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Learn how to efficiently manage and secure your VPS with an overview of One-Click Apps, network firewall, monitoring, and all the essential features → Learn more
10 November 20267 min read5 Views0 helpful
Introduction
Are you interested in a VPS or already own one, but still need a comprehensive overview of how to manage it and where to find all the necessary options? Getting started can be quite challenging. Don't worry—we'll give you a detailed introduction to managing your service below so you can get the best possible overview.
After working through this guide, you'll be able to manage your VPS efficiently and find all the important options and features quickly and easily. Here you'll find a structured overview that helps you get familiar with VPS management step by step and expand your knowledge in a focused way. This helps ensure that your VPS is configured to suit your needs and that you get the most out of the available options.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
In the Access section of your VPS dashboard, you can see your IP address, port, username, and password at a glance. You can also set a new root password or assign an SSH key there.
Yes. Once an SSH key has been added, you can completely disable password-based login in the Access section.
Scale with Me automatically scales your VPS up or down as needed. You can enable it in the Overview section, alongside the CPU, RAM, storage, and bandwidth settings.
Use the One-Click Apps section to install ready-to-use applications without any manual setup. A Coolify instance runs automatically in the background. Choose an app from the catalog, such as WordPress with MariaDB or Nextcloud, and start the installation.
The DDoS Manager shows your server's protection status, incoming bandwidth history (allowed and blocked traffic), automatically learned firewall rules, and a complete history of incoming and outgoing attacks. Availability depends on your server's location.
Yes. You can group recurring IP addresses, such as your home or office IPs, into IP sets and refer to them by name in your firewall rules instead of entering each IP individually.
It shows your current included monthly traffic quota, whether additional traffic credit is active, when your quota will reset, and a history of previous changes. If your quota isn't enough, you can purchase additional traffic volume there.
Yes, with the ZapX Pass. The ZapX AI Agent is a chat assistant built into the VPS dashboard. You can ask it questions in natural language or request help with configuration.
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Product Management
In the Product Management section, you'll find all the key pages for managing your VPS. The VPS management options are listed in detail below.
Overview
The overview provides a central summary of all the important information about your VPS. At the top, you'll see its status, address, hostname, and installed operating system, along with buttons to start, stop, and restart it. Below that, you can see current system usage (CPU, RAM, and storage), server information, your SSH credentials, all assigned IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, and the Guest Agent status. You can also adjust CPU, RAM, storage, and bandwidth here, or enable automatic scaling (Scale with Me), which scales your VPS up or down automatically as needed.
Access
Set up secure access to your server. Here you can see your SSH credentials (IP address, port, username, and password) at a glance, set a new root password, or assign an SSH key from your account or create a new one. Once an SSH key has been added, you can also completely disable password-based login and check which keys are currently installed on the server at any time.
ZapX AI Agent
With the ZapX Pass, you have the ZapX AI Agent at your side—a chat assistant built right into your VPS dashboard. You can ask it questions about your server in natural language or request help with configuration. It's handy if you're unsure about a setting or need a recommendation quickly.
One-Click Apps
With One-Click Apps, you can install ready-to-use applications directly on your VPS without any manual setup. A Coolify instance is automatically deployed on your server in the background. Choose a preconfigured application from the app catalog (e.g., WordPress with MariaDB, Nextcloud, or other popular self-hosting solutions), start the installation, and then manage environment variables, subdomains, logs, and access to the panel directly. Every installation and uninstallation is also recorded in your VPS activity history.
DNS
In the DNS section, you can set up custom subdomains under the ZAP domain that automatically point to your VPS. This is useful if you don't want to connect your own domain but still need a descriptive name for your server.
Network
The Network section brings together all settings related to traffic, firewall, and protection against attacks.
Traffic Quota
Keep track of your monthly traffic usage. This section shows your current included quota, whether additional traffic credit is active, and when your quota will reset at the next billing date. If your included quota isn't enough, you can purchase additional traffic volume here. A history also shows all previous changes to your quota.
