VMs in Compute Cloud
A VM is similar to a server in the cloud infrastructure.
VMs as a Nebius AI resource
Each VM has a unique ID and name. The ID is generated automatically when the VM is being created and is unique within Nebius AI.
Computing resources
When creating a VM, you need to specify the amount of computing resources to allocate to it; this includes the number of processor cores (vCPUs) and the amount of RAM. You can choose the computing resources that are appropriate for the expected load.
Disks
A VM must have at least one disk attached, which is a boot disk. Currently, you can only attach a boot disk when creating a VM.
You can also attach additional disks to your VM. You can either attach a previously created disk or create one with a new VM. You can create an empty disk or restore it from a snapshotor an image.
Note
Empty disks do not have a file system. If you attach an empty disk, partition and mount it manually. Alternatively, instead of attaching an empty disk, you can create a snapshot of the boot disk and create a VM based on such a snapshot.
You can attach and detach additional disks even after you created the VM.
You can read more about disks here.
Statuses
The status of a VM determines which operations you can currently perform on it.
For example, the
STOPPED
status means that the VM is stopped and you cannot connect to it. To connect to such a VM, you must start it first. After the status changes toRUNNING
and the OS loads, you will be able to connect to the VM.
For more information about statuses, see the VM statuses section.
Network
Each VM created in Compute Cloud has a network interface that belongs to the default subnet from Virtual Private Cloud. The interface is assigned an internal IP address from this subnet and an internal FQDN which allow communication between the VM and other Nebius AI resources you create. You can also enable a public IP address which can be used for communication between the VM and the Internet.
For more information, see VM networking.