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ServerPilot

Restore a server from a snapshot

When you restore your server from a snapshot or backup, your server will automatically reconnect to ServerPilot.

Synchronize missing apps

For any app you had deleted from ServerPilot since the snapshot was made, the app will exist on the server but not in ServerPilot. To have the app be manageable through ServerPilot again, recreate the app in ServerPilot using the same settings, including:

  • the same system user name
  • the same PHP version
  • the same database name
  • the same database username

For any app you had created in ServerPilot since the snapshot was made, the app will not exist on the server but you will still see the app in ServerPilot. Delete the app from ServerPilot to remove the nonexistent app from ServerPilot.

Server IP address changes

If your server’s IP address changed, you will see the server’s new IP address in ServerPilot within ten minutes. No action is required by you.

Cloned servers

If you created a new server from a snapshot or backup, shut down the original server before making changes to your server through ServerPilot.

If you need to keep both the original server and the cloned server online at the same time, only one of the servers can be managed by ServerPilot. On the server that will not be managed by ServerPilot, run the following command as root.

Terminal window
sudo apt-get remove 'sp-serverpilot-*'

The above command will not impact the apps that are running on the server.

To later reinstall ServerPilot’s packages on the server such as if you shut down the other clone, run the following command:

Terminal window
sudo apt-get install 'sp-serverpilot-*'