Activate rescue mode for a cloud instance

POST/v1/cloud_computing/instances/{instance_id}/rescue

If a cloud instance has become unavailable, you can boot it into the rescue mode. To do that, send a POST request to /v1/cloud_computing/instances/{instance_id}/rescue with the instance ID in the path parameter.

Authorization

bearerAuth
AuthorizationBearer <token>

In: header

Path Parameters

FieldDetails
instance_id
string

A unique identifier of a cloud instance.

Request Body

FieldDetails
image_id?
string

A unique identifier of an image. To learn how to get an image ID, go to the Cloud Image section.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://example.com/v1/cloud_computing/instances/N1aMAaWm/rescue" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "image_id": "7ea99734-96e9-4556-a0bb-0c0d20ab7764"  }'
{  "id": "N1aMAaWm",  "openstack_uuid": "4626ed5d-1567-4e90-a5bd-242eb4a6ba0b",  "status": "RESCUING",  "name": "name893",  "region_id": 0,  "region_code": "NL01",  "flavor_id": "101",  "flavor_name": "SSD.1",  "image_id": "7ea99734-96e9-4556-a0bb-0c0d20ab7764",  "image_name": null,  "public_ipv4_address": "117.149.190.212",  "private_ipv4_address": null,  "local_ipv4_address": "214.99.4.82",  "public_ipv6_address": null,  "ipv6_enabled": false,  "gpn_enabled": false,  "created_at": "2026-05-28T07:00:41Z",  "updated_at": "2026-05-28T07:00:41Z",  "backup_copies": 0,  "public_port_blocked": false,  "labels": {}}