A snapshot captures the whole disk of your VPS at a single moment. It is ideal before upgrades, migrations or risky configuration changes.
Create a snapshot
- Open your VPS in the client area or server control panel.
- Go to Snapshots and select Create snapshot.
- Give it a clear name, for example
before-php-upgrade.
Restore a snapshot
- Go to Snapshots, find the snapshot and select Restore.
- Confirm. The server reboots into the saved state – anything written after the snapshot was taken is lost.
Snapshots are not backups
Snapshots are stored alongside your server platform. Keep an independent off-site backup of important data as well – see Automate backups to object storage with restic.
