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Updated atNovember 27, 2023   01:21 PM

Projects

A project is a structural unit within the cloud that owns resources: virtual machines, databases, Kubernetes clusters and others. Grouping by projects is convenient when there are several different tasks, each of which requires its own service infrastructure with its own individual settings. In addition, the project organization of work helps:

  • delimit user access to resources and data;
  • track resource consumption separately for each of the tasks.

When registering a new account in VK Cloud, a project is automatically created in which the current user is registered as the owner. The project owner can create new projects and invite users to all his projects by assigning them roles. The same user can be a participant in several projects and have different roles in them.

Each VK Cloud project has a separate balance which can be replenished using the card linked to the project or other payment methods.

Automatic freezing of the project

If the balance of the project becomes negative, the project is frozen:

  • services are blocked: the user cannot create new objects and edit already created ones;
  • running objects (for example, virtual machines) are stopped.

Some of the objects remain readable, making it possible to transfer data from them.

If the balance remains negative, the objects are deleted beyond recovery:

  • if there was no cash flow in the project for the entire period of existence — 3 days after freezing;
  • if payment was made — 30 days after freezing.

A number of services may have their own terms for freezing and deleting objects.

After the positive balance is restored, the services in the project are automatically activated after a while. Objects that have been stopped must be started manually after defrosting.

In any state of the project balance, including after objects are deleted, all project participants have access to their personal account. The accounts of the participants and the project itself are not deleted.