Changing the rescue mode of your Instance

Reviewed on March 03, 2025

Rescue mode is a feature that allows you to boot your Instance on a temporary OS over the network, giving you access to your Instance's file system to troubleshoot and repair issues. This is particularly useful when your Instance is not booting properly due to configuration errors, corrupted files, or other system issues, and you need to recover data or make repairs without affecting the original system.

Before you start

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

• A Scaleway account logged into the console
• Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
• An Instance
• A valid API key

Updating rescue mode from the Scaleway console

1. Click CPU Instances in the Compute section of the side menu. The Instances page displays.
2. Click the name of the Instance that is using the previous rescue mode. The Instance overview displays.
3. Stop the Instance if it is currently running by using the top right toggle of the Instances overview page.
4. Click the Advanced settings tab.
5. Scroll to the Boot mode section and change the boot mode of your Instance to local boot.
6. Power the Instance on again by using the toggle.
   Tip

   If you want to use rescue mode again, change the boot type back to rescue mode to reboot the Instance using the latest rescue mode.

Updating rescue mode using the Scaleway API

1. List the Instances of your Project(s).
2. Filter the returned Instances to keep only the ones with boot_type: "rescue".
3. Stop the Instances
4. Update the Instances and set boot_type: "local"

5. Start the Instances.