows access to GET your Volumes.", "volumes:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to your Volumes.", "vpc:read_write": "Allows access to all endpoints related to VPC and Subnet creation, updating, and deletion." }, "tokenUrl": "https://login.linode.com/oauth/token" } }, "type": "oauth2" }, "personalAccessToken": { "scheme": "bearer", "type": "http" } } }, "externalDocs": { "description": "See documentation for Akamai's Linode API", "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference" }, "info": { "description": "\"[Read the API documentation](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/api).\"", "license": { "name": "Apache 2.0", "url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html" }, "title": "Linode instances", "version": "4.229.1" }, "openapi": "3.0.1", "paths": { "/{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/boot": { "post": { "description": "Boots a Linode you have permission to modify.\n\nIf the Linode is using config profiles, and no parameters are given, a config profile is chosen for this boot based on the following criteria:\n- If there is only one config profile for this Linode, it will be used.\n- If there is more than one config profile, the last booted config will be used.\n- If there is more than one config profile and none were the last to be booted (because the Linode was never booted or the last booted config was deleted) an error will be returned.\n\nIf the Linode is using Linode interfaces, where `interface_generation` is set as `linode`, an error is returned if the Linode has to boot without any interface defined.\n\n\n**Permissions and scopes**\n\nTo call this operation, you need the following:\n\n- **Identity and access permissions**. Your user needs a role with these permissions assigned. [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/identity-access-cm-available-roles).\n - Permissions: `boot_linode`\n- **OAuth scopes**. Your user needs these scopes assigned. [Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-started#oauth).\n\n - Scopes: `linodes:read_write`\n\n\n**CLI**\n\n```shell\nlinode-cli linodes boot 123\n```\n\n[Learn more](https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started-with-the-linode-cli)", "externalDocs": { "description": "See documentation for this operation in Akamai's Linode API", "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-boot-linode-instance" }, "operationId": "post-boot-linode-instance", "requestBody": { "content": { "application/json": { "example": { "config_id": 123 }, "schema": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "config_id": { "description": "The Linode Config ID to boot into.", "example": null, "nullable": true, "type": "integer" } }, "type": "object", "x-akamai": { "file-path": "schemas/added-post-boot-linode-instance.yaml" } } } }, "required": false }, "responses": { "200": { "content": { "application/json": { "example": {}, "schema": { "description": "The API responds with an empty object.", "maxProperties": 0, "type": "object", "x-akamai": { "file-path": "schemas/added-empty-obj.yaml" } } } }, "description": "Boot started." }, "default": { "content": { "application/json": { "example": { "errors": [ { "reason": "Invalid JSON" } ] }, "schema": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "errors": { "description": "Any warnings associated with a response.", "items": { "additionalProperties": false, "description": "An object for describing a single error that occurred during the processing of a request.", "properties": { "field": { "description": "The field in the request that caused this error. This may be a path, separated by periods in the case of nested fields. In some cases this may come back as `null` if the error is not specific to any single element of the request.", "example": "fieldname", "type": "string" }, "reason": { "description": "What happened to cause this error. In most cases, this can be fixed immediately by changing the data you sent in the request, but in some cases you will be instructed to [Open a support ticket](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-ticket) or perform some other action before you can complete the request successfully.", "example": "fieldname must be a valid value", "type": "string" } }, "type": "object", "x-akamai": { "file-path": "schemas/error-object.yaml" } }, "type": "array" } }, "type": "object" } } }, "description": "See [Errors](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/errors) for the range of possible error response codes." } }, "security": [ { "personalAccessToken": [] }, { "oauth": [ "linodes:read_write" ] } ], "summary": "Boot a Linode", "tags": [ "Linode instances" ], "x-akamai": { "tabs": [ { "syntax": "linode-cli linodes boot 123", "title": "CLI", "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started-with-the-linode-cli" } ] }, "x-linode-cli-action": "boot", "x-linode-grant": "read_write", "x-linode-iam": [ { "permissions": [ "boot_linode" ] } ] }, "parameters": [ { "description": "__Enum__ Call either the `v4` URL, or `v4beta` for operations still in Beta.", "in": "path", "name": "apiVersion", "required": true, "schema": { "enum": [ "v4", "v4beta" ], "example": "v4", "type": "string" }, "x-akamai": { "file-path": "parameters/api-version-path.yaml" } }, { "description": "The ID of the Linode to boot.", "in": "path", "name": "linodeId", "required": true, "schema": { "example": 234, "type": "integer" }, "x-akamai": { "file-path": "parameters/linode-id-path-3880d973.yaml" } } ], "x-akamai": { "file-path": "paths/linode-boot.yaml", "path-info": "/{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/boot" }, "x-linode-cli-command": "linodes" } }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.linode.com" } ], "tags": [ { "description": "A Linode is a virtual machine that runs on Akamai's secure and reliable global infrastructure. Use the Linode instances operations to create, configure, and manage your Linodes.", "name": "Linode instances" } ], "x-akamai": { "auth-type": "OAUTH", "file-path": "linode-1.yaml" }, "x-readme": { "explorer-enabled": false, "samples-languages": [ "curl", "python", "node" ] } } ```` # Sibling pages * [Create a Linode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-linode-instance.md) * [List Linodes](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-linode-instances.md) * [Get a Linode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-linode-instance.md) * [Update a Linode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/put-linode-instance.md) * [Delete a Linode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/delete-linode-instance.md) * [Clone a Linode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-clone-linode-instance.md) * [Migrate a Linode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-migrate-linode-instance.md) * [Upgrade a Linode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-mutate-linode-instance.md) * [Reset a Linode's root password](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-reset-linode-password.md) * [Reboot a Linode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-reboot-linode-instance.md) * [Rebuild a Linode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-rebuild-linode-instance.md) * [Boot a Linode into rescue mode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-rescue-linode-instance.md) * [Resize a Linode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-resize-linode-instance.md) * [Shut down a Linode](https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/post-shutdown-linode-instance.md)