What you get
A full-disk snapshot of your server — the entire machine as it is right now: OS, packages, configs, data, everything. Not a file-level backup you have to configure, and no agent to install. When you need it back, you restore from the snapshot and your server comes back exactly as it was.
- Whole-machine image, not selected folders — nothing to forget to include.
- One-click restore — bring a server back from a snapshot without rebuilding from scratch.
- No setup. No restic/borg config, no cron, no remote target to manage. (Want file-level, off-site backups too? That's still worth doing — [here's how with restic and borg](/blog/vps-backups-restic-borg).)
When you'll reach for it
- Before a risky change — snapshot, then upgrade/migrate/experiment knowing you can roll back.
- After a mistake — a bad deploy, a wiped config, an
rmyou regret. - Cloning a setup — snapshot a configured box as your golden image.
How to use it
Open a server in the dashboard and hit Create backup. The snapshot is kept for you, and you restore it from the Backups tab whenever you need. It's billed the NoctHost way — from your crypto balance, no card, no KYC.
Snapshots are a safety net, not a substitute for good habits — keep an off-site copy of anything you truly can't lose. But for "let me try this and roll back if it breaks," a one-click snapshot is exactly the tool.