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Getting Started with CloudNexus

Follow this step-by-step guide to provision your first cloud environment, deploy applications, and configure production-ready infrastructure in under 10 minutes.

1 Account
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2 Network
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3 Deploy
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4 Monitor
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5 Go Live

👤 Step 1: Create Account & Console Access

Start by registering for a CloudNexus account. You'll receive $200 in free credits to explore the platform without entering a payment method.

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Enable 2FA during setup to unlock advanced infrastructure controls and team collaboration features.

After verifying your email, you'll be redirected to the Cloud Console. Generate your first API key under Settings > API Keys to authenticate CLI and SDK requests.

🌐 Step 2: Configure Region & Network

CloudNexus operates across 50+ global regions. Select a region closest to your target audience to minimize latency.

RegionLocationAvg. LatencyBest For
us-east-1Virginia, US12msEnterprise & Finance
eu-central-1Frankfurt, DE8msGDPR Compliant Workloads
ap-southeast-1Singapore24msAPAC Markets
Bash
cloudnexus network init \\ --region us-east-1 \\ --vpc 10.0.0.0/16 \\ --cidr-subnet 10.0.1.0/24

🚀 Step 3: Deploy Your First Instance

Provision a compute instance using the CLI or Terraform provider. CloudNexus supports bare metal, virtual machines, and container orchestration.

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Ensure your network security groups allow inbound traffic on ports 22 (SSH), 80 (HTTP), and 443 (HTTPS) before deployment.
Bash
cloudnexus compute deploy \\ --name web-prod-01 \\ --type nexus-standard-2 \\ --image ubuntu-22.04-lts \\ --region us-east-1 \\ --auto-scaling enabled

Once provisioned, you'll receive a public IP and SSH credentials. Use the console dashboard to monitor boot logs and health checks.

📊 Step 4: Set Up Monitoring & Alerts

Infrastructure visibility is critical. Enable CloudNexus Observability to track CPU, memory, network I/O, and custom application metrics.

  • Configure dashboards for real-time infrastructure health
  • Set alert thresholds for CPU > 85% or Memory > 90%
  • Integrate with PagerDuty, Slack, or webhook endpoints
  • Enable log retention for compliance and debugging
YAML
# monitoring-config.yaml alerting: rules: - name: high_cpu_usage condition: cpu_usage_percent > 85 duration: 5m notify: [slack, pagerduty]

✅ Step 5: Go Live & Scale

Your infrastructure is now production-ready. Attach your custom domain, configure SSL termination via the built-in CDN, and enable auto-scaling policies.

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CloudNexus automatically provisions load balancers and configures DNS records. Your domain will propagate globally within 60 seconds.

Visit Infrastructure > Auto-Scaling to define traffic-based scaling rules. Our AI-driven predictor analyzes historical patterns to pre-warm instances before traffic spikes.