---
title: "getRootPasswordServerInstanceList"
slug: "cli-vserver-server-getrootpasswordserverinstancelist"
tags: ["VPC", "Server"]
updated: 2026-09-17T10:08:33Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:08:33Z
canonical: "cli.ncloud-docs.com/cli-vserver-server-getrootpasswordserverinstancelist"
---

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# getRootPasswordServerInstanceList

Available in VPC

Use the authentication key for a server instance (VM) to get the list of admin passwords.

## Syntax

The `getRootPasswordServerInstanceList` syntax is as follows:

```
./ncloud vserver getRootPasswordServerInstanceList \
    --rootPasswordServerInstanceList <root-password-server-instance-config> \
    [--regionCode <KR|SGN|JPN>] \
    [--output <json|xml>]
```

## Options

This section describes the options available when running `getRootPasswordServerInstanceList`.

### Required options

The following options are required for `getRootPasswordServerInstanceList`.

| Options | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--rootPasswordServerInstanceList` | List | Required | List of server instance and authentication key mappings - For each entry, enter {field=‘value’} pairs within quotation marks, separated by commas. - `serverInstanceNo` (required): Server instance number. See [getServerInstanceList](/docs/en/cli-vserver-server-getserverinstancelist). - `privateKey` (required): Authentication key (private key). Enter the contents of a PEM file you created or imported from an external source. Line breaks are represented by `\n`. `file://` or `http(s)://` path formats are also supported. |

### Common options

For information about the options common to all `vserver` subcommands, see [Server (VPC) options](/docs/en/cli-vserver#%EC%98%B5%EC%85%98).

## Examples

If the request to retrieve the list of admin passwords is successful, the identification information for each server instance and the decrypted admin passwords are returned.

### Command

The command example is as follows:

```
./ncloud vserver getRootPasswordServerInstanceList \
    --rootPasswordServerInstanceList \
        "serverInstanceNo='34567890', privateKey='file://path/to/key.pem'" \
        "serverInstanceNo='34567891', privateKey='file://path/to/key.pem'" \
    --regionCode KR \
    --output json
```

### Output

The output example is as follows:

```
{
  "getRootPasswordServerInstanceListResponse": {
    "totalRows": 1,
    "rootPasswordServerInstanceList": [
      {
        "serverInstanceNo": "34567890",
        "rootPassword": "<root-password-redacted>"
      }
    ],
    "requestId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    "returnCode": "0",
    "returnMessage": "success"
  }
}
```