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# Confidential VM

Confidential VMs on the <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code> platform encrypt your Virtual Machine (VM) memory at the hardware level using [<mark style="color:blue;">AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization with Secure Nested Paging (AMD SEV-SNP)</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/general-information/glossary-of-terms#amd-secure-encrypted-virtualization-with-secure-nested-paging-amd-sev-snp) technology.

Built for regulated industries that require cryptographic guarantees over contractual ones, this zero-trust architecture provides:

* **Hardware-Level Isolation:** Workloads run in a [<mark style="color:blue;">Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/general-information/glossary-of-terms#trusted-execution-environment-tee), ensuring the hypervisor sees only ciphertext.
* **Exclusive Control:** You retain complete control over your operating system, applications, encryption keys, and attestation policies.
* **Immediate Availability:** Directly available to all users in the **Frankfurt-East** `de/fra/2` data center.

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Important:** Because Confidential VMs are designed to completely isolate your data from the underlying infrastructure, <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code> has zero visibility into your encrypted environment. Consequently, our technical support is strictly limited by the product's design, and we cannot assist with in-guest operating system, application, or key management issues.
{% endhint %}

Follow step-by-step instructions in the following tutorial to deploy your confidential workloads:

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Deploy a Confidential VM with SNPGuard</strong></mark></td><td>Deploy an attested Confidential VM on IONOS CLOUD using the SNPGuard open-source toolchain.</td><td><a href="/cloud/tutorials/compute-services/confidential-computing-vm/deploy-confidential-vm-with-snpguard.md">Deploy a Confidential VM with SNPGuard</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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