Servers.com documentation

Documentation for deploying, automating, and scaling on Servers.com infrastructure — product guides, API references, CLI docs, Terraform examples, and step-by-step tutorials.

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Products

Documentation for the key products, services, and systems in the Servers.com lineup.

Compute
Enterprise Bare Metal
Dedicated servers with full resource isolation and OOB management.
Scalable Bare Metal
Hourly-billed bare metal for burst workloads, ML training, and dev/test.
Cloud Servers
OpenStack-based VMs with flexible flavors, snapshots, and backups.
Managed Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes with bare metal worker nodes.
Forex VPS
Managed Windows VPS service built for retail brokers
Storage
Cloud Storage
S3 and Swift-compatible object storage with triple replication.
Remote Block Storage
Ceph-backed iSCSI block volumes for dedicated servers and Kubernetes.
Network
Global Private Network
Free private backbone between all Servers.com locations.
L2 Segments
L2 domains for network segmentation and floating IPs.
Load Balancer
L4/L7 load balancing with SSL termination and health checks.
Firewall
Stateful L3/L4 firewall with TCP/UDP/ICMP rules.
DNS
Free authoritative DNS hosting for all standard record types.
Direct Connect
Physical cross-connect from your premises to Servers.com equipment.
VPN to GPN
Managed VPN gateway for remote access to the Global Private Network.
VPN to OOB
Free VPN for access to server iDRAC management interfaces.
Platform
Account
Users, roles, 2FA, IP allowlists, API tokens, and multi-account access.
Billing
Invoices, payment methods, and billing cycles.
Interfaces
Customer Portal, Public API, Terraform provider.
Infrastructure
Data center locations, network architecture, and redundancy.

Build with code

Automate every part of your infrastructure — from provisioning to teardown.

Public APIFull programmatic control over your account and resources via REST.CLI — srvctlScriptable command-line tool for everyday infrastructure operations.Terraform providerInfrastructure-as-code with native HCL support.
# List your dedicated servers
curl -X GET https://api.servers.com/v1/hosts/dedicated_servers \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SERVERS_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"
# List all EBM servers for the "ex4mp1eID" account.
srvctl hosts ebm list ex4mp1eID --all
resource "servers_sbm_host" "web" {
  flavor   = "SBM-01"
  location = "ams1"
}

Tutorials & guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs from first server to advanced deployments.

01Create a dedicated server via Public APIProvision an Enterprise Bare Metal server programmatically using the REST API.Enterprise Bare Metal02Create a dedicated server via TerraformUse the Servers.com Terraform provider to provision and manage bare metal infrastructure as code.Enterprise Bare Metal03Create a cloud server and access it via SSH keySpin up an OpenStack-powered Linux VM and connect to it securely using an SSH key pair.Cloud Servers04Access Cloud Storage via the OpenStack APIManage objects and containers in Cloud Storage using the Swift-compatible OpenStack API.Cloud Storage05Install the Kubernetes web UI dashboardDeploy and access the Kubernetes Dashboard on a Managed Kubernetes cluster.Managed Kubernetes06Set up the Ubuntu VPN client for VPN to GPNConfigure the native Ubuntu VPN client to connect securely to the Global Private Network.VPN to GPN