Virtual machines

Links to VM lifecycle guides: create, connect, resize, backups, and delete.

What you can do here

• Create a VM — image, username, CPU mode, resources, SSH keys, WAN/LAN.
• SSH and console — when to use SSH and when to use noVNC.
• SSH password login — enable SSH password login on Linux.
• Resize a VM — CPU/RAM/disk/NIC and downgrade limits.
• Reinstall a VM — reinstall the OS from an image.
• Snapshots — one fast rollback point.
• VM backups and restore — restore a selected backup.
• Delete a VM — backups and reserved public IP during delete.
• Firewall and security groups — WAN rules and Datacenter groups.

Watch out

A powered-off VM no longer bills CPU and RAM, but disk, reserved public IPs, backups, and other active project resources still bill.

Next steps

• Getting started — first VM end-to-end.
• Stopped VM costs — what remains billed when a VM is stopped.