> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sinarcloud.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Virtual servers overview

> Compare plans in the VPS catalog, then manage your servers in My VPS: summary cards, statuses, filters, table columns, quick actions and data transfer.

The **Servers** section of the console sidebar has two pages. **VPS** opens the VPS catalog, where you compare plans and deploy a new server. **My VPS** opens your server list, where you check and manage the virtual private servers (VPS) you have.

## VPS catalog

The **VPS catalog** lists the plans you can order in each region, with their specs and prices. To open it, click **VPS** under **Servers** in the sidebar. After you sign in, the console opens the catalog, unless you followed a link to another console page, such as a server's page.

![The VPS catalog page with a Refresh button, Region cards with the recommended region selected, a selected Provider card with its logo, plan count and starting price per month, plan type tabs Shared CPU, Dedicated CPU and Memory Optimized, and a table of plans with CPU, RAM, Storage, Bandwidth, Daily, Weekly and Monthly columns and a Deploy button on each row.](https://mintcdn.com/sinar-cloud/Zz311Jgf5s_A88RD/images/vps-catalog.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Zz311Jgf5s_A88RD\&q=85\&s=59dc88918c536c1edb815d8ab8c7eb78)

The VPS catalog: region, provider, plan type and the plans with their prices

* **Region**: click the region you want. Each card shows the region's name and code, such as `JKT1`. The recommended region has a **Recommended** tag and is selected when the page opens. Regions tagged **Sold out** or **Unavailable** can't take orders right now.
* **Provider**: click the provider whose plans you want to see. Each card shows how many plans the provider offers in the region and its lowest monthly price.
* Plan type: when the provider offers more than one type of plan, click a tab above the table, for example **Shared CPU** or **Dedicated CPU**.

The table shows each plan's **CPU**, **RAM**, **Storage** and **Bandwidth**, and its price for each billing period: **Daily**, **Weekly** and **Monthly**. Each price is what the first period of that length costs. A dash means the plan isn't sold for that period. When a promotion applies, the regular price is struck through below the price, next to the saving. Hover over the price to see the terms. Plans you can order come first, cheapest first. Click a column title to sort the table.

To order a plan, click **Deploy** in its row. **Create VPS** opens with that region and plan already chosen. There, you choose the operating system and the billing period. See [Create a VPS](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/vps/create.md). A plan that can't be ordered right now shows **Sold out** or **Unavailable** instead of **Deploy**. Below **Deploy**, some plans show more:

* **IPv6 only**: the plan has no public IPv4 address, so you can only connect to the server from a network with IPv6.
* A per-account limit, for example **1 per account**: each account can order the plan only that many times.

When a plan has a promotion, a note under the table explains that promo prices are the public offer for the first billing period of a new order. Create VPS shows your final price before you pay.

Click **Refresh** to reload the regions and prices.

## My VPS

To see your servers, click **My VPS** under **Servers** in the sidebar. The page, titled **Virtual private servers**, lists your servers, shows what you spend on them, and has shortcuts to create or manage a server.

![The SinarCloud console's My VPS page, titled Virtual private servers, with Refresh and Create VPS buttons and four summary cards: Total Servers, Running, Monthly Spend and Available Credit. Below them are the All, Running, Stopped and Provisioning filter buttons with counts, a Search by name or IP… box, and a table of three servers with Name, Status, Plan, Region, Public IP, Renewal and Price columns.](https://mintcdn.com/sinar-cloud/Zz311Jgf5s_A88RD/images/vps-overview.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Zz311Jgf5s_A88RD\&q=85\&s=470bfe4b293e54752cba26728fa8dff3)

The My VPS page: summary cards, status filters and the server table

## Summary cards

The line under the page title ends with a count of your servers by state, for example "2 running · 1 stopped". The four cards below it summarize your servers and your balance.

| Card | What it shows |
| - | - |
| **Total Servers** | How many servers are in your list, and how many regions they run in. |
| **Running** | How many servers are running. The line below shows how many are not running, or confirms that all of them are. |
| **Monthly Spend** | The total charged for VPS billing periods that start this calendar month, including automatic renewals. The month starts at 00:00 UTC (07:00 WIB) on the 1st. AI API usage is not included. |
| **Available Credit** | The balance you can spend right now. It is the same figure as **Current Credits** on the Billing page. |

The line under **Monthly Spend** reads "across active servers", but the total also includes charges for servers you have deleted this month. If the figures can't load, **Monthly Spend** and **Available Credit** show a dash.

