> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.server.express/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Reinstall the OS

> Wipes the VM and redeploys it from the chosen OS template. The old VM is destroyed and a fresh clone made; the reserved
IP is kept and a new root password is set. Returns 202 with a task id straight away — the rebuild takes minutes, and every
other control on the server is refused until it lands. Needs the operate role. Only ACTIVE services can be reinstalled
(409 otherwise), and 409 if another task is already running on the server.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml post /v1/cloud/{id}/reinstall
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Server.Express API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    The customer-facing Server.Express API: auth, billing, tickets, cloud and
    dedicated servers, hosting, reselling and account management. Every response
    uses the `{ success, data | error }` envelope.
  contact:
    name: Server.Express
    url: https://server.express
servers:
  - url: https://my.server.express/api
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
  - apiToken: []
tags:
  - name: API Tokens
  - name: Account
  - name: Auth
  - name: Cloud
  - name: Coupons
  - name: Credits
  - name: Dashboard
  - name: Dedicated
  - name: Health
  - name: Hosting
  - name: Integrations
  - name: Invoices
  - name: Livechat
  - name: Notifications
  - name: Passkeys
  - name: Payments
  - name: Products
  - name: Public
  - name: Public Invoices
  - name: Public Tools
  - name: Reseller
  - name: SSH Keys
  - name: Services
  - name: Tasks
  - name: Teams
  - name: Tickets
  - name: Web Hosting
  - name: Webhooks
paths:
  /v1/cloud/{id}/reinstall:
    post:
      tags:
        - Cloud
      summary: Reinstall the OS
      description: >-
        Wipes the VM and redeploys it from the chosen OS template. The old VM is
        destroyed and a fresh clone made; the reserved

        IP is kept and a new root password is set. Returns 202 with a task id
        straight away — the rebuild takes minutes, and every

        other control on the server is refused until it lands. Needs the operate
        role. Only ACTIVE services can be reinstalled

        (409 otherwise), and 409 if another task is already running on the
        server.
      operationId: publicCloudReinstall
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Service id of the cloud server.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - os
              properties:
                os:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  description: Template slug from GET /v1/cloud/templates.
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Reinstall started.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - success
                  - data
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    const: true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    required:
                      - taskId
                      - os
                      - osName
                    properties:
                      taskId:
                        type: string
                        description: Task to watch for progress.
                      os:
                        type: string
                        description: Template slug being installed.
                      osName:
                        type: string
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          description: >-
            Conflicts with the server's current state — most often another task
            (reinstall, snapshot…) is running, in which case `data.taskId` names
            it.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicCloudBusyError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
        '503':
          description: The server hasn't been built yet. Retry later.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
        - apiToken: []
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Validation failed or the request is malformed.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing, invalid or expired credentials.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Forbidden:
      description: >-
        Authenticated but not allowed (missing scope, not an admin, or not your
        resource).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: The resource doesn't exist or isn't visible to you.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    ServerError:
      description: Unexpected server error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    PublicCloudBusyError:
      type: object
      description: >-
        The 409 sent while another job runs on the server; `data.taskId` names
        it so a client can watch it.
      required:
        - success
        - error
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          const: false
        error:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            taskId:
              type:
                - string
                - 'null'
            limit:
              type: integer
              description: Snapshot cap (snapshot-limit refusals only).
            used:
              type: integer
              description: Snapshots held (snapshot-limit refusals only).
      additionalProperties: true
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - success
        - error
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          const: false
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
      additionalProperties: true
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Session access token (JWT) from POST /v1/auth/login or /v1/auth/refresh.
        A session satisfies every API scope.
    apiToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: se_live_<prefix>_<secret>
      description: >-
        Personal API token created under Settings → API tokens. Only routes
        guarded by verifyApiAuth accept it, and the token must carry the scope
        named in the operation's x-required-scope.

````

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