{"id":7165,"date":"2022-09-02T10:11:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T15:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/?p=7165"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:20:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:20:43","slug":"how-to-reinstall-vps-operating-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-reinstall-vps-operating-system\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reinstall VPS operating system?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kb-shortcode kb-shortcode_alert\">\n                    <div class=\"kb-shortcode-icon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-times-circle fa-2x\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"kb-shortcode-content_alert\"><br \/>\nThe following information is intended for <b>Unmanaged<\/b> virtual servers. <\/p>\n<p>Managed customers shouldn&#8217;t use this, reinstall at your own risk.<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you find yourself needing to wipe the slate clean and start over with your virtual server or perhaps you wish to try a different flavor of the operating system provided &#8212; you can use the reinstall VPS feature within the virtual server management portal. Reinstall VPS OS is useful for many different reasons such as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Compromised server, need fresh start<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wanting a fresh start for different development stack<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Broken configurations and better to start over<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted that prior to performing any sort of reinstall, that if you need them then you should create and download backups of all of your data as nothing will be recoverable after this action is performed. Follow the below steps to learn how to reinstall VPS operating system,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>1. First, login into Billing Portal (<a href=\"https:\/\/my.knownhost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my.knownhost.com<\/a>) with registered email address and password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/enter-username-and-password-1-1024x977.jpg\" alt=\"enter username and password\" class=\"wp-image-6914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/enter-username-and-password-1-1024x977.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/enter-username-and-password-1-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/enter-username-and-password-1-768x732.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/enter-username-and-password-1.jpg 1294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. In the Navigation tray, you can find the option \u201c<strong>Services<\/strong>\u201d click on that or you can navigate to&nbsp;<strong>Dashboard<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u2192<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Click<\/strong>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<strong>Services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/navigate-to-services-knownhost-billing-portal-1024x625.jpg.webp\" alt=\"navigate to services knownhost billing portal\" class=\"wp-image-7013\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Locate the&nbsp;<strong>VPS<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u2192<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Click<\/strong>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<strong>Manage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/click-on-manage-vps-to-view-vps-node--1024x500.jpg\" alt=\"click on manage vps to view vps node\" class=\"wp-image-7110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/click-on-manage-vps-to-view-vps-node--1024x500.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/click-on-manage-vps-to-view-vps-node--300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/click-on-manage-vps-to-view-vps-node--768x375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/click-on-manage-vps-to-view-vps-node--1536x750.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/click-on-manage-vps-to-view-vps-node--2048x1000.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4.&nbsp;<strong>Navigate<\/strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong>Control<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Panel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-control-panel-of-the-vps-1024x433.jpg\" alt=\"navigate to control panel of the vps\" class=\"wp-image-7108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-control-panel-of-the-vps-1024x433.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-control-panel-of-the-vps-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-control-panel-of-the-vps-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-control-panel-of-the-vps-1536x650.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-control-panel-of-the-vps.jpg 1896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Scroll down a bit, <strong>Navigate<\/strong> to <strong>Install<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-install-vps-1024x645.jpg\" alt=\"navigate to install vps\" class=\"wp-image-7168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-install-vps-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-install-vps-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-install-vps-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-install-vps-1536x968.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/navigate-to-install-vps.jpg 1805w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Select <strong>Operating<\/strong> <strong>System<\/strong> and <strong>enter<\/strong> the desired <strong>root<\/strong> <strong>password<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following operating systems are currently available for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/vps-hosting\"><strong>Unmanaged servers<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AlmaLinux 8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AlmaLinux 9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ubuntu 20 LTS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ubuntu 22 LTS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ubuntu 24 LTS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Debian 9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Debian 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Debian 11<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Debian 12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps-1024x527.jpg\" alt=\"how to reinstall operating system for vps\" class=\"wp-image-7167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps-1536x790.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>7. Finally, click on <strong>Reinstall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps-1024x527.jpg\" alt=\"how to reinstall operating system for vps\" class=\"wp-image-7167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps-1536x790.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-reinstall-operating-system-for-vps.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>8. System will ask for the last confirmation, <strong>click<\/strong> on <strong>Ok<\/strong> to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/confirmation-reinstall-os-1024x342.jpg\" alt=\"confirmation reinstall os\" class=\"wp-image-7166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/confirmation-reinstall-os-1024x342.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/confirmation-reinstall-os-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/confirmation-reinstall-os-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/confirmation-reinstall-os-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/confirmation-reinstall-os.jpg 1746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It will take some time to rebuild the VPS with the newly selected operating system. Once that is done, you can access the VPS using the configured password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we\u2019ve gone over it, how to reinstall VPS operating system using the KnownHost control panel? Again, this article is only intended for Unmanaged services; managed services customers should consult our team before performing any such tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KnownHost offers 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, all 7 days of the week best in class technical support. A dedicated team ready to help you with requests should you need our assistance. You\u2019re not using KnownHost for the best webhosting experience? Well, why not? Check with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/contact\">our Sales team<\/a>&nbsp;to see what can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/\">KnownHost<\/a>&nbsp;do for you in improving your webhosting experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should you find yourself needing to wipe the slate clean and start over with your virtual server or perhaps you wish to try a different flavor of the operating system provided &#8212; you can use the reinstall VPS feature within the virtual server management portal. 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