Buy a Server from Cloudgate

A Bought Server is a Server Octabyte owns and runs for you. Once it is ready it works like any other Server: you deploy Applications, databases and Compose stacks onto it. You do not need to make an SSH key or run the setup: Cloudgate does both.

What you can do

• Buy a Server by location and size, from a world map.
• Add backups of the Server, and extra storage from 10 GB to 10 TB.
• Change its size up or down, turn backups on or off, and grow its storage later.
• Delete it, with the unused part of the month credited.

Buy a Server

1. Open the shop

   In Servers, press Buy a Server. You can also get here from the get-started wizard by choosing Get a server from Cloudgate.

2. Pick a location

   Choose a location on the world map. Show where I am highlights the ones near you, using your browser’s time zone; it is never sent anywhere.

   cloudgate.octabyte.app/servers/buy

   

3. Pick a size and extras

   Choose a size sold in that location; sizes not sold there are greyed out. Optionally turn on backups and add extra storage, from 10 GB to 10 TB.

4. Check the summary and buy

   The summary shows the monthly price, today’s charge and the dates. Tick that you accept Octabyte’s terms and acceptable-use policy, then press Buy. The first time, your bank may ask you to confirm the payment (3D Secure).

5. Wait until it is ready

   The Server moves through Waiting for payment, Creating, Setting up and Ready. Its first setup run starts by itself. Nothing deploys onto it until it is ready.

If a purchase is left unpaid, Finish paying returns you to the payment, or you can cancel it. If creating the machine fails, you are refunded.

Change size, backups or storage

Open the Server’s Settings tab, Bought Server card.

• Change size: move up or down among the sizes sold in its location (Pay and change size). The machine is powered off for a few minutes. The disk is not grown.
• Extra storage: grow it (Pay and grow). The filesystem is grown for you. Extra storage is not in the backups.
• Backups: Pay and turn on backups, or turn them off.

A costlier change is charged now; a cheaper one is credited on the next invoice.

Delete a bought Server

Removing it from the Server’s Settings deletes the machine, its data and its backups. The unused part of the month is credited.

If a payment fails

• A failed invoice sets a deletion date 7 days later; so does a suspension. A red “Due for deletion on” bar shows the date. Costlier changes are refused until it is paid.
• When the plan lapses, bought Servers are deleted at once.
• A Server deleted for non-payment credits nothing. Its record stays, marked Deleted.

What you cannot do

• Buy without being charged: there is no trial for a bought Server.
• Pay with a prepaid card.
• Shrink extra storage, or include it in the backups.
• Change the size to one not sold in the Server’s location.

Related pages

• Servers: what you can do with any Server once it is ready.
• Billing and plans: invoices, cards and how Servers count.
• Deploy your first app with the get-started wizard.
• Backups of databases and volumes.
• Pricing for the Hosted plans.

Questions

Is a bought Server included in the free trial?

No. A bought Server is charged at once, even during the free trial.

How is a bought Server billed?

Monthly, in advance, on the same invoice as your Hosted plan. The summary shows the monthly price and today's charge before you buy.

Can I make a bought Server bigger later?

Yes. Change size moves it up or down among the sizes sold in its location. The machine is powered off for a few minutes, and its disk is not grown.

What happens if a payment fails?

The Server is due for deletion 7 days after the failed invoice. A red bar shows the date. Pay before then to keep it.