# Cloider documentation

> Cloider documentation: serverless Kubernetes, apps, managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis, S3 object storage, container registry, domains and DNS. Guides and examples for the dashboard, CLI, Terraform, REST API and MCP.

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## Table of Contents

- [What is Cloider?](https://docs.cloider.com/introduction.md): Cloider is a pay-as-you-go cloud platform with serverless Kubernetes, apps, managed databases, S3 object storage, a container registry and DNS. Sta...
- [Cloider quick start, deploy an app in 5 minutes](https://docs.cloider.com/quick-start.md): Sign up for Cloider, deploy your first app to a free cloider.app URL, then create a serverless Kubernetes cluster and use kubectl, in about 5 minutes.
- [Choose a tool, dashboard, CLI, Terraform, API or MCP](https://docs.cloider.com/get-started/choose-a-tool.md): Compare the five ways to manage Cloider: the dashboard, the cloider CLI, Terraform, the REST API and the MCP server, with one task shown in each.
- [Create a Cloider account](https://docs.cloider.com/get-started/create-an-account.md): Sign up for Cloider with Google or GitHub, start the 14-day free trial with $25 credit, learn the trial limits and what happens when the trial ends.
- [Create your first Kubernetes cluster on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/get-started/create-your-first-cluster.md): Create a serverless Kubernetes cluster on Cloider, connect kubectl with the kubeconfig, deploy a first workload and put it on the internet on a fre...
- [Cloider dashboard tour, sidebar, search and menus](https://docs.cloider.com/get-started/dashboard-tour.md): A tour of the Cloider dashboard: the sidebar, search and its keyboard shortcut, the account menu, notifications, the trial banner and resource pages.
- [Deploy your first app on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/get-started/deploy-your-first-app.md): Deploy your first app on Cloider step by step: upload code or import from Git, watch the build, open the HTTPS URL, set variables and read logs.
- [Get started with Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/get-started.md): The getting started path for Cloider: create an account, learn the dashboard, pick a tool, deploy an app and a Kubernetes cluster, install the CLI.
- [Install the Cloider CLI and log in](https://docs.cloider.com/get-started/install-the-cli.md): Install the cloider command line tool on macOS, Linux or Windows, log in through the browser or with an API token, and check that it works.
- [Cloider accounts, members and roles explained](https://docs.cloider.com/concepts/accounts-and-roles.md): How users, accounts, members and roles work on Cloider, with the full permission matrix for Owner, Admin, Restricted and Read or Read & Write tokens.
- [Cloider billing model, pay as you go explained](https://docs.cloider.com/concepts/billing-model.md): How Cloider bills: what is metered per product, compute units, prorating, the free trial, what paused and deleted resources cost, and invoices.
- [How Cloider works, the platform and its products](https://docs.cloider.com/concepts/how-cloider-works.md): How the Cloider platform works: the serverless pay-as-you-go model and how apps, clusters, databases, buckets, the registry and DNS run.
- [Cloider concepts](https://docs.cloider.com/concepts.md): The ideas behind Cloider. How the platform works, accounts, members and roles, the pay-as-you-go billing model, the life of a resource and the secu...
- [Resource lifecycle, statuses, pausing and deleting](https://docs.cloider.com/concepts/resource-lifecycle.md): The life of a Cloider resource: provisioning, Ready, pausing and resuming, deleting, and how names, labels and ids identify resources.
- [Cloider security model and shared responsibility](https://docs.cloider.com/concepts/security.md): How Cloider keeps accounts secure: isolation, HTTPS and TLS, sign in, hashed API tokens, product credentials and the shared responsibility model.
- [How Cloider builds an app (Dockerfile, buildpacks, static)](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/build-configuration.md): How Cloider detects your app and picks a Dockerfile, buildpack or static site build, and how to set the port, start command, build arguments and bu...
- [App builds and deployments on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/builds-and-deployments.md): How every Cloider app deploy becomes a versioned build, what each build status means, and how to read build logs, retry failed builds and redeploy.
- [Run a cron job as an app](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/cron-jobs.md): Run a script or any Docker image on a cron schedule with Cloider, with environment variables, logs for each run, Run now and a terminal.
- [Deploy a Docker image as an app](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/deploy-an-image.md): Run a Docker image you already built, from Docker Hub, GitHub, GitLab or any registry, as a Cloider app, and deploy new versions with a button, the...
- [Deploy an app from GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/deploy-from-git.md): Connect GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket to Cloider, create an app from a repository and branch, and deploy a new version automatically on every push.
- [Deploy an app from your computer with cloider deploy](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/deploy-from-your-computer.md): Deploy a local folder as a Cloider app with cloider deploy or a dashboard upload, control what is uploaded with .gitignore and .cloiderignore, and ...
- [Free subdomains and custom domains for Cloider apps](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/domains.md): Serve a Cloider app on its free cloider.app subdomain or on your own domain over HTTPS, route paths of a domain to apps with targets, and change or...
