RestartInstance Method

Restarts the Instance specified by InstanceId.

Syntax

ec2.restartInstance(instanceId, [callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

Restarting an instance will perform a complete system restart on the specified InstanceId.

For diagnostic information on the restart of an instance, refer to GetConsoleOutput.