Overview

Reinstalling wipes your Pod's disk and installs a fresh operating system. Use it to recover from a broken configuration, switch distributions, or start over cleanly. This article shows how to reinstall safely from the ALYPOD Console.

Before you begin

• Back up everything you need. Reinstalling erases all data on the Pod.
• Note your current IP addresses; they usually stay the same but confirm afterwards.
• Have your SSH public key ready.

Steps

1. Sign in to account.alypod.com and open the ALYPOD Console.
2. Select the Pod you want to reinstall.
3. Open the Reinstall (or OS) tab.
4. Choose a new OS template and select the version.
5. Provide your SSH public key or set a root password.
6. Optionally add a cloud-init script.
7. Confirm the warning dialogue and start the reinstall.

The Pod reboots into the installer, provisions the new image, and returns to Running in a few minutes.

After the reinstall

1. Verify you can log in:

bash ssh [email protected]

1. Confirm the OS version:

bash cat /etc/os-release

1. Reconfigure anything that lived on the old disk: firewall rules, app config, cron jobs, DNS records and monitoring.

Troubleshooting

• Problem: the Pod stays in Installing for a long time. Solution: watch the VNC tab for boot errors; if stuck, retry the reinstall.
• Problem: SSH key not accepted. Solution: reinstall again and paste the key carefully, or reset the root password from the console.
• Problem: you need the old data. Solution: data is unrecoverable after reinstall unless you made a snapshot — restore one by deploying a new Pod from it.

Related articles

• [Creating and restoring snapshots]
• [Adding and managing SSH keys]
• [Accessing rescue mode]