Getting started with Local Zones

Learn how to create your first instance in a Local Zone.

Introduction

Local Zones are an extension of Regions that bring OVHcloud services closer to specific locations, offering reduced latency and improved performance for applications. Local Zones are strategically placed in proximity to areas with high user demand. Their goals are to:

minimize the time it takes to transfer data between the user and the cloud,
make services faster and more responsive, and
meet Data residency requirements.

Find more information on our dedicated Local Zone Compute page.

Available Features

Public Cloud Services	Feature	Availability	Limitations
Compute	Instances	Yes	The suspend (shelve) action is not supported in Local Zones.
	Rescue mode	Yes
	GPU	No
	Instance backup	Yes
	Distant backup	No
	Backup Workflow management	Yes
	Linux images	Yes
	Windows images	No
	Upload your own image	Yes	Image size is limited to 25 GB maximum.
Network	Private Network with vRack	No	Local Zones are not compatible with vRack. Private networks are limited to the same Local Zone only. DHCP is supported on Local Private Networks.
	Load Balancer	No
	Floating IP	No
	Public IPv4/IPv6 support	Yes
	Additional IP	No
	Gateway	No
	Edge Firewall	No
	Anti-DDoS	Yes
Storage	Object Storage	Yes	User policies not supported. All access keys within a project can access all buckets across all Local Zones.Only the Standard storage class supported.S3™* features not supported: S3 tags, Legal Hold, SSE-OMK, S3 replication, server access logging.
	Block Storage	Yes	No encryption support. Classic volumes cannot be multi-attached. Classic volumes are limited to 250 IOPS and a maximum size of 4 TB.
Other services	Managed Kubernetes Service	No
	Managed Private Registry	No
	Databases and Analytics	No
	AI & Machine Learning	No

Capabilities and limitations

Support for unavailable features, like Volume Snapshots or Object Storage, will be released in the next few months. Our goal is to support the entire feature set that is currently supported in global regions.

Requirements

Access to the OVHcloud Control Panel
A Public Cloud project

Instructions

Create an instance

From the OVHcloud Control Panel, select your Public Cloud project and click Instances in the left-hand menu under Compute.

Click + Create an instance.

Manager create instance

Select a model

Choose an instance model that has the Local Zone label and click Next.

Manager select instance model

Location

(Optional) Select a deployment zone: You can choose to only filter for 1-AZ regions or Local Zone locations.

Manager select instance deployment zone

If you select a Local Zone that has not been activated on your account, clicking Next will activate it for you.

Manager regions - Getting started local zones

Select an image

Select an image, add an SSH key, and click Next.

Manager select instance

Configure your instance

Manager select instance configuration

Configure your network

Warning

NOTE: If you want to connect to the Public network, you need to check ☑ the box.

Manager select instance network public

If you want to connect to a Private network (click here)

Select Local Private Network compatible with Local Zone and then Create a local private network.

Give your private network a name.

Danger

WARNING: If you choose to disable DHCP, you MUST ALSO untick the box for "Declare the first address of a CIDR given as the default gateway (DHCP option 3)." Otherwise, instances created with this private network attached will not be accessible on their public IP.

Click Next to proceed.

Manager select instance network private

Select a billing period

An Hourly billing period will automatically be selected. Click Create an instance to complete your order.

Manager instance order finalize

Go further

Browse all the Compute guides.

Browse the rest of the OVHcloud US documentation for guides on our other products and services.

Learn more about Public Cloud Compute on the OVHcloud US website.

*S3 is a trademark filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc. OVHcloud's service is not sponsored by, endorsed by, or otherwise affiliated with Amazon Technologies, Inc.