Manage Instances

Deploy an Instance

To create an instance using the RunC.AI console:

1. Open the Explore page (opens in a new tab)in the RunC.AI console.

2. Select an image. You can choose the basic image provided by the platform, including VM image and POD image, or you can choose a community image, which are high-quality image contents provided by community creators.

3. Choose the GPU models and GPU count.

4. The platform provides a 100G container disk capacity for free. You can mount pod volume as needed. Additional fees will be charged for pod volume and container disk exceeding 100G.

5. Choose the right billing cycle.

6. Click the "Deploy" button to complete the instance creation.

The instance is usually created successfully within 10 seconds, depending on your network speed. When the instance status is running, you can use the instance normally.

Stop an Instance

When a Pod instance is stopped, data in the container volume is cleared, but data in the /workspace directory is preserved. If your Pod instance has a network volume mounted on it, it will not be unmounted when you shut down, and it will still be automatically mounted when you restart it.

When a VM instance is stopped, neither the system disk nor the data disk will be affected.

After an instance is stopped, you will still be charged for its disk volume storage. If you don’t need to retain your instance environment, you should terminate it completely.

1. Open the Instance list page.

2. Find the instance that you want to stop.

3. Click the last option and find "Stop".

4. Click "Stop" to confirm.

Start an Instance

Instances start as soon as they are created, but you can resume an instance that has been stopped.

1. Open the Instance list page.

2. Find the instance that you want to start.

3. Click the last option and find "Start".

4. Click "Start".

Terminate an Instance

Danger:Terminating a Pod permanently deletes all associated data that isn’t stored in a network volume*. Be sure to export or download any data that you’ll need to access again.*

1. Open the Instance list page.

2. Find the instance that you want to terminate.

3. Click the last option and find "Terminate".

4. If the instance is running, you need to stop it.

5. Click "Continue" to confirm.