- [Environment variables and secrets for Cloider apps](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/environment-variables.md): Set environment variables and secret variables for a Cloider app, plus build arguments and build variables, from the dashboard, CLI, API or an AI a...
- [App insights, requests, CPU, memory and cost per day](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/insights.md): Read a Cloider app's requests per day by status class, data served, average CPU and memory, month to date cost and forecasts on the Insights tab, w...
- [View and stream Cloider app logs](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/logs.md): Stream a running Cloider app's stdout and stderr live from the Logs tab, cloider app logs -f, the REST API or an AI agent, and know what the log ta...
- [Cloider App Engine overview](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/overview.md): What a Cloider app is, how source code becomes a running HTTPS service, how apps are built, billed and managed, and which tools can deploy them.
- [Pause, resume and delete a Cloider app](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/pause-resume-and-delete.md): Pause a Cloider app to stop paying for its compute while keeping its image, variables and domains, resume it on the same version, or delete it with...
- [Change a Cloider app's port, start command and branch](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/settings.md): What the Settings tab of a Cloider app changes, the port, the start command and a git app's branch and auto deploy, and how each change reaches the...
- [Supported languages and frameworks for Cloider apps](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/supported-languages.md): The languages Cloider builds without a Dockerfile, the files that select each one, and minimal Node.js, Python, Go, Java, PHP, Ruby, .NET and stati...
- [Open a shell in a Cloider app and run commands](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/terminal-and-exec.md): Open an interactive shell inside a running Cloider app from the dashboard or cloider app shell, and run one-off commands such as migrations with cl...
- [Troubleshoot Cloider app builds and deploys](https://docs.cloider.com/apps/troubleshooting.md): Fix Cloider app problems by symptom, failed builds, nothing to build, port mismatches, missing start commands, crash loops, 502 errors, git and upl...
- [Connect to a Kubernetes cluster with kubectl](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/connect-with-kubectl.md): Download a Cloider cluster's kubeconfig, merge it into ~/.kube/config, switch contexts, and use kubectl, Lens, k9s and other Kubernetes tools.
- [Create a Kubernetes cluster](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/create-a-cluster.md): Create a serverless Kubernetes cluster on Cloider from the dashboard, CLI, Terraform, REST API or an AI agent, choose its version, and wait until i...
- [Delete a Kubernetes cluster](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/delete-a-cluster.md): Permanently delete a Cloider Kubernetes cluster with its workloads, volumes and load balancers, and clean up the targets and tokens that used it.
- [Deploy your first workload to Kubernetes](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/deploy-a-workload.md): Deploy a web app to a Cloider Kubernetes cluster with a Namespace, ConfigMap, Secret, Deployment and Service, then scale, update and publish it.
- [Expose Kubernetes services on a domain with HTTPS](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/expose-services.md): Publish a Service of a Cloider Kubernetes cluster on your domain or a free subdomain with automatic HTTPS, using targets for path routing instead o...
- [Install Helm charts on Cloider Kubernetes](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/helm.md): Use Helm on Cloider Kubernetes from the browser terminal, your computer, Terraform or an AI agent, with chart examples, values files and upgrades.
- [Kubernetes limits and compatibility on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/limits-and-compatibility.md): Kubernetes versions, API compatibility, plan limits, naming rules and what works differently on Cloider's managed, serverless Kubernetes clusters.
- [Kubernetes load balancers on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/load-balancers.md): Expose a Kubernetes Service on a public IP with type LoadBalancer on Cloider, point DNS at it, and understand how load balancers are billed per hou...
- [Serverless Kubernetes on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/overview.md): What a Cloider Kubernetes cluster is, what you can run on it, how it is billed on real CPU and memory use, and which tools create and manage it.
- [Pause and resume a Kubernetes cluster](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/pause-and-resume.md): Pause a Cloider Kubernetes cluster to stop paying for compute while keeping its objects and volumes, resume it later, and automate pausing on a sch...
- [Persistent volumes on Cloider Kubernetes](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/persistent-volumes.md): Keep data across pod restarts on Cloider Kubernetes with PersistentVolumeClaims, use them in Deployments and StatefulSets, and see how GiB billing ...
- [Pull private images from the Cloider registry](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/pull-private-images.md): Run private container images from the Cloider container registry in Kubernetes with a pull-only registry token and an imagePullSecret, from any tool.
- [Troubleshoot Cloider Kubernetes clusters](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/troubleshooting.md): Fix common Cloider Kubernetes problems: cluster creation errors, kubeconfig failures, pending pods, image pulls, domains, load balancers and the te...
- [Kubernetes web terminal, shell and exec](https://docs.cloider.com/kubernetes/web-terminal-and-exec.md): Run kubectl and helm against a Cloider cluster from the browser terminal, an interactive cloider cluster shell, or one-off cloider cluster exec com...
- [Database backups and restore](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/backups-and-restore.md): How Cloider backs up PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis, and how to restore the newest data or a point in time of the last 14 days into a new dat...
