{"id":16680,"date":"2023-05-17T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T11:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=16680"},"modified":"2024-03-10T09:15:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T06:15:57","slug":"how-to-clone-vps-server-on-hetzner-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/how-to-clone-vps-server-on-hetzner-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clone VPS Server on Hetzner Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is there a way to clone VPS server on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hetzner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hetzner<\/a> cloud with out downtime? yes, of course. If you didn&#8217;t discover the incredible potential of cloning your VPS server on Hetzner Cloud yet, then follow through this guide. The process cloning VPS server on Hetzner cloud makes it easy to replicate your server instances without the hassle of having setting up new servers from scratch. This comes in very handy when you want to create a test environment out from your live production environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#cloning-vps-server-on-hetzner-cloud\">Cloning VPS Server on Hetzner Cloud<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#take-a-snapshot-of-the-live-vps-server\">Take a Snapshot of the Live VPS Server<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#cloning-vps-server-on-hetzner-cloud-1\">Cloning VPS Server on Hetzner Cloud<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#other-tutorials\">Other Tutorials<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cloning-vps-server-on-hetzner-cloud\">Cloning VPS Server on Hetzner Cloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to clone Virtual Private Server on Hetzner cloud, the procedure is;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Take a snapshot of the live VPS server<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a new server using snapshot image<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"take-a-snapshot-of-the-live-vps-server\">Take a Snapshot of the Live VPS Server<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Login to your Hetzner cloud account and navigate to the project where your VPS server is running;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/navigate-to-project.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1889\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/navigate-to-project.png\" alt=\"How to Clone VPS Server on Hetzner Cloud\" class=\"wp-image-16682\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/navigate-to-project.png?v=1684318661 1889w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/navigate-to-project-768x214.png?v=1684318661 768w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/navigate-to-project-1536x428.png?v=1684318661 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1889px) 100vw, 1889px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>Snapshots<\/strong>&nbsp;on the top menu bar as shown in the screenshot above. This will open up snapshots page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the Snapshots page, click <strong>Take snapshot<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/add-snapshot.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1877\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/add-snapshot.png\" alt=\"How to Clone VPS Server on Hetzner Cloud\" class=\"wp-image-16683\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/add-snapshot.png?v=1684318740 1877w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/add-snapshot-768x339.png?v=1684318740 768w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/add-snapshot-1536x678.png?v=1684318740 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1877px) 100vw, 1877px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose a VPS server to take snapshot and set the description.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/select-server-n-description.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1676\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/select-server-n-description.png\" alt=\"How to Clone VPS Server on Hetzner Cloud\" class=\"wp-image-16684\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/select-server-n-description.png?v=1684318783 1676w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/select-server-n-description-768x350.png?v=1684318783 768w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/select-server-n-description-1536x699.png?v=1684318783 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1676px) 100vw, 1676px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>Create &amp; Buy now<\/strong> to take a snapshot of your VPS server on Hetzner cloud.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The snapshot process will now begin. Check back after a short while and it should be done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/snapshot-in-progress.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/snapshot-in-progress.png\" alt=\"How to Clone VPS Server on Hetzner Cloud\" class=\"wp-image-16685\" width=\"1068\" height=\"292\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/snapshot-in-progress.png?v=1684318809 1888w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/snapshot-in-progress-768x210.png?v=1684318809 768w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/snapshot-in-progress-1536x421.png?v=1684318809 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A snapshot will be created and automatically assigned a new IP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/snapshot-available.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1890\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/snapshot-available.png\" alt=\"How to Clone VPS Server on Hetzner Cloud\" class=\"wp-image-16686\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/snapshot-available.png?v=1684319549 1890w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/snapshot-available-768x224.png?v=1684319549 768w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/snapshot-available-1536x448.png?v=1684319549 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1890px) 100vw, 1890px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One the snapshot is completely created (Status: <strong>Available<\/strong>), proceed to the next step.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cloning-vps-server-on-hetzner-cloud-1\">Cloning VPS Server on Hetzner Cloud<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is now time to create a clone of your live production server. But how can you do this? Well, this can be done by creating a new server based upon the snapshot image just created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to use the snapshot on a different project, move it to that new project;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1887\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/transfer-snapshot-to-different-project.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16687\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/transfer-snapshot-to-different-project.png?v=1684319757 1887w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/transfer-snapshot-to-different-project-768x310.png?v=1684319757 768w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/transfer-snapshot-to-different-project-1536x619.png?v=1684319757 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1887px) 100vw, 1887px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, you can navigate to respective project where you want to use the VPS server clone on and add new server as follows;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on snapshot menu dots and select <strong>Create new Server<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select the <strong>Location<\/strong> of the server.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose the <strong>Image<\/strong> of the server. In this case, the snaoshot image is automatically selected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose the <strong>CPU Type<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>Networking<\/strong>,  select which types of IPs the server should include or not.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go through other options and make you selection as it suits you!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set the <strong>Name<\/strong> of the new server<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finally, click <strong>create and buy now<\/strong> to create your new server based on the snapshot of your live server.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/create-new-server-using-snapshot-image.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1894\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/create-new-server-using-snapshot-image.png\" alt=\"How to Clone VPS Server on Hetzner Cloud\" class=\"wp-image-16690\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/create-new-server-using-snapshot-image.png?v=1684321789 1894w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/create-new-server-using-snapshot-image-768x253.png?v=1684321789 768w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/create-new-server-using-snapshot-image-1536x507.png?v=1684321789 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1894px) 100vw, 1894px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You should now have your test environment, which at this point is in the same state as your production server!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And that is it. You just CLONED your VPS server on Hetzner cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That concludes our guide on cloning a VPS server on Hetzner Cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"other-tutorials\">Other Tutorials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/how-to-deploy-wordpress-as-a-docker-container\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Deploy WordPress as a Docker Container<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-mariadb-11-on-ubuntu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Install MariaDB 11 on Ubuntu 22.04\/Ubuntu 20.04<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a way to clone VPS server on Hetzner cloud with out downtime? yes, of course. 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