Change server type

Last update: September 09 2025

You can change the type of cloud server — make an uninterruptible server interruptible and vice versa.

carefully

An interruptible server will be stopped by Selectel at any time within 24 hours of creation. You can only change the server type to interruptable once every 24 hours.

Control panel

1. In the dashboard, on the top menu, click Products and select Cloud Servers.
2. Open the server page → Configuration tab.
3. In the Server Type block, click .
4. Check the new server cost and click Change.

OpenStack CLI

1. Open the OpenStack CLI.
2. Change the server type:

• on the interruptible:

  openstack server set \
    --tag preemptible \
    --os-compute-api-version 2.72 \
    <server>

• or uninterrupted:

  openstack server unset \
    --tag preemptible \
    --os-compute-api-version 2.72 \
    <server>

  Specify <server> — Server ID or name, can be viewed using the openstack server list command.