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list a machine for rent
This is a host command, used for managing machines you are renting out on Vast.ai.

Usage

vastai list machine ID [options]

Arguments

id
integer
required
id of machine to list

Options

-g
number
per gpu rental price in $/hour (price for active instances) (alias: --price_gpu)
-s
number
storage price in /GB/month(priceforinactiveinstances),default:/GB/month (price for inactive instances), default: 0.10/GB/month (alias: --price_disk)
-u
number
price for internet upload bandwidth in $/GB (alias: --price_inetu)
-d
number
price for internet download bandwidth in $/GB (alias: --price_inetd)
-b
number
per gpu minimum bid price floor in $/hour (alias: --price_min_bid)
-r
number
Max long term prepay discount rate fraction, default: 0.4 (alias: --discount_rate)
-m
integer
minimum amount of gpus (alias: --min_chunk)
-e
string
contract offer expiration - the available until date (optional, in unix float timestamp or MM/DD/YYYY format) (alias: --end_date)
-l
string
Updates end_date daily to be duration from current date. Cannot be combined with end_date. Format is: n days, n weeks, n months, n years, or total intended duration in seconds. (alias: --duration)
-v
integer
Size for volume contract offer. Defaults to half of available disk. Set 0 to not create a volume contract offer. (alias: --vol_size)
-z
number
Price for disk on volume contract offer. Defaults to price_disk. Invalid if vol_size is 0. (alias: --vol_price)

Description

Performs the same action as pressing the “LIST” button on the site https://cloud.vast.ai/host/machines. On the end date the listing will expire and your machine will unlist. However any existing client jobs will still remain until ended by their owners. Once you list your machine and it is rented, it is extremely important that you don’t interfere with the machine in any way. If your machine has an active client job and then goes offline, crashes, or has performance problems, this could permanently lower your reliability rating. We strongly recommend you test the machine first and only list when ready.

Global Options

The following options are available for all commands:
OptionDescription
--url URLServer REST API URL
--retry NRetry limit
--rawOutput machine-readable JSON
--explainVerbose explanation of API calls
--api-key KEYAPI key (defaults to ~/.config/vastai/vast_api_key)