Re-installing, booting, or changing the OS of your Cloud Server

Managing your Cloud VPS at CeylonServers is entirely hands-free. You do not need to contact our technical desk to perform core routine system operations like restarting a frozen instance or completely wiping your partition layout to install a fresh operating system.

Everything can be managed safely with single-click triggers right inside your billing account panel. Follow this detailed workspace roadmap to control your server lifecycle:

Step 1: Access Your Cloud Server Properties

• Navigate to the CeylonServers Portal and securely log in to your Client Area account.
• From the main dashboard top menu, go to Services ➔ My Services.
• Locate your active Cloud Server / Linux VPS package from the listed product items and click directly on it to open its management suite.

Step 2: Locate the Virtual Server Control Hub

Scroll down to the Server Information tab workspace.

• Here, you will see a real-time hardware health status monitor window:
• Status - Online: Indicates your infrastructure is fully responsive on the network.
• Status - Offline: Indicates the server is currently powered down.

Step 3: How to Boot or Reboot Your Cloud Server

If your applications stop responding due to a configuration conflict, or if you applied a core security upgrade that demands a system power refresh:

• Under the server automation control panel menu options, locate the "Reboot" button.
• Click "Reboot".
• The server management engine will immediately issue a graceful ACPI shutdown signal to the server, cycling the power cleanly within 30 to 60 seconds.

Step 4: Re-installing or Changing the Server OS (1-Click Deployment)

Whether you want to wipe your current environment clean because of a software error (Re-install), or you want to switch your entire distro platform from Ubuntu to AlmaLinux (Change OS), the deployment workflow is identical.

CRITICAL WARNING: Re-installing or changing your Operating System will permanently delete every single file, configuration loop, script database, and file partition directory hosted on that VPS. This action cannot be reversed. Please ensure you download structural backups to your local machine before clicking proceed.

• Under your Server Information tab, click on the "Install OS" button.
• A deployment drawer overlay or drop-down selection window will load, showing a list of fully authorized server platforms (e.g.: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, AlmaLinux 9, Debian 12, etc.).
• Select your preferred OS version.
• Click the confirmation activation switch button ("Install" or "Proceed").
• The virtualization hypervisor wrapper will automatically tear down your old volume space, format the NVMe allocations, inject the clean system image templates, and configure automated network pathways. This operation usually takes less than 2 to 5 minutes.

Step 5: Retrieving Your Fresh Credentials Log

Once the progression metrics report that the OS template installation is 100% complete:

• The server will boot itself automatically into the new OS shell space.
• Your newly randomized administrative Root Password will be displayed securely on your client dashboard notification window or dispatched directly to your registered account email box.
• Open your terminal application (or PuTTY client framework) and log in using your fresh structural variables:

Bash

ssh root@your_existing_server_ip

Faced with an OS Initialization Failure? If your single-click OS installation gets stuck on a continuous loading phase, or if your network interfaces fail to attach after a template distribution switch, please Submit an Emergency Support Ticket immediately under our Technical Systems partition. Our datacenter network team will inspect the hardware partition nodes right away to secure your environment routing!