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xCloud ComputePro

Private Beta

xCloud ComputePro is currently in private beta and only available after manual approval.

Overview

xCloud ComputePro provides you with a native OpenStack cloud environment for flexibly deploying virtual machines, networks, and storage. You manage your resources through the modern Skyline dashboard.

Unlike xCloud Compute, which offers simplified VM management directly in the xCloud web app, ComputePro gives you direct access to an OpenStack environment – with your own networks, multiple volume storage classes, snapshots, backups, custom images, floating IPs, and load balancers.

Getting Started

Book a region

The ComputePro page shows one tile per region with its starting prices; Price details shows all price components. To get started, book a region:

  1. Click Book region on the tile of the desired region
  2. Check the site and the price structure: there is no base fee, billing is per hour of actual usage
  3. Click Book region with obligation to pay. The terms of use and general terms linked in the dialog apply.

Without a stored payment method, you can't book a region; the web app shows a notice instead.

Booking a region sets up an OpenStack project for you in that region. The region's card then shows since when the region has been active, its status, and the button Open dashboard, which opens the region's Skyline dashboard.

Working with the Skyline dashboard

The actual resource management happens in the Skyline dashboard of the respective region. There you create and manage, among other things:

  • Instances (virtual machines) based on the available flavors
  • Networks, routers, and floating IPs
  • Volumes in the storage classes Standard, Core, Boost, and Turbo
  • Snapshots, backups, and custom images
  • Load balancers

Available flavors

Flavors differ in their specifications and are available per region. For each flavor, the pricing overview shows:

  • vCPUs: number of virtual CPU cores
  • RAM: memory
  • Disk: ephemeral storage of the instance
  • Price: cost per hour

Clicking a flavor opens the price details with all price components of the region (see Billing).

Cancel a region

A region can only be cancelled once it no longer contains any resources. So first delete all instances, volumes, images, and other resources in the Skyline dashboard; until then, the region's card shows a corresponding hint.

  1. Open the action menu of the region's card and choose Cancel
  2. Type the region's name to confirm
  3. Click Cancel permanently

Important: Cancelling a region takes effect immediately and completely tears down the region's OpenStack project. This action cannot be undone.

Billing

Billing is usage-based per booked region; there is no base fee for booked regions.

The monthly values shown in the pricing overview are estimates based on an average of 730 hours/month – what is billed is the actual usage in the respective month.

The price components in detail:

  • Instances, floating IPs, and load balancers are billed per hour based on actual usage
  • Volume storage (Standard, Core, Boost, Turbo), snapshots, backups, and custom images are billed per GB per month; the hourly value is derived from that
  • Egress traffic is billed per GB and summed up over the month