Bare metal
Bare metal is a whole physical machine leased to your project — single-tenant, no hypervisor between you and the hardware. Manage it from the top nav: bare metal.
VMs vs bare metal
| VMs | Bare metal | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | vCPU + RAM slice on shared hosts | Entire server (fixed spec) |
| Provisioning | ~90 seconds from a form | Pick a published host; OS install over the network |
| Billing | Per-second while running (disk always bills) | Hourly or prepaid monthly lease — powered off still bills |
| Bandwidth | 10 TiB/mo transfer allowance (metered overage) | Unlimited — included with the lease |
| Best for | Bursty workloads, dev boxes, elastic sizing | GPU nodes, databases, hypervisors, licenses tied to hardware |
Your leases
bare metal lists every lease in the current project. Columns: name, spec, datacenter, state, billing term, and monthly cost. Click a name for the instance detail page.
Header actions on this page:
- ISO library — upload install images (Proxmox, Windows, custom Linux).
- browse inventory — full fleet view (available + leased).
- lease a machine — start the lease wizard.
The list auto-refreshes while any lease is provisioning or
releasing. Row actions: renew (monthly
terms) and release (return the host to the pool).
Browse inventory
bare metal → browse inventory shows every published machine on the platform — not just what's free right now. Available hosts can be leased; leased hosts appear greyed with a leased badge so you can see the fleet exists even when nothing is free.
Each card shows spec label, CPU model, cores, RAM, storage, GPU (if any), datacenter, and monthly price. Footer CTA: lease an available machine.
States
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
provisioning | OS installing or host being prepared. Console locked. |
active | Lease is live — SSH, console, power controls available. |
releasing | Returning hardware to the pool. Console locked. |
released | Lease ended (historical). |
What's next
- Lease bare metal — full wizard walkthrough.
- Bare metal lifecycle — power, console, network, release.
- Install ISOs — ISO library for bring-your-own OS.
- Create a VM — the virtual-machine path instead.