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# start-bastion

Start a stopped bastion.

## Syntax

```bash
rumi cloud aws start-bastion \
  --profile <profile> \
  --network <network> \
  [options]
```

## Options

| Option      | Short | Description                                                            | Default     |
| ----------- | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| `--profile` | `-p`  | AWS profile to use                                                     | Required    |
| `--region`  | `-r`  | AWS region                                                             | `us-east-1` |
| `--network` | `-n`  | Name of the network to start it into                                   | Required    |
| `--name`    | `-b`  | The bastion name to start; omit to target the single (unnamed) bastion | none        |
| `--no-wait` | `-o`  | Whether to not wait for the instance to fully start                    | `false`     |

## Example

```bash
rumi cloud aws start-bastion \
  --profile my-aws-profile \
  --network my-network \
  --name data
```

## See Also

* [launch-bastion](/rumi-cli/commands/cloud/aws/launch-bastion.md)
* [stop-bastion](/rumi-cli/commands/cloud/aws/stop-bastion.md)
* [terminate-bastion](/rumi-cli/commands/cloud/aws/terminate-bastion.md)