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# vmctl provision

Re-run provisioners on running VMs from VMFile.kdl.

## Synopsis

    vmctl provision [OPTIONS]

## Options

Option | Type | Default | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
`--file` | path |  | Path to VMFile.kdl (auto-discovered if omitted)
`--name` | string |  | Only provision a specific VM

## Details

Re-runs all provision steps defined in the VMFile on already-running VMs. The VM must be running and have an `ssh` block in the VMFile.

vmctl waits up to 120 seconds for SSH to become available, then runs each provisioner in sequence, streaming output to the terminal and logging to `provision.log`.

Useful for iterating on provision scripts without recreating the VM.

## Examples

    # Re-provision all VMs
    vmctl provision

    # Re-provision a specific VM
    vmctl provision --name builder

## See Also

vmctl up, vmctl reload