First VM in 5 Minutes ⚡

Launch your first instance and connect via SSH or RDP.

This is the Instances tab where you can view and manage all your virtual machines.

Creating a Virtual Machine (Instance)

  1. Click on Create → Instances

  1. Choose your preferred project and data center location that you would like the virtual machine to be deployed in.

  1. Choose your preferred virtual machine image:

    • OS → Windows, Ubuntu, RockyLinux, etc.

    • Marketplace Apps → readymade templates of popular open source apps that can be deployed seamlessly.

    • Snapshots & Block Storage → you can select an existing snapshot or block storage and launch a virtual machine with that image.

  1. Select a configuration:

    • Basic - curated for small and extremely light workloads.

    • General Purpose - offer a 1:4 vCPU to Memory ratio

    • Compute Optimized - offer a 1:2 vCPU to Memory ratio

    • Memory Optimized - offer a 1:8 vCPU to Memory ratio

  1. Choose the block storage size and choose from three different tiers based on your workload needs:

    • Standard NVMe → 10 IOPS per GB of Storage

    • Premium NVMe → 20 IOPS per GB of Storage

    • Pro NVMe → 30 IOPS per GB of Storage

You can also choose whether you would like the volume to be deleted when the virtual machine is deleted.

  1. Choose the Network and Security group you would like to assign to the virtual machine.

  1. Set a strong password (Recommended: 15+ Characters with numbers, alphabets, symbols, and at least 1 uppercase alphabet) or add an SSH key.

The password can be changed later from Instances → Virtual Machine → VM Settings → Change Password

  1. Choose the billing cycle (Hourly/Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly) and click Review & Deploy.

  1. Verify the billing details and pricing and click on Deploy Now.

  1. Your Virtual Machine will be deployed in less than 30 seconds.

Create → Connect ▶️

  1. Create instance: Choose image (Ubuntu/Windows), size, network, and SSH key/password

  2. Open ports: Allow SSH (22) or RDP (3389) in firewall rules

  3. Connect:

SSH (Linux/macOS)

ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa ubuntu@<PUBLIC_IP>

PowerShell (Windows → SSH)

ssh -i C:\Keys\id_rsa ubuntu@<PUBLIC_IP>

RDP (Windows Server)

  • Launch Remote Desktop Connection

  • Connect to <PUBLIC_IP> as Administrator

  • Change the default password after first login

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