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VPS Instances

A PteroCloud instance is a virtual machine. Customers create and manage instances from the panel's Cloud area (/cloud); operators can also manage them from Admin → PteroCloud → Instances.

Cloud instance list

Customer pages

Page What it does
Provisioning Create an instance and watch it build.
Console & SSH Graphical, serial and SSH access.
Networking IPs, private networks, floating IPs, firewall, rDNS, bandwidth.
Storage & volumes Root disk, extra volumes, resize.
Backups & snapshots Durable backups and fast restore points.
Media / ISO Mount an ISO and boot from it.
Rebuild Reinstall the OS on the same identity.
Rescue Boot a rescue medium without touching the root disk.
Schedules Timezone-aware semantic actions.
Startup scripts Cloud-init user data and first-boot scripts.
Activity The instance's audit trail.

Instance lifecycle

pending → scheduling → reserved → cloning → configuring → booting
        → verifying → running

Failure paths land in failed (with rollback) or rollback_failed (admin follow-up). See Provisioning.

Operator view

Admin instances

Admin instance detail

Honesty about the interface

Console, networking, storage, backups, media, rebuild, activity and settings have a customer UI. Rescue and schedules are implemented at the API level but have no dedicated customer page in this build; the pages below document the API and the operational procedure. Resource add-ons are admin-assigned. These gaps are stated rather than hidden.