- [Connect to a Cloider database](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/connect.md): Find a Cloider database's host, port, user, password and CA certificate, and connect over the public or private endpoint with a connection string o...
- [Create a PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB or Redis database](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/create-a-database.md): Create a managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB or Redis database on Cloider from the dashboard, the CLI, Terraform, the REST API or an AI agent.
- [Database insights (CPU, memory, storage, connections)](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/insights.md): Read a Cloider database's CPU, memory, storage, disk, network and connection usage per day and month in the Insights tab, the CLI, the API or MCP.
- [Managed MongoDB on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/mongodb.md): Use managed MongoDB 8 on Cloider. Connect with mongosh, Node.js, Mongoose, Python, Go, PHP, Java and Ruby over TLS, and learn what its single-membe...
- [Managed MySQL on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/mysql.md): Use managed MySQL 9 on Cloider: connection limits per plan, TLS, caching_sha2_password, and examples for mysql, Node.js, Python, Go, PHP, Java and ...
- [Managed databases on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/overview.md): Run managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis on Cloider, with automatic backups, TLS, IP allowlists and private networking, billed per second b...
- [Pause, resume and delete a database](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/pause-resume-and-delete.md): Pause a Cloider database to stop paying for its plan while keeping its data, resume it later with the same connection details, or delete it with it...
- [Managed PostgreSQL on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/postgresql.md): Use managed PostgreSQL 18 on Cloider. Connect with psql, Node.js, Python, Go, PHP, Java and Ruby, Prisma, Django, SQLAlchemy, GORM and Laravel, wit...
- [Managed Redis on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/redis.md): Use managed Redis 8 on Cloider for caching, sessions and queues. Connect with redis-cli, Node.js, Python, Go, PHP, Java and Ruby, with or without TLS.
- [Resize a database to a larger plan](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/resize.md): Move a Cloider PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB or Redis database to a larger plan for more CPU, RAM and storage, keeping its data, host and password.
- [SSL/TLS for Cloider databases](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/ssl-tls.md): Turn SSL/TLS on or off for a Cloider database, download the CA certificate, and verify the server certificate from PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and R...
- [Database terminal, cloider db shell and db exec](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/terminal-and-exec.md): Run psql, mysql, mongosh or redis-cli against a Cloider database from the browser terminal, cloider db shell, cloider db exec, the API or an AI agent.
- [Troubleshoot Cloider database connections and errors](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/troubleshooting.md): Fix Cloider database problems: timeouts from untrusted IPs, refused connections, SSL errors, authentication failures, too many connections, full st...
- [Trusted sources (database IP allowlist and firewall)](https://docs.cloider.com/databases/trusted-sources.md): Control who may connect to a Cloider database with trusted sources, an allowlist of IPv4 addresses, CIDR ranges, apps and Kubernetes clusters.
- [S3 access keys for buckets](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/access-keys.md): Create, scope, rotate and delete S3 access keys for Cloider buckets, for one bucket or all of them, read only or read and write, with every tool.
- [S3 bucket policies on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/bucket-policies.md): Write S3 bucket policies for Cloider buckets: allow or deny actions per access key, folder, IP address and condition, with the supported fields and...
- [CORS rules for Cloider buckets](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/cors.md): Set CORS rules on Cloider buckets to choose which websites can upload to and read from a bucket in the browser, with presigned URL, fetch and Terra...
- [Create an S3 bucket](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/create-a-bucket.md): Create an S3 compatible bucket on Cloider from the dashboard, CLI, Terraform, API or an AI agent, with naming rules, region, public access and vers...
- [Protect data in Cloider buckets](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/data-protection.md): Protect bucket data from accidental deletes and leaked keys with versioning, scoped read only keys and Deny policies, and what object lock means on...
- [Delete an S3 bucket on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/delete-a-bucket.md): Permanently delete a Cloider bucket with all its files and versions from the dashboard, CLI, Terraform, API or MCP, and what happens to its name an...
- [S3 lifecycle rules for Cloider buckets](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/lifecycle-rules.md): Use lifecycle rules to delete old files, expire earlier versions and clean up unfinished uploads in Cloider buckets automatically, with JSON examples.
- [Manage bucket files in the dashboard and CLI](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/manage-files.md): Browse, upload, download, delete and organize files in a Cloider bucket with the dashboard file browser, the cloider CLI, the REST API and an AI ag...
- [S3 compatible object storage on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/overview.md): What Cloider Object Storage is, how S3 compatible buckets, objects and access keys work, what a bucket costs, and which tools create and manage buc...
- [Public and private S3 buckets](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/public-and-private-buckets.md): What a public Cloider bucket allows, how to switch a bucket between public and private with every tool, and how to share private files with presign...
- [S3 API compatibility of Cloider buckets](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/s3-compatibility.md): The S3 API operations Cloider buckets support, what is managed with Cloider's own tools, what isn't offered, and the differences from Amazon S3 tha...
