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# `lxc restart`

Restart instances

## Synopsis

Description:
Restart instances

The opposite of “lxc pause” is “lxc start”.

```default
lxc restart [<remote>:]<instance> [[<remote>:]<instance>...] [flags]
```

## Options

```default
      --all                   Run against all instances
      --console[="console"]   Immediately attach to the console
  -f, --force                 Force the instance to stop
      --timeout               Time to wait for the instance to shutdown cleanly (default -1)
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```default
      --debug          Show all debug messages
      --force-local    Force using the local unix socket
  -h, --help           Print help
      --project        Override the source project
  -q, --quiet          Don't show progress information
      --sub-commands   Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
  -v, --verbose        Show all information messages
      --version        Print version number
```

## SEE ALSO

* [lxc](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/index.html.md#lxc-md)	 - Command line client for LXD