Reclaim Disk Space and Lock Your Production Servers

Your VPS started with 50GB of disk space. Six months later, you're at 90% usage and don't know why. Is it Docker images? Build cache? Old log files? Orphaned volumes? Finding and cleaning up wasted space usually means SSH-ing in and running a series of docker system df, docker image prune, and du -sh commands.

Server Compass v1.20.1 adds a visual disk management scanner that shows you exactly where your space is going and lets you reclaim it with one click.

Server-Wide Disk Scanner

The disk management panel scans your entire VPS and breaks down usage across categories:

• Docker images — current images and their sizes
• Build cache — accumulated from Docker builds
• Dangling volumes — orphaned data from deleted containers
• Stopped containers — containers that exited but weren't removed
• System logs — journald and other log files
• App folders — source code and build artifacts per app

One-Click Cleanup

Select any category and clean it individually, or select multiple categories and clean them all at once. Real-time progress shows you exactly what's being removed and how much space you're reclaiming. No more guessing what docker system prune -a will actually delete.

Per-App Disk Usage

Each app's Overview tab now shows how much disk space its images, volumes, containers, and app folder are consuming. Find the app that's eating all your storage and prune its dangling images directly from the overview page.

Lock Server: Read-Only Mode for Production

Ever accidentally deployed to production when you meant to deploy to staging? Lock Server prevents this entirely. Toggle a server into read-only mode from Server Settings, and Server Compass blocks all destructive actions:

• Deploy, redeploy, and delete are disabled
• Start, stop, and restart are blocked
• A lock icon appears in the sidebar so you know at a glance which servers are protected

When you need to deploy, unlock the server, make your changes, and lock it again. Simple, reversible, and prevents the scariest category of accidental operations.

Selective Backup

When exporting or uploading backups, you can now choose which servers to include instead of backing up everything. Only back up the servers that changed, or exclude development servers from your production backup.

Download Terminal Logs

Save terminal session output as a timestamped .txt file. Useful for auditing, sharing debug output with teammates, or keeping records of maintenance sessions.

Before vs After

Task

Before

After

Find what's using disk space

docker system df + du -sh /*

Visual breakdown by category

Clean Docker build cache

docker builder prune

Click "Clean" next to Build Cache

Prevent accidental prod deploy

Be careful

Lock the server

Back up specific servers

All or nothing

Checkbox per server

Take Control of Your Disk Space

Stop guessing where your storage went. Try Server Compass and reclaim disk space with one click.

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