- [Use the AWS CLI, rclone and s3cmd with Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/s3-tools.md): Configure the AWS CLI, rclone, s3cmd, the MinIO client and Cyberduck for Cloider buckets, with complete configs, checksum settings and everyday com...
- [Use the AWS SDKs with Cloider Object Storage](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/sdks.md): Connect to Cloider buckets from JavaScript, Python, Go, PHP, Java, Ruby and .NET with the AWS SDKs, with uploads, downloads, listing and presigned ...
- [Host a static website in a Cloider bucket](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/static-websites.md): Serve a public Cloider bucket as a static website over HTTPS, with index and error documents, single-page apps and your own domain through a Bucket...
- [Troubleshoot Cloider Object Storage](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/troubleshooting.md): Fix common Cloider Object Storage errors: SignatureDoesNotMatch, AccessDenied, checksum errors with new AWS tools, NoSuchBucket and dashboard messa...
- [Object storage usage and billing](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/usage-and-billing.md): How Cloider bills object storage per GB stored, by the hour, what counts toward a bucket's size, and how to read a bucket's usage, cost and forecast.
- [Use buckets from Cloider apps and Kubernetes](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/use-with-apps-and-clusters.md): Connect App Engine apps and Kubernetes workloads on Cloider to S3 buckets with an access key in environment variables or a Kubernetes Secret.
- [Bucket versioning and restoring files](https://docs.cloider.com/object-storage/versioning.md): Turn on S3 versioning for a Cloider bucket, list a file's versions, restore an earlier version or a deleted file, and permanently remove old versions.
- [Push images to the Cloider registry from CI/CD](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/ci-cd.md): Build and push images to registry.cloider.com from GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and other CI systems, with complete pipelines, tagging, caching and de...
- [Create a container registry project](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/create-a-project.md): Create a private container registry project on Cloider from the dashboard, CLI, Terraform, REST API or an AI agent, with naming rules and settings.
- [Delete a container registry project](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/delete-a-project.md): Permanently delete a Cloider registry project and its images from the dashboard, CLI, Terraform, REST API or an AI agent, and what happens to tokens.
- [Immutable tags and tag immutability rules](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/immutable-tags.md): Stop image tags from being pushed over or deleted in a Cloider registry project, with the Immutable tags setting or tag immutability rules.
- [Cloider Container Registry overview](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/overview.md): The Cloider Container Registry stores private Docker and OCI images at registry.cloider.com. Learn projects, image names, tokens, limits and billing.
- [Push and pull images with docker, podman and buildx](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/push-and-pull-images.md): Log in to registry.cloider.com, then push and pull container images with docker, podman, nerdctl and buildx multi-platform builds, with examples.
- [Manage repositories, images and tags in the registry](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/repositories-and-tags.md): Browse repositories and images in a Cloider registry project, untag or delete images and repositories, and how the nightly cleanup works.
- [Delete old images with registry retention policies](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/retention-policies.md): Delete old container images automatically with tag retention rules in a Cloider registry project: keep options, patterns, schedules and dry runs.
- [Registry tokens for docker, CI and Kubernetes](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/tokens.md): Create Cloider registry tokens to push and pull images: project scope, pull only or push, expiry, docker login, Kubernetes pull secrets and rotation.
- [Troubleshoot the Cloider container registry](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/troubleshooting.md): Fix common Cloider registry errors: unauthorized and denied on login or push, manifest unknown, immutable tags, quota, ImagePullBackOff and buildx.
- [Container registry usage and billing](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/usage-and-billing.md): How the Cloider Container Registry is billed by stored GB per month, how storage is measured, and how to see a project's usage, forecast and cost.
- [Use Cloider registry images in Kubernetes and elsewhere](https://docs.cloider.com/container-registry/use-with-kubernetes.md): Run private images from registry.cloider.com in Cloider Kubernetes clusters and any other Kubernetes with imagePullSecrets, Helm, k3s and Swarm.
- [Add a custom domain to Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/domains/add-a-custom-domain.md): Add a domain you own to Cloider, move its DNS to Cloider's nameservers or keep your provider, point it at Cloider and serve an app or cluster on it...
- [Delete a domain from Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/domains/delete-a-domain.md): Delete a free subdomain or custom domain from Cloider, what happens to its DNS records and targets, and how to move DNS away first so email keeps w...
- [DNS basics for beginners](https://docs.cloider.com/domains/dns-basics.md): Learn what domains, subdomains, DNS records, TTL, nameservers and propagation are, with examples, before you connect a domain to an app or cluster ...
- [Manage DNS records for a custom domain](https://docs.cloider.com/domains/dns-records.md): Add, edit and delete A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, CAA, HTTPS, SPF, SRV and PTR records on Cloider DNS, with the format and rules for each type.
- [Email DNS records for MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC](https://docs.cloider.com/domains/email-dns-records.md): Set up MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records on Cloider DNS for Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or any mail provider, with example values and dig checks.
