{"id":18289,"date":"2026-09-26T10:42:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T07:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/knowledgebase\/reboot-server-from-whm\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T10:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T07:42:57","password":"","slug":"reboot-server-from-whm","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/reboot-server-from-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reboot a Server from WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hy-tldr\" style=\"background:#f6f7fb;border-left:4px solid #d83954;border-radius:10px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 20px;line-height:1.8\"><strong>In short:<\/strong> Log in to WHM at <strong>https:\/\/your-server-IP:2087<\/strong>, open <strong>System Reboot<\/strong>, and choose <strong>Graceful Server Reboot<\/strong> (recommended: stops processes and saves data first). Use <strong>Forceful Server Reboot<\/strong> only if the graceful reboot doesn&#8217;t work, as it can cause errors or data loss.<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to WHM at <strong>https:\/\/your-server-IP:2087<\/strong> (replace your-server-IP with your server&#8217;s IP address or hostname) with your username and password.\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/whm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"513\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/whm.png 609w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/whm-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/whm-360x303.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>On the home page, choose <strong>System Reboot<\/strong>.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/whm-system-reboot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"520\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/whm-system-reboot.png 578w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/whm-system-reboot-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/whm-system-reboot-360x324.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>You will see two options: <strong>Forceful Server Reboot<\/strong> and <strong>Graceful Server Reboot<\/strong>.\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/reboot-server-whm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"157\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/reboot-server-whm.png 383w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/reboot-server-whm-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Forceful vs graceful reboot<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Graceful Server Reboot (recommended):<\/strong> closes all user processes and saves all data before rebooting. Click <strong>Proceed<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/graceful-reboot-system-whm.png\" alt=\"\u0634\u0631\u062d \u0627\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0647 \u062a\u0634\u063a\u064a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0627\u062f\u0645 \u0645\u0646 whm\" width=\"889\" height=\"229\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/graceful-reboot-system-whm.png 1044w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/graceful-reboot-system-whm-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/graceful-reboot-system-whm-1024x264.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/graceful-reboot-system-whm-768x198.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/graceful-reboot-system-whm-360x93.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Forceful Server Reboot:<\/strong> shuts the machine down abruptly and can cause errors and data loss. Use it only if a graceful reboot doesn&#8217;t work. Click <strong>Proceed<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/forceful-server-reboot-whm.png\" alt=\"\u0634\u0631\u062d \u0627\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0647 \u062a\u0634\u063a\u064a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0627\u062f\u0645 \u0645\u0646 whm\" width=\"884\" height=\"256\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/forceful-server-reboot-whm.png 1057w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/forceful-server-reboot-whm-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/forceful-server-reboot-whm-1024x296.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/forceful-server-reboot-whm-768x222.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/forceful-server-reboot-whm-360x104.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A screen then shows that the reboot is in progress. The server is usually back within a few minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9342 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/reboot-progress-whm.png\" alt=\"\u0634\u0631\u062d \u0627\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0647 \u062a\u0634\u063a\u064a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0627\u062f\u0645 \u0645\u0646 whm\" width=\"392\" height=\"264\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/reboot-progress-whm.png 392w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/reboot-progress-whm-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/reboot-progress-whm-360x242.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\"><\/p>\n<p>For a Hyyat Host cloud server, you can also reboot from the client area; see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/cloud-vps-server-faq\/#q-reboot\">the cloud server FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/server-management\/\">server management<\/a> from Hyyat Host, with 24\/7 support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In short: Log in to WHM at https:\/\/your-server-IP:2087, open System Reboot, and choose Graceful Server Reboot (recommended: stops processes and saves data first). Use Forceful Server Reboot only if the graceful reboot doesn&#8217;t work, as it can cause errors or data loss. Log in to WHM at https:\/\/your-server-IP:2087 (replace your-server-IP with your server&#8217;s IP address [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","inline_featured_image":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2734],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-18289","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-whm-cpanel-control-panels"],"year_month":"2026-09","word_count":176,"total_views":"2","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"ahmed fathy","author_nicename":"ahmed-fathy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/author\/ahmed-fathy\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"whm\/cpanel control panels","term_url":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/kb\/whm-cpanel-control-panels\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=18289"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=18289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}