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title: "OVHcloud Public Cloud - General information"
description: "All the OVHcloud US Public Cloud - General information documentation: guides, tutorials and reference for every task."
url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/landing-page-cross-functional
lang: en
lastUpdated: 2026-09-28
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# OVHcloud Public Cloud - General information

## OVHcloud Public Cloud - General information

Power your cloud-native apps with OVHcloud Public Cloud. Deploy VMs, storage, and networking at scale with transparent pricing and global reach.

## Key concepts

- [Comparison and resilience of Deployment Modes - Understanding 1-AZ / Local Zones](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/deployment-modes-comparison-resilience-details.md)

- [How do Savings Plans work?](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/savings-plans.md)

- [Public Cloud Glossary](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/introduction-about-instances.md)

- [Public Cloud API Rate Limits](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/api-rate-limits.md)

### Getting started

- [All you need to know to get started with Public Cloud](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/compute-essential-information.md)
- [Getting Started with OVHcloud CLI](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/manage-and-operate/cli/getting-started-ovhcloud-cli.md)
- [How to use the Public Cloud interface](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/public-cloud-interface-walk-me.md)
- [Creating your first OVHcloud Public Cloud project](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/create-a-public-cloud-project.md)

### Configuration

- [How to increase Public Cloud quotas](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/increasing-public-cloud-quota.md)
- [How to manage a Savings Plan](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/compute-managing-savings-plan.md)
- [Deleting a Public Cloud Project](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/delete-a-project.md)

### Horizon

- [Introducing Horizon](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/introducing-horizon.md)
- [Access and security settings in Horizon](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/compute-horizon-access-security.md)

### OpenStack

- [Preparing an environment for using the OpenStack API](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/compute-prepare-openstack-api-environment.md)
- [Using service accounts to connect to OpenStack](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/manage-and-operate/iam/using-service-accounts-connect-openstack.md)
- [Setting OpenStack Environment Variables](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/compute-set-openstack-environment-variables.md)
- [Managing OpenStack users](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/create-and-delete-a-user.md)
- [Managing firewall rules and port security on networks using OpenStack CLI](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/security-group-private-network.md)

### Terraform

- [How to use Terraform](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/how-to-use-terraform.md)

### Troubleshooting

- [Public Cloud FAQ](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/public-cloud-faq.md)

### Additional resources

- [Public Cloud billing](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/cross-functional/public-cloud-billing.md)