- [Free cloider.app subdomains](https://docs.cloider.com/domains/free-subdomains.md): Claim a free cloider.app subdomain with HTTPS for an app or Kubernetes service, with the naming rules, the availability check, and how to route or ...
- [Automatic HTTPS certificates for your domains](https://docs.cloider.com/domains/https-certificates.md): How Cloider serves domains over HTTPS, when Let's Encrypt certificates are issued and renewed, what to check when one is pending, and how to inspec...
- [Point your domain to Cloider's nameservers](https://docs.cloider.com/domains/nameservers.md): Set your nameservers to ns1.cloider.com to ns4.cloider.com at Namecheap, GoDaddy, Route 53 and others, check them with dig, and see how Cloider DNS...
- [Domains and DNS on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/domains/overview.md): How Cloider handles domains, from free cloider.app subdomains and custom domains on Cloider's nameservers to DNS records, targets and automatic HTTPS.
- [Route a domain to apps, services and buckets with targets](https://docs.cloider.com/domains/targets.md): Route a domain or a path of it to a Cloider app, a Kubernetes Service or a bucket's static website over HTTPS with targets, or point a custom domai...
- [Troubleshoot domains, DNS and HTTPS on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/domains/troubleshooting.md): Fix Cloider domains that don't resolve or load, with dig and nslookup checks for NXDOMAIN, old nameservers, CNAME at the apex and pending certifica...
- [Invite members and manage roles on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/account/access-control.md): Invite people to your Cloider account with the Admin or Restricted role, change roles, deactivate or remove members, and leave an account.
- [Create and manage Cloider API tokens](https://docs.cloider.com/account/api-tokens.md): Generate Cloider API tokens for the CLI, Terraform, CI, MCP and the REST API. Read vs Read & Write access, using, editing and revoking tokens.
- [Cloider billing and monthly invoices](https://docs.cloider.com/account/billing.md): Read your Cloider invoices: who can see billing, when invoices are issued, what each line and unit means, and invoices from the CLI, API and MCP.
- [Account and billing on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/account.md): Manage your Cloider account: members and roles, API tokens, switching accounts, usage and costs, invoices, notifications and support.
- [Cloider notifications and account emails](https://docs.cloider.com/account/notifications.md): Where Cloider notifies you: the Notifications page in the dashboard and every email it sends, from trial reminders to invitations and support replies.
- [Get help from Cloider support](https://docs.cloider.com/account/support.md): Open a support request with the Cloider team from the dashboard, CLI, API or an AI agent, attach files, follow the conversation and reply.
- [Switch between Cloider accounts](https://docs.cloider.com/account/switch-accounts.md): Work in several Cloider accounts with one sign in: switch in the dashboard, use one CLI profile per account, and set up Terraform, the API and MCP.
- [Track Cloider usage, costs and forecasts](https://docs.cloider.com/account/usage.md): See what your Cloider resources use and cost this month: the Usage page, cost to date, forecasts and per resource usage from the CLI, API and MCP.
- [Back up a database to a bucket with a CronJob](https://docs.cloider.com/guides/back-up-a-database-to-a-bucket.md): Run a nightly pg_dump or mysqldump of a Cloider database as a Kubernetes CronJob, upload it to a bucket with rclone, expire old dumps and restore one.
- [CI/CD to Cloider with GitHub Actions](https://docs.cloider.com/guides/ci-cd-with-github-actions.md): A GitHub Actions pipeline that tests, builds and pushes an image to the Cloider registry and rolls it out to a cluster, or deploys an app with cloi...
- [CI/CD to Cloider with GitLab CI](https://docs.cloider.com/guides/ci-cd-with-gitlab.md): A .gitlab-ci.yml that tests, builds and pushes an image to the Cloider registry and rolls it out to a cluster, or deploys an app with cloider deploy.
- [Deploy a Node.js app with PostgreSQL on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/guides/full-stack-app-with-postgresql.md): Deploy an Express app with managed PostgreSQL: a secret connection string, migrations with cloider db exec, auto deploy from GitHub and HTTPS on yo...
- [Cloider guides, end to end tutorials](https://docs.cloider.com/guides.md): Step by step Cloider tutorials that build complete projects with apps, Kubernetes, databases, buckets, the registry, domains, Terraform, CI/CD and ...
- [Build a Cloider environment with Terraform](https://docs.cloider.com/guides/infrastructure-as-code-with-terraform.md): Define a whole Cloider environment in Terraform: cluster, database, bucket, registry, domain, DNS and targets, with state in a bucket and Kubernete...
- [Manage Cloider with an AI agent over MCP](https://docs.cloider.com/guides/manage-cloider-with-an-ai-agent.md): Connect cloider mcp to Claude Code, deploy an app with a database and a domain by asking for it, and keep the agent safe with read only tokens and ...
- [Migrate apps, databases, files and images to Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/guides/migrate-to-cloider.md): Move an app, a PostgreSQL, MySQL or MongoDB database, bucket files and container images from another provider to Cloider, with a cutover plan and c...