To add balance, click **top up to extend runway** under **Available Credit**. The QRIS top-up dialog opens over the page, so you don't leave your server list. See [Add balance](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/billing/top-up.md). To see what you spend on the AI API, go to [Usage and spending](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/ai/usage.md).

## Server statuses

Each server shows one of these statuses in the **Status** column.

| Status | What it means |
| - | - |
| **Provisioning** | SinarCloud is setting up a server you ordered. This usually takes 1–2 minutes. **Renewal** and **Price** show a dash until the server is running. |
| **Running** | The server is on. Its current paid period ends at the time shown in **Renewal**. |
| **Stopping** | The server is shutting down, because you stopped it or because it used its [data transfer allowance](#data-transfer-allowance). |
| **Stopped** | The server is powered off. You still pay for it, and it renews from your balance as usual. The list doesn't say why a server stopped. |
| **Starting** | The server is booting, because you started it or because SinarCloud started it again at the start of a new transfer month. |
| **Suspended** | SinarCloud tried to renew the server at the end of its period, but your balance was too low. **Renewal** shows **Renewal failed**, and **Price** shows a dash. A top-up brings the server back: it renews as soon as the payment comes in. If your balance already covers the renewal, open the server and click **Renew now**. If the server isn't renewed within 6 hours after its period ended, SinarCloud deletes it and all data on it. See [When a renewal fails](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/vps/renewals.md#when-a-renewal-fails). |

While a server is stopping or starting, the page checks its status every few seconds. The status changes on its own when the server is done.

Deleted servers, and servers that are being deleted, don't appear in the list. If setup fails for a new server, that server is left out of the list too. Check its order on the [Orders](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/billing/orders.md) page instead.

> [!WARNING]
>
> If a server reaches the end of its paid period without being renewed, SinarCloud deletes it and all data on it 6 hours later. This happens when automatic renewal is turned off, or when your balance is too low to pay for the next period. When the balance is too low, the server is suspended in the meantime, and a top-up still brings it back. Make sure your balance covers the next period before the time shown in **Renewal**. See [Renewals and expiry](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/vps/renewals.md).

## Filter and search

Use the buttons above the table to filter by status: **All**, **Running**, **Stopped** and **Provisioning**. Each button shows how many servers match it. The **Stopped** filter also includes servers that are stopping, starting or suspended.

To find a specific server, type in the **Search by name or IP…** box. Search checks the server name and hostname, server ID, IP addresses and operating system (for example, ubuntu). It doesn't match the OS version, such as 24.04.

Click a column title to sort the table by that column. Sorting uses the stored value, which isn't always what the cell shows: **Name** sorts by hostname and **Plan** by number of vCPUs. Each column header also has two controls:

* The funnel icon filters the column by text you type. It matches the stored value, which isn't always what the cell shows. For example, the **Name** filter checks the server's hostname, not the name you gave it. To find a server by name, use the search box.
* The three-dot column menu has **Sort Ascending**, **Sort Descending** and **Clear Sort**. It also lets you pin the column (**Pin to left**, **Pin to right**, **Unpin**) and adjust widths (**Autosize this column**, **Autosize all columns**, **Reset columns**).

The table shows up to 50 servers per page, newest first. The footer shows how many servers are visible, for example "Showing 3 of 3 servers". Use **Prev** and **Next** to move between pages. When you change pages, the search box is cleared. The status filters and search work only on the page you are viewing. If you have more than 50 servers, the **Stopped** and **Provisioning** counts also cover only the current page.

