diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6ed4668..4855b95 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ console_scripts =
     slurm-openstack-resume = slurm_openstack_tools.resume:main
     slurm-openstack-resumefail = slurm_openstack_tools.resumefail:main
     slurm-openstack-suspend = slurm_openstack_tools.suspend:main
+    slurm-openstack-redeploy = slurm_openstack_tools.redeploy:main
diff --git a/slurm_openstack_tools/redeploy.py b/slurm_openstack_tools/redeploy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f91991e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slurm_openstack_tools/redeploy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# See ../LICENCE
+
+import logging.handlers
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+import openstack
+import pbr.version
+
+from slurm_openstack_tools.resume import resume
+from slurm_openstack_tools.suspend import suspend
+from slurm_openstack_tools import utils
+
+__version__ = pbr.version.VersionInfo("slurm-openstack-tools").version_string()
+
+# configure logging to syslog - by default only "info"
+# and above categories appear
+logger = logging.getLogger("syslogger")
+logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler("/dev/log")
+handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(sys.argv[0] + ': %(message)s'))
+logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+def matching_nodes(hostlist_expr, state):
+    """ Returns a hostlist expression for only nodes matching `state`. """
+
+    sinfo = subprocess.run(
+        ['sinfo', '--noheader', f"--nodes={hostlist_expr}", f"--states={state}", "--format=%N"],
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+    
+    return sinfo.stdout.strip()
+
+def openstack_instance_status(conn, uuids):
+    """ Return a dict keyed by UUID with status str (or None). """
+    statuses = dict((id, None) for id in uuids)
+    for uuid in uuids:
+        response = conn.compute.get(f"/servers/detail").json()
+        for server in response['servers']:
+            id = server['id']
+            if id in uuids:
+                statuses[id] = server['status']
+    return statuses
+
+def redeploy(hostlist_expr):
+    """A PrologSlurmctld for slurm which deletes and recreates CLOUD nodes.
+
+    Messages and errors are logged to syslog.
+
+    Any non-CLOUD-state nodes in the job are not modified.
+
+    Requires:
+    - Python 3 with openstacksdk module
+    - An application credential:
+        - with at least POST rights to /v3/servers/{server_id}/action
+        - available via a clouds.yaml file containing only one cloud
+    """ # noqa E501
+    
+    logger.info(f"Slurmctld invoked PrologSlurmctld for {hostlist_expr}")
+
+    conn = openstack.connection.from_config()
+    
+    # filter out non-CLOUD nodes:
+    cloud_hostlist = matching_nodes(hostlist_expr, 'CLOUD')
+    if not cloud_hostlist:
+        exit(0)
+    
+    # get slurm config:
+    slurm_conf = utils.get_slurm_conf()
+    resume_timeout = slurm_conf['ResumeTimeout'].split() # time from issuing resume to being available for use, e.g. '300 sec'
+    suspend_timeout = slurm_conf['SuspendTimeout'].split() # time from issuing suspend to being ready for new resume, e.g. '30 sec'
+    
+    # delete nodes:
+    suspend(cloud_hostlist)
+    assert suspend_timeout[1] == 'sec', 'SuspendTimeout not defined in seconds'
+    time.sleep(int(suspend_timeout[0]))
+    
+    # recreate them:
+    new_uuids = resume(cloud_hostlist)
+
+    # wait until all instances are ACTIVE or timeout:
+    assert resume_timeout[1] == 'sec', 'ResumeTimeout not defined in seconds'
+    start = time.monotonic()
+    sleep_time = int(resume_timeout[0]) / 10
+    all_active = False
+    while True:
+        status = openstack_instance_status(conn, new_uuids)
+        if all(s == 'ACTIVE' for s in status.values()):
+            all_active = True
+            break
+        if (time.monotonic() - start) > int(resume_timeout[0]):
+            break
+        time.sleep(sleep_time)
+    
+    # check all nodes up:
+    if not all_active:
+        logger.error(f"Not all nodes ACTIVE by ResumeTimeout: {status}")
+        exit(1)
+    
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        hostlist_expr = os.getenv('SLURM_JOB_NODELIST')
+        redeploy(hostlist_expr)
+    except BaseException:
+        logger.exception('Exception in redeploy():')
+        raise
diff --git a/slurm_openstack_tools/suspend.py b/slurm_openstack_tools/suspend.py
index 549f1c4..fb6b402 100644
--- a/slurm_openstack_tools/suspend.py
+++ b/slurm_openstack_tools/suspend.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 def suspend(hostlist_expr):
     """ Deletes nodes defined by a hostlist expression. Returns a sequence of OpenStack instance UUIDs. """
-    hostlist_expr = sys.argv[1]
+    
     logger.info(f"Slurmctld invoked suspend {hostlist_expr}")
     remove_nodes = expand_nodes(hostlist_expr)