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.)
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 balance, 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.