*[DediGPU](https://dedigpu.com/) — Markdown mirror of [https://dedigpu.com/docs](https://dedigpu.com/docs) · updated 2026-09-02 · index for LLMs: [llms.txt](https://dedigpu.com/llms.txt) · everything: [llms-full.txt](https://dedigpu.com/llms-full.txt)* Documentation # Everything the console does, written down. 16 short pages, from the first top-up to the IPMI console. No ticket needed to read them; the answers are the same ones support would give. [Getting started](https://dedigpu.com/docs/getting-started) [API reference](https://dedigpu.com/api) ## Getting started - [Getting started From an empty account to a root shell on a dedicated GPU server in four steps: sign up, top up in crypto, order, connect. 4 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/getting-started) - [What a server includes Exactly what comes with a DediGPU server: the hardware, the network, the access, the software, and what is deliberately not included. 3 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/what-you-get) ## Account & billing - [Account and security How a DediGPU account is protected: password rules, sessions, anti-robot checks and API tokens. 4 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/account-security) - [Balance and top-ups How the prepaid balance works: coins and networks accepted, minimum and maximum, confirmations, what happens when a payment is short or late, and refunds. 5 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/balance-and-top-ups) - [Terms and renewals How term billing works: 1, 3, 6 or 12 months prepaid, the discount per term, automatic renewal at a locked price, grace, suspension, extending and cancelling. 5 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/terms-and-renewals) ## Servers - [Ordering a server The six steps of the order form and the rules it enforces: card and count, region, OS and template, pre-loaded model, storage and network options, term and access. 5 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/ordering-a-server) - [SSH and root access Connecting to a DediGPU server: SSH keys, the generated root password, hostnames, first-login checks and the hardening we recommend. 4 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/ssh-and-root-access) - [IPMI console Out-of-band access to a DediGPU server: the IPMI console, power control and virtual media, reached through the region jump host. 3 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/ipmi-console) - [Managing a running server What the server page lets you do: reboot, rename, extend the term, switch auto-renewal, resume a suspended server, cancel, and what each action costs. 3 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/server-actions) ## Software - [Operating systems and drivers The five operating systems offered on DediGPU servers, the driver and toolkit each ships with, which cards they run on, and how long they are supported. 3 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/operating-systems) - [Templates and ports What each of the fourteen DediGPU templates installs, which port it listens on, the first command to check it, and how to change or remove it. 5 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/templates-and-ports) - [Pre-loading a model How serving templates pull a model before first boot: Hugging Face and Ollama names, precision, the memory-fit rule the order form enforces, changing the model later. 4 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/preloading-a-model) - [Windows Server Windows Server 2022 on DediGPU: which cards, what the licence costs, RDP access, drivers, and the templates available on Windows. 3 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/windows-server) ## Network & storage - [Networking The network side of a DediGPU server: port speeds, the public IPv4 and reverse DNS, extra addresses, private VLANs, 25 Gbit/s uplinks, free egress, and what is filtered. 4 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/networking) - [Storage and backups Local NVMe on DediGPU servers: capacities per card, extra NVMe, RAID-1, what happens to data on suspension and cancellation, and why you need your own backups. 3 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/storage-and-backups) ## More - [Limits and fair use The few limits on a DediGPU server: no throttling of GPU load, unmetered ports, port 25 closed by default, eight extra IPv4, five SSH keys, the acceptable-use policy in short. 2 min · updated 2 September 2026](https://dedigpu.com/docs/limits-and-fair-use) ## Reference - [API reference Your balance, your servers and the catalogue as JSON, with one bearer token per account.](https://dedigpu.com/api) - [Templates The five systems and fourteen templates, with ports and first commands.](https://dedigpu.com/templates) - [Service level agreement How availability is measured, what is excluded, how credits are paid.](https://dedigpu.com/legal/sla)