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Recreate a VM from its existing machine config. Use when user wants to rebuild a destroyed VM or reset a VM to fresh state.
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| name | recreate-vm |
| description | Recreate a VM from its existing machine config. Use when user wants to rebuild a destroyed VM or reset a VM to fresh state. |
| allowed-tools | Read, Bash, AskUserQuestion |
Recreate a VM from its existing machine configuration. This destroys current disks and creates fresh ones.
Run just list-machines to show existing machine configs. Ask which VM to recreate.
IMPORTANT: Warn the user clearly:
Ask for explicit confirmation.
Ask if they want to customize:
Var Size - Size of /var partition (default: 30G). Offer choices:
Network - Network configuration (optional, uses existing config if not specified)
Run:
yes | just recreate {NAME} {VAR_SIZE}
Or with network:
yes | just recreate {NAME} {VAR_SIZE} {NETWORK}
The yes | is required to bypass the interactive confirmation prompt.
For var_size, append G to the number (e.g., 30G, 50G).
Confirm the VM was recreated and is running. Provide:
just status {NAME}just ssh {NAME} or just ssh admin@{NAME}