Deploy and manage the virtual private servers in your IDrive® Compute account from the web console.
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Snapshot
A snapshot is a point-in-time capture of an instance. With IDrive® Compute's snapshot feature, you can take a real-time image of an instance with all its contents, save it, and use it to restore the instance to a specific point in time and create a new instance.
You can take a live snapshot of a running instance. When you take a snapshot of a running instance, you can continue working on it while your snapshot is being taken in the background. A snapshot can also be captured when the instance is offline.
Create a Snapshot of an Instance
When you create a snapshot of a compute instance, a real-time copy of the instance with all its existing contents at that particular moment gets created and saved in your IDrive® Compute account. A snapshot can also be downloaded on your local computer for future use.
Follow the steps to take a snapshot of an instance:
- Sign in to your IDrive® Compute account.
- Click the instance whose snapshot you want to take.
- Click Snapshot from the LHS menu.
- Enter a name for the snapshot.
- Click Take a live snapshot.
The snapshot will be saved and displayed in the Snapshots page under Images.
Note: Snapshots will be charged additionally at $0.05/GB/month.
Create an Instance Using a Snapshot
You can use a snapshot to create a new instance.
To create an instance using a snapshot:
- Sign in to your IDrive® Compute account.
- Go to the Images tab and click Snapshot.
- Click Actions against the snapshot which you want to use for creating an instance.
- Select Create an instance.
- Select a Region from the drop-down list.
- The snapshot that you are using to create the instance will be selected by default.
- Choose a plan. You can select shared or dedicated CPU and choose yearly or monthly billing.
- Select an authentication method for the instance. You can either set an SSH key or a root password for authentication.
- SSH-Keys - Select SSH Keys from the list of pre-added keys. To add a new key, click Add an SSH Key. Enter the key name and your existing SSH Public Key details, click Add Key.
- Password - A root password will be suggested by default. You may use the same password or create a new password.
- Enter User-Data in cloud-config format. It is optional.
- Add the required number of servers and server name under Finalize and Create.
- Activate the following add-ons as required by clicking the corresponding checkbox:
a. Enable Instance Backup - By default, the option to enable daily cloud-based image backup for the instance is selected. Deselect the option if you do not want to enable backup.
b. Private IP - Select this option to get a private IP address for your instance. - Click Create.
On successful creation of a new instance, a message will be displayed and the instance will be listed on the Instances page.
Snapshot Pricing
Snapshots are charged at $0.05/GB/month. The total charge for a snapshot will be based on the size of the snapshot.
There may be a minimum charge of $0.01 for each snapshot irrespective of its size and existence.