VPS lifecycle
Power, console, rescue, rebuild, resize and what happens when a server is not paid for or is destroyed.
Built, not open to the public yet
This feature is built and has been tested against simulated hosts and a test database. It has not yet been proven on real hardware, and nothing here can be ordered today.
Not there yet
- Real-hardware testing of rescue, rebuild and resize is still to come.
The server page
Each server has one page in the panel with tabs for its plan, disks, networking, firewall, backups, boot, graphs, activity, automation and apps. Everything a tab does is also an API call.
Power
- Start, shut down, restart. A shut down asks the operating system to stop.
- Stop (hard). Cuts the power. Use it when a shut down does not finish. Unsaved data in memory is lost.
- Each change is a queued operation. The activity tab shows its steps and whether it finished. An operation that fails or cannot be confirmed is flagged for our staff to review.
Console
The browser console reaches the server without its network, so it works when SSH does not. Opening one is recorded in the activity log with the time and the address you came from.
Rescue and boot
Rescue boots a small system from a signed image, with your server's disk attached, so you can repair a server that will not start. The boot tab can also attach an ISO you uploaded. Leave rescue or detach the ISO to boot from the disk again.
Rebuild
A rebuild installs a chosen image onto the server's primary disk. It erases that disk. Extra disks and volumes are not touched. You type the server's hostname to confirm and a recent password check is needed. Snapshots taken before a rebuild can no longer be restored over the new disk; see snapshots.
Resize and extra disks
The plan tab shows the plans you can move to and what the change costs before you confirm. Extra disks are added, grown and removed from the disks tab, within the plan's limit of extra disks. Disks only grow. The panel shows the charge for the rest of the paid period first.
If a renewal is not paid
The server is suspended, then later deleted on the schedule in billing. The earliest deletion is 30 days after the due date. You are emailed before each step.
Destroying a server
Destroying switches the server off and stops billing now. Its disk is deleted after 72 hours. Unused time is not refunded. Detach any volume and move any floating IP you want to keep before you destroy a server.
The panel's server protection switch refuses a destroy until you turn it off, as a guard against mistakes.
Webhooks
Server and operation events can be sent to your own URL. See webhooks.