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--- manuals:vps:playgroundvps [2016/11/19 17:09] – created Aither
+++ manuals:vps:playgroundvps [2026/07/12 20:30] (current) – Annotate vpsAdmin navigation paths and update interface labels aither
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 When you need to test a new application, configuration, perform a system
 upgrade in rough or prepare a new production VPS, you can use a playground VPS.
-Playground is running on a post-production hardware, is not backed up and its
+You can create up to two playground VPS, but their lifetime is limited to 1 month.
-lifetime is limited to 1 month. When the expiration date passes, the playground
+When the expiration date passes, the playground
 VPS is deleted and you can reate another one. If you need more than a month to
 test something, please contact the [[information:support|support team]].
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 ==== Creating a new VPS ====
-A new VPS can be created in section VPS, "New VPS" in the right sidebar.
+A new VPS can be created in <vpsadmin-nav id="vps.create.open">section VPS, "New VPS"</vpsadmin-nav> in the right sidebar.
 You have to select location as "Playground".
-{{:navody:vps:pgnd_create.png?300|}}
+{{:en:screenshots:vpsadmin:playground:create-vps-form.png?300|}}
 Next, choose parameters of your new VPS and vpsAdmin will create it.
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 copy of your production VPS, except it will have different IP addresses.
-Go to details of the VPS you wish to clone. Click on **Clone VPS** in the
+Go to details of the VPS you wish to clone. Click on <vpsadmin-nav id="vps.clone.open">**Clone VPS**</vpsadmin-nav> in the
 right sidebar and select Playground as a target environment and location.
-{{:navody:vps:clone_vps.png?300|}}
+{{:en:screenshots:vpsadmin:playground:clone-vps-form.png?300|}}
 Note that this is possible only if you don't have a playground VPS already.
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 ===== VPS swapping =====
-Two VPS can be swapped between environments, i.e. between playground a
+You can prepare a new system or configuration on playground or
-production. Only VPS in different locations can be swapped (Praha, Brno,
+[[manuals:vps:vpsadminos#staging_environment|staging]] VPS and then transfer the
-Playground), because within a single location you can simply swap IP
+new VPS to production. The swap function will move the playground the VPS to production,
-addresses.
+switch IP addresses and then move the original production VPS to playground. <vpsadmin-nav id="vps.swap.open">Use **Swap VPS** in details of the production VPS:</vpsadmin-nav>
-{{:navody:vps:swap_vps.png?300|}}
+{{:en:screenshots:vpsadmin:playground:swap-vps-action.png?700|}}
-<note warning>It's important to invoke swap from the **details of the current
+Make sure to invoke swap from the details of the production VPS, not the other way around.
-production VPS**, so that the outage in production is the shortest possible.</note>
+The VPS will be considered more important and its downtime is minimized.
+vpsAdmin will show you what exactly will happen when the VPSes are swapped:
+{{:en:screenshots:vpsadmin:playground:swap-vps-preview.png?400|}}
+VPS swap consists of two migrations. First the playground VPS is moved to production,
+then IP addresses are swapped, the new VPS is started and the original production VPS
+is moved to playground. Attributes that will be swapped are shown in green.
 ===== Domain names of playground VPS =====
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 Domain name is derived from the IP address. For example, if you have IP 185.8.164.10,
 the domain is 10.164.8.185.pgnd.vpsfree.cz and all other higher levels, e.g.
-test.10.164.8.185.pgnd.vpsfree.cz are mapped as well. Reverse records are generated
+test.10.164.8.185.pgnd.vpsfree.cz are mapped as well.
-in the same way.

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