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Use this guide when you want the fastest path from a new account to a running cloud resource.

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Sign in

Open the LayerRail console and sign in with your account. You can use email/password or a connected OAuth provider.
If account verification is enabled, complete email verification before creating production resources.

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Open a project

LayerRail resources live inside projects. Open an existing project or create a new one for the workload you are deploying. Good project boundaries include:
  • One product or app.
  • One customer environment.
  • One staging or production environment.
  • One team-owned infrastructure area.

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Complete billing verification

Some projects are locked until billing verification is complete. Open Billing in the project sidebar and follow the verification flow.
Billing verification protects the platform from abuse before provisioning compute, databases, clusters, and public networking.

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Create a resource

Pick the service you want to start with:

Create a virtual machine

Best when you need direct compute and SSH access.

Create PostgreSQL

Best when your application needs a managed database.

Create Kubernetes

Best when you are deploying containers.

Create a load balancer

Best when you need a public endpoint in front of VMs or services.

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Check provisioning

Most resources start in a creating state. When provisioning finishes, the resource page shows the details you need to connect, deploy, or attach networking. If a resource remains in creating longer than expected, check:
  • Project billing status.
  • Selected location availability.
  • SSH key and image configuration.
  • The LayerRail status page.

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Next steps

Virtual machines

Managed PostgreSQL

Managed Kubernetes

Networking