---
title: "Virtual machines documentation"
description: "Learn how to deploy and manage virtual machines on Edge Network, with complete guides to VM creation, networking, security and monitoring."
url: "https://edge.network/docs/compute"
section: "Compute"
---

# Virtual machines documentation

Deploy and manage powerful virtual machines across 20+ global regions. From simple web servers to complex multi-tier applications.

![Compute dashboard showing virtual machines](/media/docs/control-compute-list.svg)

## Key features

- **20+:** global regions
- **<60s:** deployment time
- **$0:** egress fees

## In this section

- [Deploy your first VM](/docs/compute/getting-started) — Deploy your first virtual machine on Edge Network in under five minutes: add an SSH key, create a VM and connect to it over SSH.
- [Creating virtual machines](/docs/compute/creating-vms) — A complete guide to creating VMs on Edge Network: choosing a region and operating system, sizing resources, selecting SSH keys and advanced options.
- [Managing virtual machines](/docs/compute/managing-vms) — Learn how to manage your VMs on Edge Network: start, stop, restart, suspend, resize and delete virtual machines, and open the browser console.
- [Networking](/docs/compute/networking) — Learn about VM networking on Edge Network: public IPs, additional IP addresses, private networks between VMs, bandwidth usage and IPv6 support.
- [Firewall](/docs/compute/firewall) — Configure firewall rules for your VMs on Edge Network. Use security groups to control inbound and outbound traffic with a default-deny model.
- [SSH keys](/docs/compute/ssh-keys) — Manage SSH keys for secure, password-less access to your VMs on Edge Network. Learn how to generate, add, use and remove SSH key pairs.
- [Startup scripts](/docs/compute/scripts) — Automate VM setup with startup scripts. Use pre-built Edge library scripts or write your own to install software and configure services on first boot.
- [Backups](/docs/compute/backups) — Learn how to create and manage backups for your VMs on Edge Network, including snapshots, restoring to a previous state, limits and pricing.
- [Monitoring](/docs/compute/monitoring) — Monitor your VMs on Edge Network with built-in metrics. Track CPU, memory, disk and network performance in real time and over 30 days of history.