---
title: "Reboot a node"
description: "Restart a running node in place, without changing its plan, storage, or configuration."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "node"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/node/how-to/reboot-a-node/"
topic: ["power-and-lifecycle"]
relationships: {"requires":["/myaccount/node/how-to/create-a-node/"]}
---

# Reboot a node

Rebooting a node restarts its operating system in place. Its plan, storage, IPs, and configuration
stay exactly as they were.

Open the node's **Actions** menu and click **Reboot**; it is available only while the node is
**Running**. The dialog warns you: an active disk-heavy process, like a database or a backup,
could suffer data corruption or loss during the restart. If you are not sure, wait for one to
finish before you confirm. Once you confirm, the node restarts and returns to **Running** right
away, without showing any other status in between.

Reboot when the node needs an ordinary restart, the same as restarting any computer. When a restart
is not enough, a fresh operating system is the next step. See [Reinstall a
node](/myaccount/node/how-to/reinstall-a-node/): it erases everything on the node to get there.

When the node reads **Running** again, connect and check that your services started.
For other reasons **Reboot** can be greyed out, see [Troubleshooting node actions and lifecycle](/myaccount/node/troubleshooting/actions-and-lifecycle/). To reboot a node through the API
instead of the portal, see the [node-action operation](/api/myaccount/operations/node-action/)
in the API reference.