Servers
Prices are for a prepaid term (`term_months`). When you buy, the price is held from your wallet, charged when the server is running, and released if creation fails. Nothing is charged for a server tha
Prices are for a prepaid term (term_months). When you buy, the price is held from your wallet, charged when the server is running, and released if creation fails. Nothing is charged for a server that could not be created.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
awaiting_payment | Legacy unpaid order only; new purchases use available credit |
provisioning | Being created (usually under a minute) |
running / stopped | Normal states |
starting / stopping / rebooting | A power action is in progress |
suspended | Service suspended; renewal may be available during grace |
terminating | A requested infrastructure deletion is in progress |
terminated | Deleted from Layerbeat; termination_reason=expired ends the Layerbeat service without asserting physical erasure |
canceled | A closed legacy unpaid order |
failed | Creation failed; your wallet was released (or, rarely, is on hold while we confirm the result: see the operation's error) |
New servers are hardened: SSH uses the selected key or password login method, and other customers' servers cannot open connections to yours over the provider's private network. Servers of your own organization should talk to each other over public addresses.
Organizations and roles
Every user belongs to at least one organization (signup creates yours). Servers and SSH keys belong to the organization. Credit, payment history and wallet transactions belong to the authenticated use
Top up Layerbeat credit with USDC
Funding and VM purchases are separate actions. USDC adds credit to your personal wallet; you explicitly submit a VM purchase once sufficient credit is available.