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Snapshot

Updated on 07 November, 2025

Manage point-in-time backups of your Vultr instances with commands to create, list, delete, and restore virtual machine snapshots.

The vultr-cli snapshot command manages server snapshots on Vultr, allowing users to create, list, delete, and restore backups of their virtual machine instances.

Usage

console 
$ vultr-cli snapshot

Available Commands

Create Url
Creates a snapshot in your Vultr account by importing a disk image from an external URL.
Create
Creates a snapshot of a virtual machine instance to preserve its current state for backup or replication purposes.
Delete
Permanently removes a specified snapshot from your Vultr account, freeing up storage space.
Get
Retrieves detailed information about a specific snapshot in your Vultr account using its ID.
List
Displays all available snapshots in your Vultr account with their details including ID, description, size, and creation date.