- [Serve static assets and uploads from a Cloider bucket](https://docs.cloider.com/guides/static-assets-on-object-storage.md): Serve images, CSS and JavaScript from a public Cloider bucket with cache headers, and let users upload straight to the bucket with presigned URLs.
- [Run WordPress on Kubernetes with managed MySQL](https://docs.cloider.com/guides/wordpress-on-kubernetes.md): Run WordPress on a Cloider Kubernetes cluster with a managed MySQL database, a persistent volume for uploads and plugins, and HTTPS through a domai...
- [Log in to the Cloider CLI with a browser or API token](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/authentication.md): Every way to authenticate the cloider CLI, from browser login to API tokens in CLOIDER_TOKEN or a file, plus token precedence, storage, profiles, l...
- [cloider usage, billing, pricing, member, token and whoami](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/account.md): Reference for the cloider account commands: usage and forecast, monthly bills, current prices, members, API tokens and whoami, and which account ac...
- [cloider app command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/app.md): Reference for cloider app, to create, inspect, pause, update and delete apps, stream logs, manage environment variables, build args and builds, and...
- [cloider login, logout and profile command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/auth-and-profiles.md): Reference for cloider login, cloider logout and cloider profile, with every flag, the browser and token login flows, and how profiles switch betwee...
- [cloider bucket command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/bucket.md): Reference for cloider bucket, to manage S3 compatible buckets, files, versions, static websites, policies, lifecycle and CORS rules and access keys...
- [cloider cluster command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/cluster.md): Reference for cloider cluster, to create, list, pause, resume and delete Kubernetes clusters, get kubeconfigs, list services, open a shell and run ...
- [cloider db command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/db.md): Reference for cloider db, to create and manage PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis databases, connect, run queries, back up, restore, resize and c...
- [cloider deploy command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/deploy.md): Reference for cloider deploy, which uploads a directory as an app, creates the app on the first deploy, links the directory, builds new versions an...
- [cloider dns command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/dns.md): Reference for cloider dns, to list, show, create, update and delete the DNS records of a custom domain, with every record type, TTLs and multiple v...
- [cloider domain command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/domain.md): Reference for cloider domain, to claim free cloider.app subdomains, add custom domains, check availability, see a domain's routes and delete domains.
- [cloider git command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/git.md): Reference for cloider git, to connect GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket accounts, list connected installations, repositories and branches, and disconnec...
- [Cloider CLI command reference, every command](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands.md): Every cloider CLI command and subcommand in one place, grouped by product, with a one line description and a link to its full reference, flags and ...
- [cloider mcp command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/mcp.md): Reference for cloider mcp, the MCP server that offers the Cloider CLI to AI agents, with --read-only, --toolsets, profiles, tool safety hints and h...
- [cloider registry command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/registry.md): Reference for cloider registry, to manage container registry projects, log docker in, list and delete images, create pull and push tokens, and set ...
- [cloider support command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/support.md): Reference for cloider support, to open Cloider support requests from the terminal, read replies, reply with attachments and download attachments.
- [cloider target command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/target.md): Reference for cloider target, to route a domain's paths to apps, Kubernetes services or bucket websites, list routes, change a route and delete it.
- [cloider version, update and completion command reference](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/commands/tooling.md): Reference for the commands that manage the cloider CLI itself, cloider version, cloider update with status, enable and disable, and cloider complet...
- [Configure the Cloider CLI with flags, env vars and files](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/configuration.md): Every global flag and environment variable of the cloider CLI, the ~/.cloider directory with config.json, update.json and token files, profiles, an...
- [Install the Cloider CLI on macOS, Linux and Windows](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/install.md): Install the cloider CLI with the install script or from a release archive, verify its SHA-256 checksum, pin a version, install it in CI or Docker, ...
- [Cloider CLI output formats, exit codes and scripting](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/output-and-scripting.md): Use the cloider CLI in scripts and CI with JSON, YAML, wide and quiet output, exit codes, --yes and --wait, jq recipes, and GitHub Actions and GitL...
- [Cloider CLI overview and first session](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/overview.md): What the cloider command line tool does, a tour of every command group, how commands name resources, and a first session from login to a cluster an...
- [Shell completion for the Cloider CLI](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/shell-completion.md): Turn on Tab completion for cloider commands, subcommands and flags in bash, zsh, fish and PowerShell, for the current session or permanently.
- [Update the Cloider CLI and control automatic updates](https://docs.cloider.com/cli/updating.md): How the cloider CLI updates itself once a day, how to update right away, check the status, turn automatic updates off, and update an install that n...
- [cloider_bucket_regions data source (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/data-sources/bucket-regions.md): List the regions a Cloider bucket can be created in, with their codes, names and S3 endpoints, using the cloider_bucket_regions Terraform data source.
- [cloider_cluster data source (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/data-sources/cluster.md): Look up an existing Cloider Kubernetes cluster by id or name with the cloider_cluster data source, and configure the kubernetes and helm providers ...
