Quick start

Deploy your first virtual machine in a few minutes. Three steps: sign up, create the VM, connect.

Overview

A default router and a default private network are created for you on first login, so there is no networking homework before the first VM. Here's the whole path:

Step 1: sign up

ServersCamp uses passwordless authentication. Your first login creates your account automatically.

Login options

• GitHub - Click "Continue with GitHub" to authenticate
• Google - Click "Continue with Google" to authenticate

Once authenticated, you can optionally set a password or continue with passwordless login: we send a one-time PIN to your email.

What you start with

On first login the platform provisions your networking baseline automatically:

• A default router - your internet gateway, with public IPv4 and IPv6
• A default private network - already attached to the router, ready for VMs

You can build your own topology later (see networks and routers); for the first VM the defaults are all you need.

Step 2: create your virtual machine

1. Navigate to Virtual Machines in the sidebar
2. Click Create VM
3. Fill in the configuration form
4. Review the price estimate
5. Click Create

Configuration options

Name

Optional display name for your VM. If left empty, a random name will be generated (e.g., silly-muffin-52).

Operating system

Select your OS from available templates: Ubuntu and Debian releases, with more images added over time.

Hardware and compute profile

Two choices define the compute:

Then pick a size: from 1 vCPU / 1 GB up. Prices on the Compute pricing page.

Disk

Pick a disk class first (Basic covers most cases; Database for transactional databases; Solo for caches and scratch; Storage for bulk data), then a size. The first 25 GB of the Basic-class root disk are free. Details and exact limits: Block Storage pricing.

Traffic

There is nothing to configure: every VM gets an unthrottled multi-gigabit port with 5 TB of external and 50 TB of internal traffic included per month.

Network

Your default network is preselected. The VM receives a private IP from it, and internet access works through the default router immediately.

SSH key (recommended)

Select an existing SSH key or generate a new one. SSH key authentication is more secure than passwords.

• Upload existing - Use your ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
• Generate new - We'll create a key pair for you

Root password (optional)

Set a password for the scamp user. You can use both SSH key and password.

Step 3: connect to your VM

Your VM is ready! Here's how to connect.

Find your VM's IP address

1. Go to Virtual Machines
2. Click on your VM to see details
3. Copy the Public IPv4 address

Connect via SSH

Open your terminal and connect:

ssh scamp@YOUR_PUBLIC_IP

If you generated an SSH key through ServersCamp, download it first:

chmod 600 ~/Downloads/your-key.pem
ssh -i ~/Downloads/your-key.pem scamp@YOUR_PUBLIC_IP

There is also a browser-based console that works without SSH or a public IP: the full picture is in Connect to your VM.

Next steps

• Add a second disk to the VM
• Build your own network topology
• Protect the VM with snapshots and backups