Getting Started

Welcome to Frostmoln — a European cloud platform built on data sovereignty, environmental sustainability, and transparent pricing. All your data is stored exclusively in EU/EEA datacenters.

This guide takes you from a new account to your first running resource.

1. Create an account

Sign up at portal.frostmoln.cloud. You'll verify your email address and set a password. Your account belongs to an organization, and resources live inside projects (tenants) within that organization.

2. Explore the console

After signing in you land on the dashboard. The left-hand navigation groups every service — Compute, Storage, Network, Databases, Caches, Kubernetes, Secrets, Web Servers, Kontor, and Billing. Each area links back to the relevant page in this documentation.

3. Launch your first instance

The quickest way to get started is a virtual machine:

1. Go to Compute → Instances and choose Create instance.
2. Pick a region, an image, and a flavor (size).
3. Select or create a VPC and a security group (the firewall rules that control inbound traffic).
4. Add an SSH key so you can log in.
5. Review the estimated cost and create.

See the Compute guide for the full walk-through.

4. Use the CLI or Terraform

Everything you can do in the portal is also available from automation:

• The fm CLI — a single fm binary for scripting and day-to-day use.
• The Terraform provider — declarative, version-controlled infrastructure.

# Install the CLI, then authenticate and list your instances
fm auth login
fm compute instance list

5. Understand billing

Frostmoln bills by the hour for what you actually run, with no hidden fees. Track usage and download invoices under Billing.

Where to next

• Compute / Instances
• Storage
• Network
• fm CLI reference
• Terraform provider