Overview of the Public Cloud Interface – Articles

Explore the main sections of the Public Cloud interface in the OVHcloud Control Panel.

Free trial: Create your first Public Cloud project and get $200 free credit^[1]. Get started now!

You have just created your Public Cloud project, and you would like to find out more about the user interface in the OVHcloud Control Panel.

Requirements

access to the OVHcloud Control Panel
you need to have created your first Public Cloud project

Project Home Page

To begin, log in to the OVHcloud Control Panel. Then, click on Public Cloud on the navigation bar at the top of the page. You will arrive at the landing page for your first project.

PCI_GS_overviewUI01*.png

To switch to another project, click the > button next to the project name currently displayed. In the following menu, you can select from your list of projects.

From here, you can create a new instance, a storage volume, an object container, or enable vRack.

From the settings tab, you can make your project the default (the one displayed when you log in) or delete your project.

Default: To make your project the default, check the ☑ Default project box and click Update.
Delete: Click the Delete project button.

WARNING: Deleting a project will result in the immediate DELETION OF ALL DATA. There are NO backups and therefore the data is irrecoverable.

If you wish to set your default project (the one that will be displayed when you first log in) or if you wish to delete your project, you can do so from the Settings tab.

PCI_GS_overviewUI03*.png

Compute

OVHcloud offers different types of instances, such as:

General Purpose instances offer a good balance of RAM and performance.
Compute Optimized instances are suited to applications that require high processing speeds.
Memory Optimized instances are recommended for your databases, analyses, and in-memory computing, as well as other RAM-intensive applications.
GPU instances are ideally suited for parallel task processing (AI, big data, deep learning, etc.).
Discovery instances are adapted for tests, recipes, and development environments.

Instances

On the left-hand sidebar, under the Compute heading, click Instances and you will be taken to the following page.

PCI_GS_overviewUI04*.png

To learn more about how to manage your public cloud instances, please check out our Manage your Public Cloud instance article.

Storage and Backup

Click each tab across the top to view all content.

Block storage is commonly used in SANs (Storage Area Networks). Each block in a block-level storage system can be controlled as an individual hard drive, and the blocks are managed by the server's OS. To learn all about our Public Cloud Block Storage options, please check out our Getting Started with Block Storage for Public Cloud article. The options for Block Storage are:

Classic has 250 guaranteed IOPS, 4 TB max
High Speed has up to 3,000 IOPS, 4 TB max
High Speed Gen 2 has 30 IOPS/GB up to 20,000 IOPS per volume, 4 TB max

Object storage manages data as objects. This means that all objects are stored within a single repository with no hierarchical file structure. The files' metadata is stored together and labeled with a unique identifier. To learn all about our Public Cloud Object Storage options, please check out our Getting Started with Object Storage article.

Standard is the perfect storage solution for high volumes of data at the best price.
High-Performance is a solution adapted to the most resource-intensive needs, which require high read and write speeds along with storage.

Cloud Archive is an unlimited storage solution with several options for object containers: static hosting, private hosting, public hosting, or cold storage.

To create your first Cloud Archive container see our Getting Started with Cloud Archive Storage guide.

At OVHcloud, we offer our customers the ability to back up their block storage containers. To learn more about these snapshots, please check out our Getting Started with Block Storage for Public Cloud article.

To ensure that your snapshot can be restored should anything go wrong, you can back up your instances at period times. For more information, please check out our Backing Up an Instance guide.

Network

This page enables users to leverage OVHcloud's vRack network with their Public Cloud instances. To learn all about using vRack on Public Cloud, please check out our How to Configure vRack for Public Cloud article.

With the Public Cloud Load Balancer, you can boost your applications' scalability and make them more robust. To learn more, see our web page or our dedicated guide.

The Public IPs page allows you to import an Additional IP block or purchase new Additional IPs to use on your public cloud project as well as create Floating IPs.

