Build on NairaCloud

Getting started

The first ten minutes with NairaCloud -- accounts, plans, and your first server.

Get set up

From login to running your first service -- login, SSH key, instance, connect, deploy.

Your account

Signing up, logging in, your session, API keys, SSH keys, and connecting to your server.

Creating an instance

Plan, OS, key, name, review -- the deploy flow end to end.

SSH access

Keys, fingerprints, and the one-liner into your box.

Host a website

Put a website online on your instance, get an HTTPS URL, and attach your own domain.

Deploy a static website

Serve HTML/CSS/JS files on your instance and publish them over HTTPS in minutes.

Deploy a web app (frontend + backend)

Run frontend and backend containers behind an internal proxy, with the platform edge handling HTTPS.

Deploy an API service

Run an HTTP API on your instance and reach it over HTTPS through the platform edge.

Deploy a WebSocket service

Run a real-time WebSocket server and reach it over WSS through the platform edge.

Deploy a backend worker service

Run a non-HTTP background service (worker, queue consumer, cron) with Docker and cron.

Own domain on a plain instance

Expose a backend plus a frontend on one OS instance under your own custom domain.

Caddy reverse proxy guide

Optional in-guest Caddy for path routing; prefer multiple platform sites for separate Hosts.

Docker & Caddy inside an instance

Run several containers behind one internal Caddy port while the platform edge handles HTTPS.

Networking & firewall

How to reach your instance, publish a site, attach a domain, and open a TCP port.

Custom domains

Point your own hostname at a site, verify DNS, get HTTPS, and avoid the common certificate traps.

Raw TCP ports

Publish a database, game server, or MQTT broker on a platform-allocated public port, with the exposure and limits stated plainly.

Platform limits & fair use

The real limits on sites, published ports, resources, SSH, and network egress -- and what happens when a tenant affects others.

Capability profiles & security

minimal, docker, full -- isolation levels, read-only rootfs, Docker-in-Docker, and when to use each.

Instance quarantines & appeals

Why an instance gets suspended, what a security quarantine is, your 2-day appeal window, and when a case is closed with no refunds.

Billing & subscriptions

Naira pricing, pay-as-you-use rank-up, cards, and the grace window.

API reference

Script your cloud -- deploy, start, stop, rebuild, delete, all over HTTPS.

VPS monitoring - htop, logs, and staying ahead of trouble

Keep your server healthy with htop, journalctl, Docker stats, and simple alerting.