In the life of any web developer, there comes a time when it’s time to get out of the «local» and place your code on a hosting or VPS. In this article, we will tell you why you should take a closer look at the Cloud Servers service from REG. RU, as well as how to order a server and start working in no more than 5 minutes.
- Why Cloud servers and not regular hosting or VPS?
- Hourly rate
- Developer API
- Server Cloning
- Cost
- How to order a server and connect to it
- Step 1. Go to the REG website
- Step 2. Select configuration and pattern
- Step 3. Order a server and replenish the balance
- Step 4. Connect to the server
- Step 5. Check that everything works
- Results and conclusions
- Service characteristics
- Tariffs
- Tariffs for REG website builder services
- Tariffs for REG services. S ITE
- Tariffs for VPS services
- Interface photos/screenshots
- Rating of Russian hostings with CDN
- CDN hosting rating
Why Cloud servers and not regular hosting or VPS?
The choice in favor of virtual servers is worth making if:
Cloud servers REG. RUs are similar to ordinary VPS, but they provide more flexibility and additional features. Let’s highlight the main ones.
Hourly rate
There are 7 templates available on Cloud Servers, on which popular applications are already installed and configured: LAMP (Apache + MySQL + PHP/Python), LEMP (NGINX + MySQL + PHP/Python), Django, Node.js, Docker, as well as two control panels — ISPmanager 5 and Vesta.
Having ordered a server with a template, in a minute you will receive an environment ready for work.
If you prefer to work with a clean OS, you can choose any available version of Ubuntu (16.04, 18.04, 20.04), CentOS (6, 7, 8) or Debian (9, 10).
Developer API
For developers, there is an API to manage VPS without logging into your personal account every time. The API also allows you to automate the process of buying new servers or upgrading.
Server Cloning
Has it ever happened to you: you made changes to the project, but suddenly everything broke, and you urgently need to roll back? If you work locally, then there is nothing to worry about. But problems on the production server will lead to downtime, which can be critical for public projects or sites. To prevent this from happening, the server can be cloned (with one button through your personal account or through the API) and first check the changes on the copy.
Cost
Prices for Cloud servers start from 37 kopecks per hour (that’s 248 rubles per month). There is a nice feature — if the server worked 672 hours in a calendar month, and this is 28 days, then no money is charged for the remaining days of the month.
For example, if you take a top server with 320 GB of disk, 24 GB of RAM and 12 vCPU for 14.79 rubles per hour and turn it on only on weekdays for 9 hours, then you will spend about 2660 rubles per month ( not counting disk space and IP fees). This is about three times less than the full cost of the server per month with constant use.

In addition to the standard rates in REG. RU has a «Dedicated cloud» line. Here you will get virtual processor cores that can be loaded at 100%. Such servers are suitable for very resource-intensive tasks, such as video encoding. They cost more: from 5.03 to 29.73 rubles per hour, and all the same features are available on them as on standard tariffs. Dedicated Cloud servers are located on separate physical machines with fewer VPSs, so their disk performance is higher.
You can also connect a paid backup service to Cloud servers — it costs 20% of the server price.
How to order a server and connect to it
The ordering process is extremely simple: you can handle it, even if you have never used hosting or VPS before.
Step 1. Go to the REG website
On the Cloud Servers page, you can learn more about the features of the service, use cases, and immediately select the desired configuration and tariff.
Step 2. Select configuration and pattern
To order a server, you need to select the operating system, template and tariff. For example, if you want to start a Django project, you can order a ready-made template with this framework. Choose a tariff based on the size of your project — for the first time, you can take the youngest, and then increase it if necessary. If you wish, activate the backup service.

Step 3. Order a server and replenish the balance
Click on the «Order server» button.
You will be taken to your personal account, where you need to replenish the balance of your cloud account in order for the server to start working. This can be done using a bank card or one of the payment systems. Click on the «Pay» button and replenish the balance by at least 100 rubles (REG. RU condition, which is valid for servers with hourly billing).

After replenishing the balance, you need to wait about a minute while the server is being created.
Step 4. Connect to the server
An important point: the console may not open if the browser has a ban on pop-up windows. You can only allow pop-ups for the REG site. EN to fix this issue.

If you prefer the standard Linux console or Putty on Windows, you can connect to the server through them using the SSH protocol.
Step 5. Check that everything works
When you enter the Cloud Server, you will see all installed software and its versions. In our case, the server already has Nginx, Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and other packages. At the same time, a Django test project is immediately deployed on the server, to which you can connect via the admin URL. The path to the project on the server is also indicated.

