# Provisioning

Open **Operations → Provisioning** for instance lifecycle work, blueprints, and
persistent activity. Create a server using **Create server**. For an existing
server, choose **Manage server** or open its **Server actions** menu.

| Action | Behavior |
| --- | --- |
| Create | Create a new instance using the latest promoted files and verify container health, RCON, and the selected map. |
| Start | Start the existing container and verify container health and RCON. |
| Restart | Wait until empty, restart the existing container, and verify container health and RCON. |
| Rebuild | Wait until empty, destroy the instance, delete all server files and its registration, then create a fresh instance in the same server slot and port. Verify container health, RCON, and map. |
| Stop | Wait until empty, stop the container, and verify that Komodo reports it stopped. Keep the instance for a later Start. |
| Destroy | Wait until empty, remove the container and Komodo deployment, then delete server files and registration. |

Rebuild requires confirmation because **no instance data is preserved**. Its fresh
files come from the latest promoted setup when creation begins, including changes
promoted while waiting. The independently saved key in **Keys** must exist before
teardown. Blueprint definitions, promoted artifacts, saved keys, and historical
activity belong to Electric Cherry, and are not instance files.

Rebuild reserves the original ID and port throughout teardown and creation, even
when a lower lobby is available. It shares the existing creation queue and startup
limit. A failed removal never proceeds to creation. Once Komodo deletion is
confirmed, failed local cleanup offers **Resume rebuild cleanup**; creation cannot
proceed until the old files are fully removed. An interrupted fresh startup can
resume health verification, without repeating teardown or creation. Inspect other
failures before making another request.

Start and Restart share the rolling restart limit with campaigns, betas, and
maintenance. A successful API reply is followed by a recovery delay and actual
container/RCON checks. Failed or ambiguous restart requests retain their recovery
slot and are not automatically replayed. Automated restart submissions also appear
in Provisioning history. Stop requires an explicit stopped container state; an
unreachable Komodo API is not evidence that a stop succeeded.

Disruptive operations require a fresh zero-player RCON result, unless Komodo
positively reports a stopped container. Runtime actions wait for conflicting
campaign, beta, maintenance, or provisioning work. Duplicate pending requests for
the same action return the existing operation; a different action returns a
conflict. Requests and events survive application restarts.

## Routes and compatibility

- `/provisioning`: active operations, blueprints, and history filtered by action.
- `/provisioning/:id`: operation stages, errors, timestamps, and activity.
- `/provisioning/collections/:id`: collection progress.
- `GET /api/provisioning`: lifecycle history (`deployments` response property).
- `POST /api/provisioning`: queue `{ "server": "t5_zombie_theater_1", "action": "start" }`.
  Supported actions are `start`, `restart`, `rebuild`, and `stop`. Returns HTTP 202
  with `deploymentId`. Create continues through `POST /api/servers`; Destroy uses
  `DELETE /api/servers/:name`.
- `/api/provisioning/:id`, `/:id/resume`, `/:id/cancel`, `/preview`, and
  `/house-party` preserve the existing operation, recovery, removal cancellation,
  launch preview, and fleet destruction APIs.

Old `/deployments` pages redirect to their `/provisioning` equivalents, preserving
query parameters. `/api/deployments` remains compatible, including old campaign
detail endpoints. No history or IDs are renamed or discarded.

Start and Stop use Komodo's corresponding runtime commands. Rebuild uses full
destruction and creation, not Komodo's redeploy command. See the
[Komodo execute API](https://docs.rs/komodo_client/latest/komodo_client/api/execute/index.html)
for the underlying container operations.