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# Managing Your Instance

Once AOH Sync is installed, you can manage its status, apply updates, and restart AOH Sync if needed — both from the command line and from within the AOH Sync dashboard.

## Command-line management

Every SSH session to your VM opens with a status message confirming AOH Sync is installed. To check status, view logs, restart AOH Sync if needed, or apply updates from the command line, run:

```
sudo cloudsync-maintenance
```

## Dashboard — System Settings

AOH Sync also exposes instance management through **System Settings** in the dashboard. Navigate to **System Settings** in the left sidebar to access the **Update status** page.

![AOH Sync Update status page showing an available version (1.2.12) with a stable channel tag, and an Apply update button](/files/anjV8VIbnQGjkda8N38Z)

*The Update status page shows your installed version, the latest available version on the stable channel, and the control to apply the update.*

From this page you can:

| Action                                 | What it does                                                                                                              |
| -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **View current and available version** | See your installed version alongside the latest available release and its channel tag (for example, stable)               |
| **Apply update**                       | Rolls out the latest AOH Sync release to your instance. The session reconnects automatically once the update is complete. |

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You can also monitor overall sync health from the dashboard's **Status & Logs** page in the sidebar.
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## Related

* [Step 5 — Redirect URI](/getting-started/06-redirect-uri.md)
* [Getting Started overview](https://github.com/AOHWV/docs/tree/main/getting-started/README.md)
* [System Settings](/administration/system-settings.md)


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