Reboot, rebuild, and snapshot — VPS lifecycle operations.

When to reboot, when to rebuild, and how snapshots save you when you break something.

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Three operations you'll do regularly on your VPS. Each has a specific purpose.

Reboot

Soft restart — OS shuts down cleanly, then starts again. Same data, same OS.

When to do:

After kernel update
After installing certain packages that require restart
When the system feels stuck and systemctl restart of individual services doesn't help
Quarterly anyway, just to flush state

How: Panel → VPS → [your VPS] → Reboot. Or via SSH: sudo reboot.

Takes 30‑60 seconds. The VPS is unreachable during that window.

Like pulling the power cord. Use only when soft reboot fails (kernel hung, OOM killer storms).

Panel → VPS → [your VPS] → Power Off → wait 5 seconds → Power On. Or Force Reboot as a single action.

Risk: unsaved data in OS write buffers gets lost. Filesystems should be journaled (ext4 / xfs / zfs) and recover on boot.

Frozen image of the entire VPS — disk + OS state — taken in seconds.

When to take:

Before every risky operation (kernel upgrade, configuration change you might want to undo)
Before every production deploy
Periodically as offsite-style backup (move snapshot to backup region if needed)

How: Panel → VPS → [your VPS] → Snapshots → Create.

Naming tip: include the date and what you're about to do. 2026-05-03-pre-php-upgrade is much more useful than snapshot-7.

Panel → VPS → [your VPS] → Snapshots → [your snapshot] → Restore.

Restore wipes current state and reverts to the snapshot. Anything written between snapshot and restore is lost.

Restore takes 30‑120 seconds depending on disk size.

Each snapshot uses storage proportional to your VPS disk
We charge per GB-month for snapshot storage (small — usually pennies per snapshot per month)
No automatic deletion; clean up via panel when no longer needed

Wipes the VPS completely and reinstalls from a fresh OS image.

When:

How: Panel → VPS → [your VPS] → Rebuild → pick OS → confirm.

Everything is gone. No undo. Snapshot first if you have anything worth keeping.

If networking broke (you locked yourself out via firewall rules, etc.):

Panel → VPS → [your VPS] → Console opens a browser-based console that bypasses SSH. Log in with root, fix iptables / ufw / firewalld, save.

If console is unreachable too: Panel → VPS → [your VPS] → Network → Reset Networking restores default network config.

Panel → VPS → [your VPS] → Resize.

Resizing requires a brief reboot (~60s). Disk can only grow, never shrink. RAM and CPU change in both directions.

Resize timings:

Vertical (more RAM/CPU on same box): ~60s reboot
Disk grow: ~60s reboot, then resize2fs runs automatically
Migration to bigger box (when current physical host can't fit): 5‑15 min, with downtime