Reinstall / rebuild the OS
Wipe your Victus VPS and reinstall a fresh Ubuntu template from the control panel, including how to back up first and what survives.
Rebuilding reimages your VPS from a clean OS template. It is the fastest way to recover from a broken configuration, a compromised machine, or an experiment that got out of hand. Victus VPS ships Ubuntu templates and lets you rebuild from the panel.
A rebuild wipes the entire disk — files, databases, installed packages, users. There is no undo. Take a snapshot or copy your data off the machine first.
Before you rebuild
- Create a snapshot from the VPS Snapshots view (see the "Create and restore snapshots" article) so you can roll back if needed.
- Copy any important data off the box — for example with scp or rsync to your machine or to Victus Drive (https://drive.victuscloud.com).
- Note down anything you configured manually (firewall rules, cron jobs, environment variables) since these will be gone.
# Pull a folder off the VPS before wiping it
scp -r root@YOUR_VPS_IP:/var/www ./vps-backup-www
# Or sync a directory
rsync -avz root@YOUR_VPS_IP:/etc/nginx ./vps-backup-nginxRebuild from the panel
- Open the VPS at control.victuscloud.com.
- Go to the VPS Settings view and choose the reinstall / rebuild action.
- Pick the OS template (e.g. an Ubuntu LTS release) and, if offered, set a new root password or SSH key for the fresh install.
- Confirm. The machine powers off, the disk is reimaged, and it boots into the clean OS.
After a rebuild your first SSH connection will warn about a changed host key. Remove the old fingerprint with ssh-keygen -R YOUR_VPS_IP and reconnect.
A rebuild keeps the same IPv4/IPv6 allocation and resource plan — only the operating system and disk contents are replaced.