Additional IPs: are available for services of all relevant OVHcloud universes: Bare Metal Cloud (for bare metal servers), Public Cloud (with OpenStack), or Hosted Private Cloud (with VMware or Nutanix for example).
Floating IPs: are only available for Public Cloud services, designed for cloud-native use cases and especially automation. They serve to expose a private instance or a private network service (Load Balancer for example) to the public network.

To learn more about Additional IPs, Floating IPs, or Public Cloud networking in general, please explore our Public Cloud Networking guides.

A gateway is a secure connection method, with no direct internet exposure, between a dedicated instance on a private network and the internet resources. It serves as a single connection point between your public and private networks. To learn more about creating a gateway, see our dedicated guide.

Containers & Orchestration

This section of the OVHcloud Control Panel is for Managed Kubernetes. If you are a Managed Kubernetes user, please check out our Managed Kubernetes guides.

Managed Private Registry allows you to manage your repository of software building blocks as Docker images or Helm charts. See our guides repository to get started.

This feature is for Managed Kubernetes users. If you are a Managed Kubernetes user who would like to learn more about this feature, please check out our How to Use the Managed Kubernetes Load Balancer article.

Databases & Analytics

You can choose from a wide variety of database engines to deploy as a service while OVHcloud manages the infrastructure and administration. Our Cloud Databases are divided into three categories:

Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Caching, M3DB, and M3 Aggregator.
Data Streaming: Kafka, Kafka MirrorMaker, and Kafka Connect.
Data Analytics: OpenSearch and Grafana®

To see our repository of databases guides, click here.

Using Logs Data Platform, you can increase the visibility of your application environments by collecting, processing, and storing your logs on a platform that is both comprehensive and managed. Log analysis is essential to keep your infrastructure and application up and running. We offer a turn-key, cost-effective, and scalable solution.

To learn more, see our Logs Data Platform guides.

Management Interfaces

Horizon

This section links you to the portal to log in to Horizon. Horizon is the management interface for OpenStack. To learn more about how to use Horizon, please check out OpenStack's documentation.

Project Management

In this section, you can create OpenStack users to manage your project through Horizon or a CLI (Command Line Interface).

WARNING: Don't forget to save your user's password in a secure location, as this password will not be recoverable.

You can request an increase in your instance quota as well as add new locations in which you can store your resources when more locations become available.

For more information, see our Increasing Public Cloud Quotas and Getting Started with Local Zones guides.

In this section, you can store SSH keys for use with your Public Cloud Services. To learn all about this section, please check out our Create and use SSH keys for Public Cloud instances article.

This menu is covered in the Project Home Page section of this article.

Billing

There are several ways to view billing information in OVHcloud Control Panel. See our Managing OVHcloud Bills guide for instructions on finding and understanding your bill.

For more information about Public Cloud billing, please see our dedicated guide.

APIs

All public cloud services can be used and automated using OVHcloud APIs. For more information, please see our First Steps with the OVHcloud API and Overview of the New OVHcloud API Console guides.

Go further

For more information and tutorials, please see our other Public Cloud support guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.

[1]: Receive $200.00 (USD) in Public Cloud credits ("Public Cloud Credits") when you create your first Public Cloud infrastructure project. Offer applies only to Public Cloud services purchased from OVHcloud datacenters in the United States. Offer available only to customers who, at the time when the Public Cloud Credits are applied, are not purchasing Public Cloud services from OVHcloud and who purchase at least $0.99 (USD) Public Cloud services from OVHcloud. No code is required. The Public Cloud Credits will be added to eligible accounts within 30 days of OVHcloud’s receipt of the $0.99 for your purchase of Public Cloud credits. The Public Cloud Credits are valid for 90 days fro the day the credit has been applied. The time of order placement shall be determined by OVHcloud’s time of registering the corresponding order. Offer is subject to availability. The Public Cloud Credits will automatically be applied to your next bill(s) up to a maximum amount of $200.00. Any unused portion of the Public Cloud Credits will expire. The Public Cloud Credits have no monetary value, and cannot be exchanged, transferred, or refunded. Once the Public Cloud Credits are exhausted or expired, your account will be debited in accordance with OVHcloud’s billing guide. Void where prohibited.

Articles in this section