ComputeInstances
Instances
Manage your cloud servers after they're created, from power and the firewall to resizing, backups, monthly billing and deleting a server.
An instance is a cloud server with its own public IP address and full root access. To create one, see Create a cloud server; to log in, see Connect to your server.
Your server's page
Find your way around a cloud server's page in the console, from the Connect card, live usage and cost to the tabs for metrics, networking and settings.
Start, stop and restart a server
Shut down, start and restart a cloud server from the console, and see how hourly billing pauses while a server is stopped.
Firewall and networking
Control which traffic reaches your server with firewall rules, set reverse DNS, enable IPv6, attach a floating IP and join the private network.
Resize a server
Move a cloud server to a bigger plan for more CPU, memory and disk, with about a minute of downtime and the same IP address and data.
Back up and restore a server
Take a backup of a cloud server's disk from the Snapshots tab, see its restore points and roll the disk back to an earlier one.
Switch between hourly and monthly billing
Pay a fixed monthly price for a server that runs all month, or switch back to hourly billing, and see exactly when each change takes effect.
Metrics and activity
See a server's CPU, memory, network and disk usage over time, and the log of everything that happened to it, from power changes to resizes.
Rename, move or delete a server
Rename a cloud server, move it to another project so its costs show there, reset the root password, or delete the server and stop billing.
Compute
Run cloud servers, GPU AI servers, cloud desktops for your team and managed Kubernetes clusters, all billed by the hour while they run.
Your server's page
Find your way around a cloud server's page in the console, from the Connect card, live usage and cost to the tabs for metrics, networking and settings.