# Cloud Cubes

IONOS Cloud Cubes are virtual private service instances with shared resources. Refer to our user guides, reference documentation, and FAQs to support your hosting needs.

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**Prerequisites:** Prior to setting up a virtual machine, make sure you have the appropriate privileges. Only contract owners, administrators, or users with the Create Data Center privilege can set up a [<mark style="color:blue;">VDC</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/support/general-information/glossary-of-terms#vdc). Other user types have read-only access and can't provision changes.
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### Developer Tools

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Cloud API**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/reference/general-information/core-api-specification#cloud-api) | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Compute SDKs**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/reference/#compute-engine-sdks) | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Config Management Tools**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/reference/general-information/config-management-tools) |
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### Recommended How-To's

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Set Up a Cloud Cube**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/compute/cloud-cubes/dcd-how-tos/set-up-cloud-cube)                         | Learn how to create and configure a Cloud Cube inside of the DCD.       |
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| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Connect via Remote Console**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/compute/cloud-cubes/dcd-how-tos/connect-remote-console-cloud-cubes) | Use the Remote Console to connect to Server instances without SSH.      |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Connect via SSH**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/compute/cloud-cubes/dcd-how-tos/connect-via-ssh)                               | Use Putty or OpenSSH to connect to Server instances.                    |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Boot with cloud-init**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/compute/broken-reference)                                                 | Automate the creation of virtual instances with the cloud-init package. |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Enable IPv6**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/compute/cloud-cubes/dcd-how-tos/enable-ipv6-cloud-cubes)                           | Enable IPv6 support for Cloud Cubes.                                    |

### Learn More

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Cloud Cubes - Frequently Asked Questions**</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/compute/cloud-cubes/cloud-cubes-faq) |
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