## Table columns

| Column | What it shows |
| - | - |
| **Name** | The server name. The second line shows the operating system. |
| **Status** | The current status. See [Server statuses](#server-statuses). |
| **Plan** | Number of vCPUs and memory. The second line shows disk size and type, then bandwidth, or **Unlimited**. See [Data transfer allowance](#data-transfer-allowance). |
| **Region** | The region name and region code. |
| **Public IP** | The server's public IPv4 address. An IPv6-only server shows its public IPv6 address. If the server has no public address, the console shows its private IPv4 address. |
| **Renewal** | When the current paid period ends, in the time zone from your [account settings](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/account/settings.md). Servers billed daily, and periods that end within two days, also show the time. The second line reads **Renews** with a countdown when automatic renewal is on, or **Expires** when it is off. |
| **Price** | The amount charged for the current billing period and the billing cycle, for example `/month`. If you used a promotion when you created the server, the first period shows the discounted amount. Renewals are charged without the discount. See [Renewals and expiry](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/vps/renewals.md). |

When automatic renewal is on, SinarCloud charges your balance for the next period at the time shown in **Renewal**. Servers on Tencent Cloud are charged 3 days earlier. If your balance is too low at that point, SinarCloud tries again at the time shown in **Renewal**. Other servers get only one attempt, at the time shown in **Renewal**. If the last attempt fails, the server is suspended, and it's deleted 6 hours after its period ended unless you renew it. When automatic renewal is off, SinarCloud deletes the server 6 hours after the time shown in **Renewal**. An **Expires** line is highlighted when the server has 7 days or less left.

If you don't see **Price** or the three-dot menu, scroll the table sideways.

## Actions

* Click **Refresh** to reload the cards and the table right away. The page also refreshes by itself every 30 seconds.
* Click **Create VPS** to order a new server. See [Create a VPS](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/vps/create.md).
* Click any row to open that server's detail page. See [Manage a VPS](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/vps/manage.md).
* Click the three-dot menu at the end of a row for quick actions:
  * **Open details** opens the server's detail page.
  * **Reboot** restarts a running server. Running processes stop for a short time.
  * **Stop** powers off a running server. You keep paying for a stopped server, and it renews as usual.
  * **Start** replaces **Stop** while the server is stopped. It boots the server again. While the server's data transfer allowance is used up, SinarCloud refuses the start.
  * **Delete** permanently destroys the server and all data on it. To confirm, type the server name shown in the dialog. Deleting doesn't refund the rest of the current paid period, and it stops future renewals. You can delete a server that is running, stopped, stopping, starting or suspended. If a new server is still provisioning, wait until it is running before you delete it.

> [!NOTE]
>
> A server can get a new public IP address when it starts again. Connect with the address shown in the list once it is running, and update any DNS records that point to the old address.

After you confirm an action, the console shows a message and the server's status updates on its own. If the action can't be carried out, the dialog shows the reason. For example, a refused start says the server used its data transfer allowance for this billing month and gives the date and time, in UTC, when it can be started again.

If the list can't load, the page shows **Failed to load instances**. Click **Retry** to try again.

If you don't have any servers yet, the table shows **No servers match**. Click **Create VPS** to order your first server. The same message appears when no server matches the selected filter or your search.

## Data transfer allowance

If SinarCloud counts your server's data transfer, the bandwidth in the **Plan** column is the server's allowance for each transfer month. Data the server receives and sends both count. Plans with **Unlimited** bandwidth have no allowance.

* A transfer month is 30 days, counted from when the server was first ready. It isn't the calendar month, and on daily or weekly billing it doesn't match your billing period. The console's messages call this 30-day period the billing month.
* SinarCloud emails the account's owners when a server passes 80% of its allowance, and again when it has used all of it.
* When the allowance is used up, SinarCloud stops the server. In the list, it shows **Stopping** and then **Stopped**, like any other stopped server.
* You can't start the server again until the transfer month ends. A server you had already stopped stays stopped until then too.
* When the new transfer month begins, SinarCloud starts the server again if it stopped the server for its allowance. A server you stopped yourself stays stopped, but you can start it again.
* Everything on the server is kept. Billing and renewals continue while it is stopped, and the server may get a new public IP address when it starts.

To check a server, open it from the list. If SinarCloud counts its data transfer, the server's page has a **Data transfer this month** card with the amount used and when it resets. While the allowance is used up, a stopped server shows the notice **Stopped: data transfer allowance used up** above the tabs, with the time it can start again. See [Manage a VPS](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/vps/manage.md).

## Next steps

> [card] [Create a VPS](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/vps/create.md)
>
> Choose an operating system, region and plan, then pay from your balance.

> [card] [Renewals and expiry](https://docs.sinarcloud.com/vps/renewals.md)
>
> Learn how renewals are charged and what happens when a server expires.


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