Real KVM, real root, one-click reinstall. The cheapest insurance for a production deploy.
Testing on your laptop proves the code runs on your laptop. Testing on a staging server proves it runs on the same OS, the same Nginx, the same database version as production. At €6.5 a month it is cheaper than one bad Friday deploy.
Full virtualization means your own kernel — which means Docker, systemd, WireGuard, custom ISOs and any kernel module you need. On container-based “VPS” products half of these silently do not work. Here, if it works on a normal Linux server, it works here.
Mirror production: clone your prod Ansible playbook or docker compose onto a Buran-1 and test the deploy end to end. Preview branches: run two apps on two ports behind Nginx — full setup in the reverse proxy guide. Chaos-safe experiments: broken the OS? Reinstall Ubuntu from the panel in a couple of minutes and start clean. CI runner: Ryzen 9 compiles fast, and nightly snapshots protect you from a runaway pipeline.
Daily backups run automatically with 7-day retention and one-click restore. Before a risky migration, take a manual snapshot — if the deploy goes sideways at midnight, you are one click from the previous state instead of a rebuild.
Yes — every plan is full KVM with its own kernel, so the standard Docker stack works. See the Docker guide for the exact install steps.
Provisioning after payment takes about two minutes, and OS reinstall from the panel is just as fast. Treat servers as disposable: rebuild instead of repairing.
Usually yes: one box runs several apps on different ports with Nginx routing. When the team grows, split environments across separate €6.5 plans — still cheaper than most CI minutes you would burn elsewhere.
Staging, CI and previews on one box: Buran-1, €6.5/mo.