Compute on Atlas Cloud is KVM virtual machines, orchestrated by Apache CloudStack. Storage on the root volume is persistent; SSH keys are injected at launch via cloud-init.
- Launch a VM — Instance basics: zones, templates, compute offerings, networks.
- SSH key pairs — Upload your public key so VMs trust it at first boot.
- Instance snapshots — Point-in-time copies for rollback or cloning.
- User data & cloud-init — Run a script at first boot to configure the VM unattended.