compute
Compute
Everything that runs in the Compute service — instances, storage attached to them, and the network primitives around them.
The Compute service is the foundation of Excloud — virtual machines and everything attached to them. This section covers the concepts; flags and request bodies live in the Compute Swagger UI and exc compute --help.
What’s in here
| Page | Covers |
|---|---|
| Instances | VM lifecycle, instance types, root volume, user-data |
| Instance Types | Naming convention, families, when to pick which |
| Volumes | Block volumes — create, attach, resize, detach |
| Snapshots | Point-in-time copies of volumes, used for backups and golden images |
| Public IPv4 | Reservations, ephemeral vs. persistent IPs, associate/disassociate |
| Subnets | Default subnets and how to pick one |
| SSH Keys | Register a public key and inject it at boot |
| Serial Logs | Read the console when SSH isn’t an option |
Related: Security Groups, Instance Connect.