- [cloider_options data source (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/data-sources/options.md): Read what Cloider offers right now with the cloider_options data source, Kubernetes versions, database engines, versions and plans, subdomain roots...
- [Get started with the Cloider Terraform provider](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/get-started.md): Install Terraform or OpenTofu, give the Cloider provider a token, then create a Kubernetes cluster and a PostgreSQL database, read their outputs an...
- [Run Cloider Terraform in CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/guides/ci-cd.md): Plan Cloider infrastructure on pull requests and apply on merge with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI, using read only and read and write API tokens and...
- [Import existing Cloider resources into Terraform](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/guides/import-existing-resources.md): Bring Cloider clusters, databases, buckets, registry projects, domains, DNS records and targets created in the dashboard or CLI under Terraform wit...
- [Deploy to a Cloider cluster with Terraform Kubernetes and Helm](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/guides/kubernetes-and-helm.md): Wire the kubernetes and helm Terraform providers to a Cloider cluster's kube_config, deploy an app with its registry, database and domain, and inst...
- [Manage staging and production on Cloider with Terraform](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/guides/multiple-environments.md): Run staging and production on Cloider from one Terraform module, with a folder per environment, workspaces or separate accounts, separate state and...
- [Use Cloider buckets with the Terraform AWS provider](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/guides/object-storage.md): Create a Cloider bucket and key with Terraform, then upload files with the AWS provider's aws_s3_object and use the AWS CLI, SDKs and rclone with t...
- [Store Terraform state in a Cloider bucket (S3 backend)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/guides/state-backend.md): Use a Cloider bucket as a Terraform or OpenTofu S3 backend with locking, the exact backend settings, credentials, migrating existing state and reco...
- [Cloider Terraform provider overview](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/overview.md): What the cloider/cloider Terraform and OpenTofu provider manages, what it doesn't, its requirements, versions, authentication and how it waits for ...
- [Configure the Cloider Terraform provider](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/provider-configuration.md): Every argument and environment variable of the Cloider Terraform provider, how it finds its API token, CLI profiles, token files and several accoun...
- [cloider_bucket_key resource (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/resources/bucket-key.md): Create S3 access keys for Cloider buckets with the cloider_bucket_key Terraform resource, scoped to some or all buckets, read only or read and writ...
- [cloider_bucket resource (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/resources/bucket.md): Create S3 compatible buckets on Cloider with the cloider_bucket Terraform resource, region, public access, versioning, static websites, CORS rules ...
- [cloider_cluster resource (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/resources/cluster.md): Create, pause and delete Cloider serverless Kubernetes clusters with the cloider_cluster Terraform resource, and wire its kube_config into the kube...
- [cloider_database resource (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/resources/database.md): Create managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis databases with the cloider_database Terraform resource, with trusted sources, SSL, resizing, pa...
- [cloider_dns_record resource (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/resources/dns-record.md): Manage DNS records on a Cloider custom domain with the cloider_dns_record Terraform resource, A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, SRV, CAA and more, wi...
- [cloider_domain resource (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/resources/domain.md): Claim free cloider.app subdomains and add custom domains with the cloider_domain Terraform resource, point nameservers, and import domains you alre...
- [cloider_registry_token resource (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/resources/registry-token.md): Create container registry tokens with the cloider_registry_token Terraform resource, for docker login, CI pushes and Kubernetes image pull secrets,...
- [cloider_registry resource (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/resources/registry.md): Create Cloider container registry projects with the cloider_registry Terraform resource, set public access, storage limit and immutable tags, and i...
- [cloider_target resource (Terraform)](https://docs.cloider.com/terraform/resources/target.md): Route a domain path to a Kubernetes Service, an app or a bucket website over HTTPS with the cloider_target Terraform resource, with path rewrites a...
- [Authenticate to the Cloider API](https://docs.cloider.com/api/authentication.md): Authenticate Cloider API requests with a Bearer API token, choose Read or Read & Write access, see which endpoints are dashboard only, and revoke a...
- [Account API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/account.md): Cloider API reference for the account, whoami, options, public pricing, usage, billing, members and API tokens, with requests, responses and errors.
- [App builds API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/app-builds.md): Cloider API reference for app builds, deploy a new version from uploaded source or git, confirm uploads, retry failed builds, and read or stream bu...
- [Apps API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/apps.md): Cloider API reference for App Engine apps, upload source with a presigned URL, detect, create, import from git, environment variables, logs stream,...
- [Bucket access keys API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/bucket-keys.md): Cloider API reference for S3 access keys, list, create with a one time secret, scope to buckets or all buckets, read only or read and write, change...
- [Bucket objects API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/bucket-objects.md): Cloider API reference for files in a bucket, list folders, upload and download with presigned URLs, delete files and folders, versions, restore del...
- [Object storage buckets API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/buckets.md): Cloider API reference for S3 compatible buckets, create, list, delete, usage, visibility, static websites, bucket policies, versioning, lifecycle a...
