VMware RebootVm

VMware RebootVm

Certified
Enterprise Edition

Gracefully reboot a VM on an ESXi host

Requests a guest reboot through VMware Tools. Safer than a hard reset; requires the VM to be powered on with VMware Tools running.

yaml
type: io.kestra.plugin.ee.vmware.esxi.RebootVm

Gracefully reboot a VM by name

yaml
id: reboot_vm
namespace: company.team

tasks:
  - id: reboot
    type: io.kestra.plugin.ee.vmware.esxi.RebootVm
    server: "esxi.mycompany.com"
    username: "{{ secret('VMWARE_ESXI_USERNAME') }}"
    password: "{{ secret('VMWARE_ESXI_PASSWORD') }}"
    vmName: "vm-to-reboot"
Properties

Password

Server hostname or IP

FQDN or IP of the vCenter or ESXi endpoint (no scheme or port).

Username

e.g. Administrator@vsphere.local for vCenter or root for ESXi.

VM name

Default443

Server port

Defaults to 443.

Trust store path

Optional path to a PKCS12 trust store containing the CA certificate(s) used to validate the vCenter/ESXi server's TLS certificate. If omitted (or if the path does not exist), the JVM's default trust store (system CA certificates) is used instead. Certificate validation is always enforced; this plugin never disables TLS certificate validation.