You can enter the project folder by entering the command:

Excellent! Now you can replace the test project with your own.
Results and conclusions
Cloud servers REG. RU are perfect for any direction of web development. Whether you want to host a website on them, make a chat bot, write a backend for a mobile application, or just learn how to administer Linux, there will be practically no restrictions for you. If the article did not answer all your questions about Cloud Servers, then you can get to know them better on the REG website. RU and in the «Help» section.
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Service characteristics
Cost From 250 rubles
Affiliate program Yes
Languages Russian, English
Account currency RUB, EUR, USD
Company address 125252, Moscow, Beryozovaya Roshcha passage, 12, fl. 2, com. 4
Main office 125252, Moscow, Beryozovaya grove passage, 12, fl. 2, com. 4
Owner of the company “Domain Names Registrar REG. RU»
Tariffs
By placing an order for any of the Tariffs specified in this section, the Customer agrees to clauses 1.14 and 2.21 of the Regulations “Rules for the provision of services”
1* Traffic is provided free of charge subject to the following condition: outgoing traffic from the virtual server must be at least 4 times more than incoming traffic. As a rule, in terms of hosting, the ratio is about 1:10.
2* The number of sites is the so-called multi-domain hosting. That is, the number of independent sites on a virtual server or domains of any level pointing to different directories of any of these sites.
3* Technical support for hosting and servers at the ticket system level works around the clock.
4* More details about the current restrictions are specified in the Agreement
Tariffs for REG website builder services
1* The order and renewal of the service under this tariff is carried out exclusively for 12 months.
2* Payment under the “Endless” tariff is made one-time, the term of the service is not limited, however, the service can be suspended and subsequently deleted if the circumstances specified in clause 8.1 occur. Applications “Rules for the provision of services”.
3* More details about the current restrictions are specified in the Agreement
Tariffs for REG services. S ITE
1* More details about the current restrictions are specified in the Agreement
2* Technical support for hosting and servers at the ticket system level works around the clock.
3* Traffic is provided free of charge subject to the following condition: outgoing traffic from the virtual server must be at least 4 times more than incoming traffic. As a rule, in terms of hosting, the ratio is about 1:10.
4* The number of sites is the so-called multi-domain hosting. That is, the number of independent sites on a virtual server or domains of any level pointing to different directories of any of these sites.
Tariffs for VPS services
1* All prices in this appendix to the contract are inclusive of VAT and other taxes. These rates are valid from 01/24/2017.
The cost of the service for changing the tariff of a virtual dedicated VPS server (migration from the ordered tariff to the updated tariffs specified in the relevant Appendix to this agreement) is 0 rubles.
Tariffs for Virtual Hosting and VPS services do not apply to file archives of video, music, etc., large files that violate the regulations for the provision of services. The cost for file archives is approved in each case individually and is formalized in a separate agreement in writing, which is an integral part of the Hosting Service Agreement.
Interface photos/screenshots
description of selected options
Russia is the most popular hosting location in our rating. As a rule, good hosters offer a choice of several locations for your project: Russia, the USA or European countries. It is worth noting, however, that this does not indicate the quality of the services provided by the hoster, but only allows you to more flexibly distribute resources between your projects and optimize the data transfer process depending on the geography of the target audience of your sites.
In general, we can say that Russian hostings work faster for users from Russia. However, the stability of their work varies depending on how competent the technical support staff of a particular hosting provider are. more.
CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a system of servers scattered around the world that helps users download web pages and various multimedia content faster. The essence of the work of CDN can be explained with a simple example. You have probably noticed that sites located on servers, for example, Canada or China, load extremely slowly in Russia.
If you use a CDN, then your users will receive content from the server closest to them — the CDN node, while reducing the load on the main server. If the nearest node is not available, the user will still receive their page or download, since the content will be cached simultaneously at all points in the CDN network. more.
Rating of Russian hostings with CDN
The rating of hosting providers that you see below is impartial and incorruptible. The position in the rating depends on the stability of work, the age of the hosting provider and the cost of shared hosting. The rating of Russian hosting with CDN does not include companies under 3 years old, as well as companies with at least one thousand customers.
Companies are sorted by, but can be sorted by price, age or number of customers.
Suppose you want to create a new resource and host it on some European server. The likelihood that users from America or Asia will not be able to enjoy the high loading speed of the site and content is very high. If a web page takes longer than 7 seconds to load, the average user leaves that site.
But if you use a CDN, then your users will receive content from the server closest to them — the CDN node, while reducing the load on the main server. If the nearest node is not available, the user will still receive their page or download, since the content will be cached simultaneously at all points in the CDN network. Thus, your site’s fault tolerance will increase many times over, and its loading speed will be the same almost all over the world.
By choosing a CDN service, you will get high-quality and fast work of your site and significantly reduce the risk of its “falls”.
CDN hosting rating
The rating of hosting providers that you see below is impartial and incorruptible. The position in the rating depends on the stability of work, the age of the hosting provider and the cost of shared hosting. Companies under 3 years old, as well as companies with at least one thousand customers, do not participate in the CDN hosting rating.

