VGNCloud
We do not take backups of your VPS. There is no snapshot button in the CLOUD panel. There is no nightly copy we can restore. If that changes, it will say so on the VPS page and here, not in a footnote.
That is the whole product fact. The rest of this page is what follows from it.
What โno backupsโ means in practice
- A reinstall erases the disk. We do not roll it back.
- A delete in the panel destroys the disk. There is no recycle bin.
- An immediate cancel on the storefront removes the machine. Same outcome.
- An unpaid invoice suspends the service. After seven days the service and its data are permanently deleted. Combined with the line above, a forgotten invoice while you are away can end with no machine and no copy of it.
A file that only lives on that NVMe is not a backup. A dump in /var/backups on the same disk is not a backup. Copy it somewhere that is not this server โ object storage, another machine, a laptop, a cloud drive you already pay for.
What we do instead
The panel will not pretend. The reinstall dialog says the disk is erased and that nothing here takes a backup for you. The VPS FAQ says the same in one sentence. We would rather put that on a page you will read than hide it in section 7 of a contract.
WordPress and web hosting on this site are a different product with different terms. Do not mix the two. This article is the CLOUD VPS.
A minimum you can actually run
For a small Linux box, this is enough:
- Dump the databases (or stop the app and copy the data directory).
- Archive
/etcand whatever serves the site. - Send the archive off the machine. Encrypt it if it has secrets.
- Once, restore onto a throwaway directory and check that it boots the app. An untested backup is a belief.
Do it before you reinstall, not after. The first-login guide is the moment to put a key on the box so the restore is not also a lockout.