Network Firewall
Use the network firewall to protect your VPS at the network level. You can specify how traffic without a matching rule is handled (the default is to accept or block it), and create custom firewall rules based on direction, port, and source or destination. You can also group recurring IP addresses (e.g., your home or office) into IP sets and refer to them by name in your rules instead of entering each IP address individually.
DDoS Manager
Review past DDoS attacks to better assess potential threats and patterns. The DDoS Manager shows your server's protection status, incoming bandwidth history (allowed and blocked traffic), automatically learned firewall rules, and a complete history of incoming and outgoing attacks. This level of transparency helps you understand how protection works and identify potential risks early. Note: The DDoS Manager is available depending on your server's location.
Operations
The Operations section contains all the tools you'll need most often when using your VPS day to day.
Console
The console lets you interact with your server as if you were right at the machine—even if SSH or the network is unavailable. This graphical remote access lets you control the screen, keyboard, and mouse, so you can perform maintenance even without an active network connection. It's ideal for fixing network settings or resolving configuration issues. You can also open the console in a separate window.
Monitoring
Monitoring shows your VPS usage over time, including CPU usage, RAM usage, network throughput (incoming/outgoing), and disk I/O (read/write). You can switch between hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly views to spot both short-term usage spikes and long-term trends.
Backups
In the Backups section, you'll find both your automatic backups and snapshots in one place. We automatically back up your VPS every night, so there's nothing you need to do. With the ZapX Pass, you get full control: start a manual backup at any time, restore backups, and keep track of your quota. A snapshot also saves the complete state of your VPS at a specific point in time—optionally including RAM—so you can create a restore point before making risky changes and revert to it whenever needed. Snapshots are also included with the ZapX Pass; they share slots with your own backups. Depending on your plan, the ZapX Pass keeps daily backups for 3 days (Plus), 7 days (Pro), or 14 days (Max). The storage limit of your ZapX Pass determines how much backup storage your account can use in total (Plus: 250 GB, Pro: 500 GB, Max: 1,000 GB across all services). Daily backups count toward this limit, and each VPS counts once based on the space its data actually uses, not the purchased disk size. You can turn off the daily backup with the ZapX Pass; existing daily backups are then deleted immediately. If needed, you can purchase additional backup storage on the ZapX Pass page.
Settings
In the Settings section, you'll find all the key pages for configuring your VPS.
Settings
Here you can set the hostname your server uses to identify itself internally, and, if needed, completely reinstall your server using the current or a different template. Warning: This permanently deletes all data on the server. You can also view basic system values such as boot order and Cloud-Init status, change the DNS server, and enable or disable Memory Ballooning. At the bottom, you can manage the reverse DNS records (PTR records) for your assigned IPv4 addresses, as well as the primary IPv6 address for each assigned /64 prefix. A correctly configured reverse DNS record ensures that your VPS name resolves correctly and is especially important if you run a mail server. Without a valid record, outgoing emails may be marked as spam or may not be delivered reliably.
Recovery
In the Recovery section, you can start your server once in a rescue environment to diagnose or repair issues without relying on the operating system itself. You can also reset your server's network configuration, which writes the IP addresses, gateway, and assigned SSH keys to the server again. This is especially useful if your server is no longer reachable over the network or your login credentials aren't working.
ISOs
Want to try a new operating system or check your server if it's unreachable? You can choose from a wide range of ISO files. In just a few clicks, you can mount one as a virtual drive and use it for installation or diagnostics. You can also upload and use your own ISO file.
Activity
Keep track of all admin tasks and system events in one place. The activity overview collects all relevant events on your VPS—from fresh installations and app installations to automatically performed maintenance tasks—so you always know who made which change, when they made it, and what was affected.
More Links
The More Links section provides additional resources relevant to using and managing the product. These may include documentation, tools, or external resources for the service.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Frequently Asked Questions section provides an overview of the questions our customers ask most often. Here you'll find helpful answers and detailed information on a range of topics to help you quickly and effectively.
ZAP Help Center
The ZAP Help Center is our knowledge base for all products, with guides and help for common questions and issues. It also includes an AI assistant that can help you find the right guide for your needs.
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