Enable or disable rescue mode

PUT

/vps/{id}/rescue

Enable or disable rescue mode. When enabling, the VPS is restarted in rescue mode and a temporary admin password is returned.

Not available for a managed VPS: my.host manages its root account, so the request gets 403.

Request

Authorization

API Key

Add parameter in header

API-key

Example:

API-key: ********************

Bearer Token

Provide your bearer token in the

Authorization

header when making requests to protected resources.

Example:

Authorization: Bearer ********************

Path Params

Header Params

Body Params application/jsonRequired

Example

{
    "enable": true
}

Request Code Samples

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

PHP

Python

HTTP

Objective-C

Ruby

OCaml

Dart

curl --location --request PUT 'https://mijn.host/api/v2/vps/12345/rescue' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'User-Agent: my-application/1.0.0' \
--header 'API-key: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "enable": true
}'

Responses

🟢200Success

application/json

Bodyapplication/json

Examples

ExampleExample 2

{
    "status": 200,
    "status_description": "VPS is restarting in rescue mode."
}

🟠400Wrong request method

🟠400SSL connection is required

🟠400No valid VPS ID provided

🟠400No access to this VPS

🟠403Rescue mode is not available for a managed VPS

🟠401No valid API key set

🟠401API key has expired

🟠401Remote IP address is not found in the API key whitelist

🔴500Error

Modified at 2026-11-13 09:40:27

Restart VPS

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