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Cloud Instances
A cloud instance is a dedicated Linux container managed by your organisation through Mincemeat. Administrators create instances and assign them to users. Once assigned, you can view your instance's status, monitor resource usage, open a web terminal for interactive work, and review available snapshots and domain settings.
What you can do with user access
| Capability | What it means |
|---|---|
| View assigned instances | See every instance that an admin has assigned to your account, including name, status, and configuration. |
| Read status and metrics | Check whether an instance is running, stopped, or in a transitional state. View CPU, memory, and disk usage. |
| Start, stop, and restart | Use lifecycle controls when the instance is in a state that allows them. |
| Open the web terminal | Connect to a running instance through a browser-based terminal for interactive command-line work. |
| View snapshots | See the list of point-in-time snapshots created by administrators. |
| View instance domains | See the custom domain attached to your instance and its current validation state. |
| Update proxy settings | Toggle authentication and maintenance mode on your instance's domain when those controls are available. |
What requires administrator access
The following actions are managed by administrators and are not available to user-role accounts:
- Creating, deleting, or reassigning instances.
- Changing instance resource limits (CPU, memory, disk).
- Creating, restoring, or deleting snapshots.
- Attaching or removing a custom domain.
- Blocking IPs, managing referrers, or purging CDN cache.
Getting started
If you have at least one assigned instance, start with View your instances to explore the instance list and detail views.