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

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 Cloudis 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) — your first $5 top-up doubles to $10 in credit (one-time), and saving that card unlocks the Starter tier automatically. You can optionally save a card and turn on auto-recharge so a running workload never stops for a brief shortfall.

If a space's balance hits zero, its Cubes automatically sleep (no data loss) and wake 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 (e.g. Ubuntu).
SSH key — your public key, added to the Cube at boot so you can log in.

The 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> root@<cube-host>

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

Next steps

Cubes — sizing, sleep/wake, 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.