Quick Start
This guide walks you from signing up to having a live cloud instance SSH-accessible in under 5 minutes.
1. Create an Account
Go to console.veloxahost.com/auth/register and create a free account. No credit card required to start your 14-day trial.
2. Set Up Your Organization
The sign-up form asks for your Organization name — your workspace on VeloxaHost. Give it your company or project name. All your resources (instances, IP addresses, storage) live inside this organization.
You can be a member of multiple organizations. This is useful for separating production, staging, and development environments.
3. Add an SSH Key
Navigate to Settings → SSH Keys and add your public key. If you don't have one:
# Generate a new ED25519 key pair
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your@email.com"
# Print the public key to copy/paste
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub4. Create Your First Instance
From the dashboard, click New Server and fill in the form:
| Field | Recommended Value |
|---|---|
| Name | my-first-instance |
| Type | Container (fastest start time) |
| Image | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS |
| Region | veloxa-us-east-1 (the only open region today) |
| CPU / RAM | 1 vCPU / 1 GB (can resize later) |
Click Create Server. A container will be running in under 3 seconds.
5. Apply a Firewall
Until you attach a firewall, traffic to and from your server is allowed (only outbound TCP port 25 is blocked by default). To lock it down, go to Firewalls → New Firewall, use Add Rule to allow SSH (port 22) from your IP, then attach the firewall on the server's page. Once a firewall is attached, inbound traffic that no rule allows is dropped (outbound stays allowed).
6. Connect via SSH
Your server is reached through a block of ports on the region's shared IPv4 address, shown on the server page under How to connect. The first port of the block forwards to SSH (port 22):
ssh -p <port> root@<shared-ip>Need an IPv4 address of your own? Add a dedicated one — see Shared & Dedicated IPv4.
You're in. Your instance is ready. From here you can install packages, deploy your application, or use the web-based file manager in the console.