Registration in VK Cloud

This guide will help you get started with VK Cloud:

• create an account and log in to your personal account;
• confirm your VK Cloud account;
• configure the project that is created during registration;
• connect to the project via the OpenStack CLI command line interface.

1. Go to VK Cloud main page and click Create a VK Cloud Account in the upper right corner.

2. In the window that appears, fill in the fields:

   • Work email: your email address.
   • Password: a new password.

3. Click Create an account.

The account confirmation window opens. A confirmation email is sent to the specified email address.

If you do not immediately confirm the account, when you try to perform an action (for example, create an object or activate services), the confirmation will continue from the step where it was stopped.

1. Confirm your email: wait for an email from the address noreply@cloud.vk.com and follow the link in the email. If the email has not arrived or has expired, request it again by clicking Send confirmation again in the confirmation window.

2. Confirm your phone:

   1. Enter your number in the Phone number field and click Request a confirmation code.

   2. Enter the SMS code into the provided field and click Confirm number.

      If the SMS doesn't arrive or has expired, request it again by clicking The code didn't arrive? button which appears in 60 seconds.

3. If additional account verification is requested, send a request to technical support:

   Why does this check appear?

   1. Copy the identifier (PID) of your project from the VK Cloud site URL.

      An example for the region Moscow: https://msk.cloud.vk.com/app/mcs123456789/main, where mcs123456789 is the project identifier (PID).

   2. Click Contact support.

   3. On the technical support portal page that opens click the Новая заявка button.

   4. Sequentially select a category from the lists:

      • Тип услуги: VK Cloud.
      • Категория услуги: VK Cloud: Учетная запись.
      • Группа услуги: Учетная запись: Активация и доступ.
      • Услуга: VK Cloud Активация и доступ: Активировать учетную запись.

   5. In the form that opens, fill in the fields:

      • Тема: specify a topic like Project Activation <Project PID>.
      • Регион: select the project region (Moscow or Kazakhstan).
      • Проект: specify the project ID (PID).
      • Описание: write the reason for the request — you need to check your account.

   6. Attach additional materials according to the instructions on the page.

   7. Click the Отправить button.

   8. Wait for your request to be approved.

4. Link a card of supported payment system. The specified amount will be debited from your card and credited to your project balance.

5. (Optional) On the Autopayment tab that opens, configure the autopayment settings.

6. Click Get started with VK Cloud.

7. Wait for your personal account page to open. A message about successful services activation appears.

A project is automatically created for your account. After the services activation, sign-up bonuses are credited to your balance. These bonuses are credited only once after the registration of each new account. If no bonus points are credited within 3 working days, contact technical support.

1. Enable 2FA for account.
2. Activate API access.

You are the owner of the project account created during registration. To add other users to the project:

1. Invite users to your project and assign them with roles.
2. Turn on mandatory 2FA in the project to reduce the risk of unauthorized access.

1. Install OpenStack сlient and authenticate yourself in the project.

2. To check the connection, open a console and run a command, for example:

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   openstack project list

   Upon successful connection, a list of created projects will be displayed.

• Customize the project to make payments through the legal entity.
• Read information about the quotas and limits in VK Cloud projects.
• Learn about the payment methods available and the key pricing model principles.
• Find out how to create and connect a virtual machine, a Kubernetes cluster, a database.