What is a Snapshot and how to create one?
Jim K.
Last Update 3 месяца назад
A Snapshot is essentially a backup of a Virtual Private Server (VPS) at a specific point in time. It captures the exact state of the VPS, including its operating system, installed applications, files, settings, and any running processes at the moment the snapshot is taken.
This snapshot can be used for:
Backup and Recovery: If something goes wrong with the VPS (like data loss, software failure, or security breach), you can restore the VPS to the exact state it was in when the snapshot was taken. This is usually recommended before you do a system upgrade or upgrade any of your installed application such as Wordpress.
Testing and Development: Developers often use snapshots to create a safe testing environment. They can take a snapshot before making significant changes or updates, then restore the snapshot if something breaks.
Snapshots are typically used as a way to quickly and efficiently create backups or restore to a previous working state without needing to rebuild the server from scratch.
The good news is, CloudBud gives you 1 free Snapshot for every VPS subscribed. Other competitor charges you for Snapshot, if any is such feature is available.
Taking a Snapshot
In the Product details page of your selected product to do Snapshot, click on Snapshots button.
Click on Take Snapshot button to take a snapshot of the current state.
Fill in the Name for this snapshot for your easy identification later on.
Do note that the name must be without spaces or special characters, only capital letters and numbers are allowed.
Select if you want to include RAM and then an optional description.
Click Confirm button upon done.
The Snapshot is now completed. You can use it to revert your VPS to this point of time.
