From VPS cloud server to Cloud hosting infrastructure
You want to deploy an application
Do you want to deploy a cloud hosting application?
GandiCloud VPS cloud hosting provides you with all the tools needed to rapidly deploy your application on a cloud server:
- Automatic delivery in 2 minutes
- 4 configurations available depending on the power you need
- A public API compatible with Terraform, Ansible, and Cloud-init to automate your deployments
- Starting at €5.00 excl. tax
You are developing an online service
Are you developing an online service?
If you are developing and offering customers an online application (SaaS); go with Gandi's cloud hosting servers, we provide:
- Flexibility, adapt the power of the VPS cloud server as needed
- Storage up to 1 TB per volume
- Billing depending on usage, no commitment
- Starting at €5.00 excl. tax
You have a Cloud hosting infrastructure project
Do you have a Cloud hosting infrastructure project?
If you have cloud server infrastructure to deploy for one of your customers, we provide:
- Public API compatible with infra-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
- 4 adaptable configurations
- Datacenter located in France
- Starting at €5.00 excl. tax
Simple
Quick start
Get started quickly
Once your account is activated, creating a cloud server is simple. And deploying it only takes 2 minutes.
The cloud server is delivered with the latest versions of the OS you select (Ubuntu, Debian, or Arch Linux), and connection is via SSH key for maximum security.
Flexibility
Flexible usage
The CPU/RAM configuration of a cloud server can be modified at any time in order to adapt to your needs.
The storage volumes are also expandable up to 1 TB, and several volumes can be attached to a single cloud server.
Finally, post-payment billing allows for the deployment of cloud hosting servers for only a couple hours, in order to meet occasional needs or peaks in load.
Transparent pricing
Prices that are clear and predictable
All available cloud hosting resources have a set price per hour. Your monthly cost is easy to calculate and so you can control your expenses.
Billing by the hour gives you flexibility, though if your needs are stable, the price will be the same every month.
External bandwidth is not billed, so there are no hidden costs.
Open
Here are 3 ways to control your cloud hosting resources, depending on your preference, and your usual way of working — alone, or as a team.
UI. By user interface
UI: By user interface
The GandiCloud user interface is designed to save you time in your daily operations. Creating cloud hosting resources, monitoring consumption, managing SSH keys, etc.
Cloud server management is available to everyone.
CLI. By command line
CLI. By command line
The command line interface (CLI) may be used to perform any action on your cloud hosting resources.
The GandiCloud cloud hosting platform enables advanced users to make use of the non-modified OpenStack CLI. Once access to the public API has been configured, you can perform any action that you want on your cloud hosting using the OpenStack CLI.
# Create a SSH Keypair openstack keypair create --public-key <your_public_key_file> <keypair_name> # Create a 25GB volume openstack volume create --image <image_id> --size 25 <volume_name> # Create a V-R1 GandiCloud Server openstack server create --flavor V-R1 --volume <your_volume_id> --key-name <sshkey_name> <server_name> # Show current GandiCloud Servers openstack server list
API. By infra-as-code tools
API. By infra-as-code tools
The public Openstack API is available for you to develop your own cloud hosting infrastructure management tools, and to use the most popular infra-as-code cloud server management tools: Terraform, Cloud-init, Ansible, Puppet, ...
... // terraform.tf: creation of a GandiCloud V-R1 resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "gandi-server" { name = "My-Gandi-server" key_pair = "keypair_name" flavor_name = "V-R1" security_groups = ["default"] power_state = "active" network { name = "public" } block_device { uuid = "os_image_uuid" source_type = "image" volume_size = 25 boot_index = 0 destination_type = "volume" delete_on_termination = true } }
Professional
20 years of experience
We know how important the quality of service is, especially for for small and medium-sized businesses, who it's essential for. For over 20 years we have been providing the best possible quality of service to our customers.
Emphasis on quality
Technical support is available 6d/7, with a 24h on-call emergency team, and a targeted monthly uptime of 99.95%.
Customer experience is central
Your feedback has always been a source of improvements to our cloud hosting products. Have you found something we can improve? Email us at feedback@gandi.net!
A Infra-as-Code platform
Thanks to the infra-as-code infrastructure that you can define, deploy and manage your servers with the same tools and configuration files as with your various cloud providers. The GandiCloud platform offers an unmodified OpenStack public API that is natively compatible with the major infra-as-cloud tools.
Terraform
Terraform allows deploying resources from yaml configuration files. and to manage the state of an infrastructure.
Ansible
Ansible is a tool of reference for automatically performing a range of commands (playbook) on a server without connecting to it.
Cloud-init
Cloud-init scripts help you to personalize the configuration of a server during its initial boot, allowing you the liberty to fine-tune the configuration of servers that you create.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a GandiCloud VPS and a Gandi Cloud server?
These two offers provide you with virtual servers. Cloud Server is Gandi's historic platform, and has been offering VMs for nearly 10 years. These have the particularity of being able to be totally personalized. The functions of Gandi Cloud will be gradually included in the GandiCloud VPS offer.
How long does it take to deliver a GandiCloud VPS?
One of the main interests of IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) type solutions is based on the automation of resource delivery. Thus, regardless of when you create a GandiCloud VPS, if you have the necessary amount in your Gandi prepaid account, its creation begins instantly and automatically without any human intervention. In less than 2 minutes you can access your server.
How are GandiCloud VPS billed?
GandiCloud VPS are billed monthly, as a pre-payment. To ensure maximum simplicity in the daily use of the platform, we rely on the prepaid account. Thus, it is necessary that you make sure that you have the necessary amount in your prepaid account, or that you have a valid means of payment associated with it.
Can I choose the location of my server?
On the GandiCloud VPS offer, it is currently not possible to choose the location of your server. All the servers are hosted in our FR-SD6 Datacenter. New areas will be opened in the coming weeks.
Can I install a CMS on a GandiCloud VPS?
As with any server / VPS offer, once the server is created, you have admin & root access and can thus deploy any application or CMS (Wordpress, Drupal, Magento, etc.).
Is my server data backed up?
The Gandi infrastructure has replication mechanisms to guarantee a good level of protection for the integrity of your data. However, this cannot replace a periodic and remote backup system and policy. This safeguard is your responsibility.The ability to take snapshots of your images will be available soon, but this does not replace a remote backup.
The configurations do not match my needs, can I create a server with a tailor-made configuration?
Today, it is not possible to create a tailor-made server. New configurations will arrive in the coming weeks. Also, we invite you to contact us to let us know your exact needs.
Which Operating Systems are available with the GandiCloud virtual private server ?
Today we offer two well-known Linux distributions :
- Ubuntu
- Debian
We will provide soon other distributions, and also the possibility to come with a his own OS image. It will be then possible to deploy Fedora, FreeBSD or CentOS VPS.
At the moment you can use our other Cloud Server offer if you need a FreeBSD server, or a CentOS server.
At the moment we do not propose Windows on our VPS.
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