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Snapshots & Backups

VeloxaHost uses ZFS under the hood — snapshots are instant and space-efficient regardless of instance size.

Snapshots

A snapshot captures the full state of an instance at a point in time — filesystem, memory (optional), and configuration. Snapshots are stored in the same region as the instance.

Create a snapshot (console)

  1. Open your instance in the console
  2. Click Snapshots in the sidebar
  3. Click Take Snapshot — give it a name
  4. The snapshot appears immediately in the list (ZFS is instant)

Create a snapshot (API)

POST /v1/instances/{instance_id}/snapshots
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "before-upgrade-2025-04",
  "stateful": false
}

Restoring from a Snapshot

You can restore an instance to a previous snapshot state. This overwrites the current instance state.

POST /v1/instances/{instance_id}/snapshots/{snapshot_name}/restore
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Restoring a snapshot replaces the instance's current state permanently. Take a snapshot of the current state first if you might want to go back to it.

Create a New Instance from a Snapshot

This is the recommended way to "clone" an instance or promote a staging configuration to production:

POST /v1/instances
{
  "name": "prod-clone",
  "source": {
    "type": "snapshot",
    "instance_id": "inst_abc123",
    "snapshot": "before-upgrade-2025-04"
  },
  "region": "vh-us-south-1",
  "plan": "standard-4"
}

Scheduled Backups

Enable automatic daily snapshots from the console:

  1. Instance → Backups tab → Enable daily backups
  2. Choose retention: 7, 14, or 30 days
  3. VeloxaHost automatically takes a snapshot each day at 03:00 UTC and deletes older ones per your retention policy

Scheduled backup storage is billed at $0.02/GB/month beyond the 3 free snapshots included with every plan.

Snapshot Pricing

TierPrice
First 3 snapshots per instanceFree (included)
Additional snapshots$0.02 / GB / month
Snapshot storage is based on changed blocks (ZFS CoW) — most snapshots are a fraction of the full instance size

See Also

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