---
layout: "docs"
page_title: "Commands: job revert"
sidebar_current: "docs-commands-job-revert"
description: >
  The revert command is used to revert to a prior version of the job.
---

# Command: job revert

The `job revert` command is used to revert a job to a prior version of the
job. The available versions to revert to can be found using [`job
history`](/docs/commands/job/history.html) command.

The revert command will use a vault token with the following preference:
first the `-vault-token` flag, then the `$VAULT_TOKEN` environment variable.
Because the vault token used to [run](/docs/commands/job/run.html) the targeted
job version was not persisted, it must be provided to revert if the targeted
job version includes Vault policies and the Nomad servers were
[configured](/docs/configuration/vault.html#allow_unauthenticated)
to require authentication.

## Usage

```
nomad job revert [options] <job> <version>
```

The `job revert` command requires two inputs, the job ID and the version of that job
to revert to.

## General Options

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## Revert Options

* `-detach`: Return immediately instead of monitoring. A new evaluation ID
  will be output, which can be used to examine the evaluation using the
  [eval status](/docs/commands/eval-status.html) command

* `-vault-token`: If set, the passed Vault token is sent along with the revert request
  to the Nomad servers. This overrides the token found in the $VAULT_TOKEN environment
  variable.

* `-verbose`: Show full information.

## Examples

Revert to an older version of a job:

```
$ nomad job history -p example
Version     = 1
Stable      = false
Submit Date = 07/25/17 21:27:30 UTC
Diff        =
+/- Job: "example"
+/- Task Group: "cache"
  +/- Task: "redis"
    +/- Config {
      +/- image:           "redis:3.2" => "redis:4.0"
          port_map[0][db]: "6379"
        }

Version     = 0
Stable      = false
Submit Date = 07/25/17 21:27:18 UTC

$ nomad job revert example 0
==> Monitoring evaluation "faff5c30"
    Evaluation triggered by job "example"
    Evaluation within deployment: "e17c8592"
    Allocation "4ed0ca3b" modified: node "e8a2243d", group "cache"
    Evaluation status changed: "pending" -> "complete"
==> Evaluation "faff5c30" finished with status "complete"

$ nomad job history -p example
Version     = 2
Stable      = true
Submit Date = 07/25/17 21:27:43 UTC
Diff        =
+/- Job: "example"
+/- Task Group: "cache"
  +/- Task: "redis"
    +/- Config {
      +/- image:           "redis:4.0" => "redis:3.2"
          port_map[0][db]: "6379"
        }

Version     = 1
Stable      = false
Submit Date = 07/25/17 21:27:30 UTC
Diff        =
+/- Job: "example"
+/- Task Group: "cache"
  +/- Task: "redis"
    +/- Config {
      +/- image:           "redis:3.2" => "redis:4.0"
          port_map[0][db]: "6379"
        }

Version     = 0
Stable      = false
Submit Date = 07/25/17 21:27:18 UTC
```