# OVHcloud

Manage OVH public cloud projects and services.

## What you can manage

- Public Cloud instances
- Managed Kubernetes
- Block Storage volumes
- Object Storage
- Load Balancers
- Private Networks
- Floating IPs
- Gateways
- Public Cloud Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, OpenSearch, Cassandra, M3DB, Grafana)

## Credentials

Generate API credentials at the [OVH API token page](https://www.ovh.com/auth/api/createToken) with the scopes you need, then paste:

- **Application Key** and **Application Secret** — identify your app to the OVH API.
- **Consumer Key** — the per-user grant returned when the token is validated.
- **API Endpoint** — region: `eu` (Europe), `ca` (Canada), or `us` (United States).
- **Public Cloud Project ID** — the project to manage.

![OVH Add-account form with application key / secret / consumer key / endpoint / project fields](https://agent-assets.infrawrench.com/docs-screenshots/plugins/ovh/add-account.png)

## Notable flows

- **SSH terminal** on public cloud instances.
- **Block volume attachment** to instances in the same region.
- **Peer-plugin tabs** on managed databases — PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, and [OpenSearch](./opensearch.md) clusters open the matching client plugin's tab with the endpoint pre-filled. OVH never returns user passwords after creation, so the peer tab works for users whose password Infrawrench captured at create time; pre-existing users need a rotated password pasted in.

## Tips & limits

- OVH’s API is organized by region (eu, us, ca). Make sure the token has scope for every region you plan to use.
- Consumer keys can be time-limited — pay attention to expiry when creating.

## Cost graphs

OVHcloud accounts feed [cost graphs & budgets](../features/cloud-costs.md) from bills (`/me/bill`) plus current unbilled consumption — pre-tax amounts on bill dates, broken down by service.

- The consumer key needs access rules for `GET /me/bill*` and `GET /me/consumption*`. Without the consumption rule, invoiced history still collects and only the current-period preview is missing.