{"id":770,"date":"2020-10-14T17:40:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=770"},"modified":"2022-10-11T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:40:08","slug":"how-to-check-my-managed-vps-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/how-to-check-my-managed-vps-status\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check my Managed VPS Status"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you choose one of Scala Hosting&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/managed-cloud-hosting.html\"><b>managed VPS hosting packages<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for your online project, you won&#8217;t need to worry about other users on the same server consuming too many resources and ruining your website&#8217;s performance. You&#8217;ll have a <\/span><b>predetermined amount of CPU power, RAM, and storage space<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is guaranteed and at your disposal at any time. Meanwhile, because you&#8217;ve gone for one of the <\/span><b>managed<\/b> <b>plans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you won&#8217;t need to worry about setting up and maintaining the actual server.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical jobs like creating the server, installing the operating system, and configuring it are our responsibility, and you can focus on creating an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/spanel.html\"><b>SPanel admin account<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and start working on your websites.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That being said, you are still <\/span><b>in control of your VPS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and you need to be aware of how well it&#8217;s coping with your projects to ensure their performance is up to scratch. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help you with that, <\/span><b>SPanel&#8217;s Admin Interface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has a few sections that let you check the <\/span><b>status of your VPS and take the necessary steps <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in case something&#8217;s not quite right.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Checking your VPS&#8217; server status through SPanel&#8217;s Admin Interface<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the information you need is easily accessible from SPanel&#8217;s Admin Interface. By default, the login URL is <\/span><b>https:\/\/[your server name]\/spanel\/<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and after you successfully sign in, you will see three widgets at the very top of the home page <\/span><b>informing you about the current CPU load, RAM and disk space usage<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/336-1024x153.png\" alt=\"How to Check my Managed VPS Status, Checking your VPS&#8217; server status through SPanel&#8217;s Admin Interface\" class=\"wp-image-3980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/336-1024x153.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/336-300x45.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/336-768x115.png 768w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/336-1536x229.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/336.png 1582w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the values are too high &#8211; you might want to take appropriate action. Before you do, however, it pays to see some more insights from the Admin Interface.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Server Information<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page is available in the menu on the left, and it contains all sorts of data about your VPS. For the sake of<\/span><b> better organization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it&#8217;s broken down into several sections:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>System Information <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">section holds data on the operating system, kernel version, and architecture your VPS runs on.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Processor Information<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section gives you the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> number of CPU cores, the vendor, the processor&#8217;s speed, and its cache size<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Current Memory Usage <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contains information on the amount of available physical and swap memory as well as current statistics on how much of it is being used.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Current Disk Usage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can tell you how much storage space you&#8217;ve got and how much of it is free at the moment.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information on the status of your VPS is also available on the <\/span><b>Server Status <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">page, which, for your convenience, can also be accessed from the <\/span><b>Quick Links <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">section on SPanel&#8217;s homepage. On it, you can see a full list of the services running on your VPS, including your web server, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/website-security.html\"><b>SShield<\/b><\/a> <b>security system, <\/b>and your<b> FTP and email services.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most likely, there will be a green checkmark next to each service, indicating that it&#8217;s running smoothly. If this isn&#8217;t the case, you can try to rectify the problem by restarting the server from the <\/span><b>Restart Service <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">page available from the menu on the left.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/338-1024x692.png\" alt=\"How to Check my Managed VPS Status, Checking your VPS&#8217; server status through SPanel&#8217;s Admin Interface 2\" class=\"wp-image-3984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/338-1024x692.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/338-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/338-768x519.png 768w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/338.png 1099w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The green checkmarks should also be visible further down on the <\/span><b>Server Status page<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There, you can once again find information on the <\/span><b>load your VPS is experiencing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A list of currently running SQL queries is available on the <\/span><b>Show MySQL Running Queries <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">page from the menu on the left.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last but not least, you can get detailed usage statistics from the <strong>Resource Usage<\/strong> page. You can see day-by-day data on which accounts and processes are putting the most load on your VPS, and you can take the appropriate actions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/337-1024x527.png\" alt=\"How to Check my Managed VPS Status, Checking your VPS&#8217; server status through SPanel&#8217;s Admin Interface 3\" class=\"wp-image-3981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/337-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/337-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/337-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/337-1536x791.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/337.png 1586w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you feel that the server isn&#8217;t performing as well as it should be, you can either restart it through the <\/span><b>SPanel Admin Interface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0or simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/contact-us.html\">contact our technical support team<\/a> to identify the problem and help you fix it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"youtube-player wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"5nPh-IxYTP4\">How to Check my Server Status<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\"@type\": \"VideoObject\",\n\"name\": \"How to Check my Server Status\",\n\"description\": \"All the information you need is easily accessible from SPanel\u2019s Admin Interface. 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