Introduction
What Farlec is, how Cloud Machines work, and where they run.
What is Farlec?#
Farlec is a cloud hosting platform with one product: the Cloud Machine, a virtual machine you deploy in seconds and pay for by the minute. Billing runs against a prepaid wallet, so there are no subscriptions and no surprise invoices.
- per minuteBilled only while running
- 80%Monthly cap on a plan's price
- 4 regionsLinked privately to each other
Cloud Machines#
A Cloud Machine is a full VM with a fixed price, enforced bandwidth and disk-I/O caps, and a monthly spending cap baked into the plan. Every machine snapshots its plan at creation, so later price changes only affect new machines.
- PlansFrom a free tier (0.25 vCPU / 256 MB) up to 4 vCPU / 8 GB.
- ImagesCurated by Farlec. Alpine, and more as the registry grows.
- ConsoleA passwordless SSH-backed terminal in the browser.
- RoutesPublish app ports to a public
*.farlec.appURL. - BackupsDaily snapshots with one-click in-place restore.
Regions#
You pick a region when creating a machine. Machines talk to each other privately across regions over a dedicated internal network.
| Region | Location | Available plans |
|---|---|---|
ca | Beauharnois, Canada | All paid plans |
uk | London, United Kingdom | All paid plans |
de | Gravelines, France | All paid plans |
a0 | Free tier only | Free plan only |
Accounts & access#
Every account is its own billing entity with a wallet, ledger and machines. Email verification is required before sign-in, and optional TOTP two-factor authentication is available. You can invite collaborators to individual machines with manage or view rights, and generate scoped API tokens for programmatic access — see the API reference.
Getting help#
- Launch your first Cloud MachineThe quickest way to get started.
- Managing machinesThe full machine lifecycle.
- SupportIn-app tickets, answered by the support team.
Deploy from the API#
You can create and manage machines with an API token. See the API reference.
curl https://farlec.com/api/v1/machines \
-H "Authorization: Bearer farlec_YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"label":"web-1","plan_id":"…","image_id":"…","region":"ca"}'