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Getting started

Create a space, add credit, and launch your first Cube on Krova Cloud in a few minutes.

Krova Cloud lets you run lightweight cloud servers — called Cubes — on dedicated cloud infrastructure. Each Cube is a fast, isolated virtual machine you get full root access to. This guide takes you from zero to a running Cube you can SSH into.

1. Create your account

Sign up with a magic link (email) or with Google. There's nothing to install — everything is managed from the dashboard.

2. Choose a space

Every Cube lives in a space. You get a personal space automatically, and you can create team spaces to share Cubes, billing, and members with others. Billing, credit, and limits all apply per space.

3. Add credit

Krova Cloud is prepaid, pay-as-you-go: you load credit and it's consumed for the compute and storage you use — rates are quoted per hour, but usage is billed by the minute. Top up from Billing with a card (one-time, via Stripe Checkout). Activating your account credits you $5 to start (one-time, per account) and unlocks the Welcome tier automatically — nothing is charged for it. Later spaces open on the Welcome tier straight away; the credit is not repeated. You can also turn on auto-recharge so a running workload never stops for a brief shortfall.

If a space's balance hits zero, its Cubes automatically power off (no data loss) and can be started again once you top up.

4. Launch your first Cube

From your space dashboard, create a Cube and pick:

  • Size — vCPUs, RAM, and disk. You can resize later.
  • Image — the OS/distribution to boot (Ubuntu 24.04 or Debian 13, each with an optional Docker-preinstalled flavor).
  • SSH key — your public key, added to the Cube at boot so you can log in.

Cube boots in seconds. Its live status, metrics, and connection details appear on the Cube's page.

5. Connect over SSH

Each Cube exposes an SSH endpoint (host and port) shown on its page. Connect with the key you added:

ssh -p <port> ubuntu@<cube-host>

You log in as ubuntu (or debian on a Debian image). Run sudo su for a root shell — no password needed. Cubes created before August 2026 log in as root instead and are unchanged; the Connect tab on each Cube always shows the exact command for that Cube.

Either way you have a full Linux server with root access. Install whatever you need — Docker, a database, a web app — just like any VPS.

Next steps

  • Cubes — sizing, power off/start, and how billing works.
  • Custom domains — put your own domain in front of a Cube with automatic HTTPS.
  • API keys — automate everything over the REST API.