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Rebuild a Server from an Image

An MCP tool from the Hetzner Cloud API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Rebuild a Server from an Image Rebuilds a Server overwriting its disk with the content of an Image, thereby **destroying all data** on the target Server The Image can either be one you have created earlier (backup or snapshot… [POST /servers/{id}/actions/rebuild]

Name on the gateway: hetzner_api__rebuild_server · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
id requiredintegerID of the Server.
image requiredstringID or name of Image to rebuilt from.
user_datastringCloud-Init user data to use during Server rebuild. This field is limited to…

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "hetzner_api__rebuild_server",
  "arguments": {
    "id": 0,
    "image": "…"
  }
}

Or connect the Hetzner Cloud API server directly, which lists 178 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-hetzner-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/hetzner-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the rebuild a server from an image tool with id set to ….

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