Sometimes it’s required to reset a controller, this can be done from the cli.

First login to the controller you wish to reset

→ ssh admin@192.168.128.8
Avi Cloud Controller

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Version:      18.2.2
Date:         2019-03-06 09:07:37 UTC
Build:        9224
Management:   192.168.128.8/24                UP
Gateway:      192.168.128.1                   UP



admin@192.168.128.8's password:


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admin@192-168-128-8:~$

After that you need to switch to the AVI Shell and there you can issue the ‘reboot clean’ command. Credentials for the AVI Shell are the same as for the SSH Login.

admin@192-168-128-8:~$ shell
Login: admin
Password:

[admin:192-168-128-8]: > reboot clean

This will erase the entire configuration and reboot the cluster

Would you like to proceed? (yes/no): yes

This may take 2-3 minutes to complete. Please wait...

Lost connectivity to the controller -- Retrying to connect
Re-established connectivity -- Please retry the command

Broadcast message from root@192-168-128-8 (somewhere) (Fri Mar  8 16:46:51 2019)

Rebooting this VM because of the cluster event 'clean reboot'