zeabur-server-list

name	zeabur-server-list
description	Use when listing dedicated servers. Use when checking server status, IP, or provider info. Use when user says "show my servers", "SSH into server", or "check server status". Do NOT use for browsing purchasable servers (use zeabur-server-catalog instead).

Zeabur Server List & Get

Always use npx zeabur@latest to invoke Zeabur CLI. Never use zeabur directly or any other installation method. If npx is not available, install Node.js first.

List All Servers

npx zeabur@latest server list -i=false

Output Example

     ID              NAME        IP              PROVIDER   LOCATION         STATUS   VM STATUS   OS
-----------------+-------------+---------------+----------+----------------+--------+-----------+----------
 6989b00fd42b...   my-server    103.45.67.89    Hetzner    Singapore, SG    Online   RUNNING     ZeaburOS
 6989b00fd42b...   dev-box      45.67.89.12     Vultr      Tokyo, JP        Online   RUNNING     Ubuntu

Which servers can host Zeabur projects: read the OS column

ZeaburOS means the machine can host Zeabur projects; Ubuntu means it cannot (not until ZeaburOS is installed on it). This is the authoritative answer — do not SSH into a machine to work out which kind it is.

For machine-readable output, --json carries the same value as os on every server:

npx zeabur@latest server list -i=false --json | jq -r '.[] | "\(.Name)\t\(.os)"'

Requires CLI 0.21.0 or newer. If the OS column and the os field are both absent, the CLI is older; either let npx zeabur@latest fetch the current version, or fall back to querying hasK3s through the API (see the zeabur-server-ssh skill, which documents that field's three-state trap).

Get Server Details

# By server ID
npx zeabur@latest server get <server-id> -i=false

Shows detailed info: OS, CPU/memory/disk usage, provider, location, managed status, creation time.

Resource columns read used/total — CPU in millicores (148/4000 m is 0.15 of 4 cores), memory and disk in MB. A column showing — means the value was not measured, not that the machine has none.

Reboot a Server

npx zeabur@latest server reboot <server-id> -y

-y skips confirmation prompt — required for non-interactive use.

Servers and Projects

A server can host Zeabur projects only once it runs ZeaburOS. A project's Region.ID will be server-<server-id> when it is deployed on such a server.

Renting provisions Ubuntu — base OS and SSH, no Zeabur services — so a newly rented server cannot host projects until ZeaburOS is installed on it. The zeabur-server-rent skill covers that step. Which kind a given server is, is answered by the OS column above.

Installing directly is only for a machine that is still blank. On one the user has already set up, converting means reinstalling it in the dashboard, which erases the disk — see the zeabur-server-rent skill before suggesting it.

On a ZeaburOS server:

• To deploy a service, use the zeabur-deploy skill with the project bound to that server — do NOT SSH in and manually set up web servers or copy files.
• SSH is for low-level debugging only (e.g. checking kubectl, inspecting disk, network diagnostics). It is not needed for deploying or managing services.

On a plain Ubuntu VPS: SSH is not a debugging side-channel, it is the whole point — the machine is the user's to set up as they like (docker compose, 1Panel, 寶塔, …). There are no Zeabur services to manage, and kubectl does not exist.

SSH into a Server

npx zeabur@latest server ssh <server-id>

The kubectl examples below assume a ZeaburOS server. On a plain Ubuntu VPS they fail with command not found — see the zeabur-server-ssh skill for how to tell the two apart.

For managed servers, the password is fetched automatically. If sshpass is installed, login is fully automatic; otherwise the password is printed for manual entry.

Non-Interactive SSH (Running Remote Commands)

In non-interactive environments (e.g. Claude Code, CI/CD), you cannot use an interactive SSH session. Instead, pipe commands via stdin with -i=false:

echo 'kubectl get pods -A' | npx zeabur@latest server ssh <server-id> -i=false

For multiple commands, separate them with ; or &&:

echo 'kubectl get pods -A; kubectl get svc -A' | npx zeabur@latest server ssh <server-id> -i=false

Important notes:

• The output includes the server's MOTD (Message of the Day) banner. Filter it out when parsing results:

  echo 'kubectl get pods -A' | npx zeabur@latest server ssh <server-id> -i=false 2>&1 \
    | grep -v "Welcome\|Documentation\|Management\|Support\|System load\|Usage of /\|Memory usage\|Swap usage\|Strictly\|just raised\|https://ubuntu\|Expanded\|updates can\|To see these\|Enable ESM\|See https://ubuntu\|New release\|Run 'do-release\|restart required\|INFO.*Connecting\|Pseudo-terminal\|^ \*"
  

• If the remote command has a non-zero exit code (e.g. grep with no matches), the CLI will print ERROR exit status 1. This does not necessarily mean the SSH connection failed.
• Heredoc syntax (<<'EOF') does not work reliably with this command. Always use echo '...' | instead.