Overview

This guide walks you through deploying your first CPU Pod from the ALYPOD Console and connecting to it over SSH. It assumes you already have an account with a payment method or credit balance.

Before you begin

• A verified ALYPOD account.
• An SSH key pair, or willingness to receive a root password by email.
• A note of which OS you want (for example Ubuntu 24.04 LTS).

Steps

1. Sign in at account.alypod.com and open the ALYPOD Console.
2. Click Deploy Pod and choose a Pod family (start with Shared if unsure).
3. Select a location close to your users to reduce latency.
4. Choose an operating system image and the plan size (vCPU, RAM, disk).
5. Under SSH keys, paste your public key (~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub). If you skip this, the root password is emailed to you.
6. Give the Pod a hostname and confirm the order.
7. Wait for the status to change from Provisioning to Running — usually under a minute.
8. Copy the Pod's public IP from the Console, then connect:

bash ssh [email protected]

1. Update the system and set a hostname:

bash apt update && apt upgrade -y hostnamectl set-hostname web01

Troubleshooting

• Problem: Permission denied (publickey). Solution: Confirm the right key is loaded (ssh-add -l) and that you pasted the matching public key.
• Problem: Connection times out. Solution: Check the Pod is Running and that your local firewall allows outbound port 22.

Related articles

• [Logging in to the ALYPOD Console]
• [Understanding your ALYPOD dashboard]
• [Choosing the right CPU Pod for your workload]