limactl-restart(1)

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NAME

limactl-restart - Restart a running instance

SYNOPSIS

limactl restart INSTANCE [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Restart a running instance

OPTIONS

--cpus=0 Number of CPUs

--disk=0 Disk size in GiB

--dns=[] Specify custom DNS (disable host resolver)

-f, --force[=false] Force stop and restart the instance

-h, --help[=false] help for restart

--memory=0 Memory in GiB

--mount=[] Directories to mount, suffix ':w' for writable (Do not specify directories that overlap with the existing mounts)

--mount-inotify[=false] Enable inotify for mounts

--mount-none[=false] Remove all mounts

--mount-only=[] Similar to --mount, but overrides the existing mounts

--mount-type="" Mount type (reverse-sshfs, 9p, virtiofs)

--mount-writable[=false] Make all mounts writable

--nested-virt[=false] Enable nested virtualization

--network=[] Additional networks, e.g., "vzNAT" or "lima:shared" to assign vmnet IP

--param=[] Set a template parameter, e.g. name=value. Can be passed multiple times.

--progress[=false] Show provision script progress by tailing cloud-init logs

--rosetta[=false] Enable Rosetta (for vz instances)

--set=[] Modify the template inplace, using yq syntax. Can be passed multiple times. See 'limactl help yq-restrictions' for limitations.

--shell="" User login shell in the guest (e.g. /bin/bash, /bin/zsh)

--ssh-port=0 SSH port (0 for random)

--video[=false] Enable video output (has negative performance impact for QEMU)

--vm-type="" Virtual machine type

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--debug[=false] Debug mode

--log-format="text" Set the logging format [text, json]

--log-level="" Set the logging level [trace, debug, info, warn, error]

--tty[=false] Enable TUI interactions such as opening an editor. Defaults to true when stdout is a terminal. Set to false for automation.

-y, --yes[=false] Alias of --tty=false

SEE ALSO

limactl(1)

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