Return whether system needs reboot

This function determines if your system requires a reboot to apply quotas, software package updates, or kernel updates.

Important:

This function cannot detect whether your system needs a reboot if you use cPanel & WHM inside of a Linux Container (LXC).

SecurityBasicAuth

Responses

200

HTTP Request was successful.

Response Schema: application/json

	object An object that contains reasons why the system requires a reboot.
	object
needs_reboot	integer Whether the system requires a reboot. `1` — System requires a reboot. `0` — System does not require a reboot. Enum: 0 1

get/system_needs_reboot

Request samples

whmapi1 --output=jsonpretty \
  system_needs_reboot

Response samples

application/json

{"details": {"kernel": {"boot_version": "3.10.0-514.10.2.e17.x86_64",
"running_version": "3.10.0-514.10.2.e17.x86_64"
},
"quota": 1,
"updates": {"glibc": "2.17-157.el7_3.1"
}
},
"metadata": {"command": "system_needs_reboot",
"reason": "OK",
"result": 1,
"version": 1
},
"needs_reboot": 1
}