- [Kubernetes clusters API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/clusters.md): Cloider API reference for Kubernetes clusters, create, list, pause, resume and delete, poll status, download the kubeconfig, list services and run ...
- [Managed databases API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/databases.md): Cloider API reference for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis databases, create, connect, password, CA certificate, backups, restore, resize, SSL,...
- [DNS records API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/dns-records.md): Cloider API reference for DNS records on custom domains: list, create, update and delete A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, CAA, HTTPS, SPF, SRV a...
- [Domains API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/domains.md): Cloider API reference for domains, claim a free cloider.app subdomain or add a custom domain, check availability, list, get and delete domains with...
- [Git connections API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/git.md): Cloider API reference for GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket connections, list installations, repositories and branches for app imports, and disconnect a...
- [Registry tokens API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/registry-tokens.md): Cloider API reference for container registry tokens, list, create with a one time secret for docker login, scope to projects, pull only, expiry, ch...
- [Container registry API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/registry.md): Cloider API reference for container registry projects, create and delete, settings, repositories, images and tags, retention rules and runs, and ta...
- [Support API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/support.md): Cloider API reference for support requests, list and read tickets, open a request, reply, upload attachments with presigned URLs and download attac...
- [Targets API endpoints](https://docs.cloider.com/api/endpoints/targets.md): Cloider API reference for targets, route a domain path over HTTPS to an app, a Kubernetes service or a bucket website, or a custom domain to a Load...
- [Cloider API errors and status codes](https://docs.cloider.com/api/errors.md): How the Cloider API reports errors, the errors envelope with field messages and the _ key, every HTTP status code it returns, and how to handle eac...
- [Cloider REST API overview](https://docs.cloider.com/api/overview.md): The Cloider REST API at https://cloider.com/api, its JSON conventions, ids, errors and status polling, with a first request and an index of every e...
- [Cloider API rate limits and retries](https://docs.cloider.com/api/rate-limits.md): The Cloider API allows 10 requests a second and 100 a minute per client. Learn what 429 and 503 mean, how to use Retry-After and how to back off in...
- [Use the Cloider docs with AI coding agents](https://docs.cloider.com/mcp/ai-coding-agents.md): Give AI coding agents the Cloider docs through llms.txt, llms-full.txt and Markdown pages, plus an AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md snippet that teaches the...
- [Example prompts for the Cloider MCP server](https://docs.cloider.com/mcp/example-prompts.md): Over 35 realistic prompts for managing Cloider with an AI agent, grouped by task (apps, Kubernetes, databases, storage, registry, DNS, costs, suppo...
- [Cloider MCP server overview](https://docs.cloider.com/mcp/overview.md): What the Model Context Protocol is, what the Cloider MCP server (cloider mcp) lets AI agents do, how it authenticates, its toolsets, read only mode...
- [MCP safety and permissions for AI agents on Cloider](https://docs.cloider.com/mcp/safety-and-permissions.md): Control what an AI agent can do on Cloider with read only API tokens, cloider mcp --read-only, toolsets, MCP tool annotations and client approvals,...
- [Set up the Cloider MCP server in your AI client](https://docs.cloider.com/mcp/setup.md): Add the Cloider MCP server to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Windsurf, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Zed, Cline and Continue, ...
- [Cloider MCP tools reference](https://docs.cloider.com/mcp/tools.md): Every tool of the Cloider MCP server, by toolset, with its parameters, types, required fields, effect, idempotency, annotations and the CLI command...
- [Cloider FAQ, frequently asked questions](https://docs.cloider.com/reference/faq.md): Answers to common questions about Cloider: accounts and the trial, billing, apps, Kubernetes, databases, storage, the registry, domains and tools.
- [Cloider glossary of terms](https://docs.cloider.com/reference/glossary.md): Definitions of the terms used in the Cloider docs, from account, API token and app to kubeconfig, trusted source, retention policy, target and MCP.
- [Cloider reference](https://docs.cloider.com/reference.md): Cloider reference material: pricing model and price kinds, limits and quotas, every status value, a glossary, the FAQ and troubleshooting.
- [Cloider limits and quotas reference](https://docs.cloider.com/reference/limits-and-quotas.md): Every Cloider limit in one place: trial limits, per account maximums, name rules, app, bucket, registry, DNS, exec and support limits, rate limits.
- [Cloider pricing reference, price kinds and units](https://docs.cloider.com/reference/pricing.md): Every Cloider price kind and unit for clusters, apps, databases, buckets and the registry, how to read current prices, and worked cost examples.
- [Cloider status values reference](https://docs.cloider.com/reference/status-values.md): Every status value Cloider shows, per resource: clusters, databases, apps, builds, buckets, registry projects, domains, members and support requests.
- [Troubleshoot Cloider sign in, tokens, API errors and the CLI](https://docs.cloider.com/reference/troubleshooting.md): Fix common Cloider problems: sign in and sessions, API tokens, HTTP 401, 403, 404 and 429 errors, CLI exit codes, trial limits and product fixes.