Rebuild a Linode

Rebuild an existing Linode. A rebuild shuts down the Linode, deletes all of its disks and configuration profiles, then deploys a new image to the Linode with the given attributes. Consider these points before rebuilding a Linode:

• You need to supply an image for use in rebuilding the Linode. This can be a private image you've created or uploaded, or a public image we offer.

• You need to provide a new root_pass for the root user on the Linode.

• You should supply SSH keys for the root User using the authorized_keys parameter.

• If your target Linode currently uses Metadata ("has_user_data": true), you should include metadata.user_data in the rebuild request to continue using the service.

• Linode interfaces don't change during a rebuild.

• During a rebuild, you can enable or disable local disk encryption. If disk encryption is not included in the request, the previous disk_encryption value is used. You can't disable disk encryption if the target Linode is attached to a LKE nodepool.

• You can resize the Linode to a different plan by including the type parameter, and setting it to a lesser plan. Consider the following points before resizing:

  • You can't have an outstanding balance on your account.

  • Resizing during a rebuild requires significantly more time.

  • If you resize, the Linode will be migrated to a new hardware host, while rebuilding without resizing keeps the same hardware host.

  • If any actions are currently running or queued for the Linode, you need to wait for them to complete.

  • The Linode can't be pending migration.

  • The Linode can't have more disk allocation than the new type supports. If this is the case, you ned to delete or resize the disk to be smaller.

  • If you have Block Storage volumes attached to the Linode, you can't resize it to a type that supports fewer volumes. You need to delete volumes from the Linode to meet the limit supported by the smaller type.

  • You can resize a Linode using a separate operation.

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linode-cli linodes rebuild 123 \
  --image "linode/debian9" \
  --root_pass aComplex@Password \
  --disk_encryption disabled \
  --authorized_keys "ssh-rsa AAAA_valid_public_ssh_key_123456785== user@their-computer" \
  --authorized_users "myUsername" \
  --authorized_users "secondaryUsername" \
  --booted true \
  --stackscript_id 10079 \
  --stackscript_data '{"gh_username": "linode"}' \
  --type "g6-standard-2" \
  --metadata.userdata "I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZw=="

<https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started-with-the-linode-cli>

linodes:read_write

<https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-started#oauth>