Reinstalling Your VPS Operating System

VirtFusion lets you wipe your VPS and install a fresh operating system in a few clicks. This is useful if you want to start over, switch Linux distributions, or recover from a badly broken system.

How to Rebuild

1. Log in to control.teklanhosting.co.uk.
2. Click your VPS.
3. On the Overview page, click Rebuild.
4. Set a server name and (optionally) a hostname and timezone.
5. Select the operating system and version you want to install.
6. Choose a swap space size (or none).
7. Select any SSH keys you want pre-installed on the server. If you skip this, VirtFusion will email you the root password instead.
8. Click Install with [OS name] at the bottom of the page.

The rebuild typically takes a couple of minutes. The IP address does not change.

Available Operating Systems

TekLan offers the following distributions on VPS:

• AlmaLinux
• Alpine Linux
• CentOS
• Debian
• Ubuntu
• Windows

If you need a specific version or distribution not listed, open a support ticket and we will check whether it can be added.

After the Reinstall

A fresh server is a blank slate. You will need to:

• Connect via SSH using your SSH key (or the root password emailed to you if no key was selected)
• Update the OS immediately (apt update && apt upgrade -y or dnf update -y)
• Recreate any users, install software, and restore data from your backup
• Re-configure your firewall

See the getting started guide for the full post-provisioning checklist.

Rebuilding Without Losing Data (Not Possible)

There is no way to rebuild the OS while preserving your data - the disk is wiped as part of the process. If you want to switch distributions without starting from scratch, consider setting up the new environment on a staging VPS, migrating your data there, and then decommissioning the original.