# Connect your Scaleway account

Find your Scaleway Project ID, generate an API key, connect both to Nuvlo, and create your first Scaleway instance.

## Before you start

- A Scaleway account with a payment method and a Project for your servers
- The **Owner**, **Admin** or **Developer** role on your Nuvlo account

## Step 1: Copy the Project ID

Scaleway keeps resources in Projects, and every server Nuvlo creates is created in, and billed to, the Project you name. Sign in to the Scaleway console, open the Project you want to use and copy its **Project ID** from the Project’s settings.

A Project ID looks like `6f1c2a90-3b7e-4d1f-9a2c-1e5b7d3c8f40`.

## Step 2: Generate an API key

In the console, open **IAM** → **API keys** and generate a new API key. Choose who the key belongs to:

- Yourself: the key can do whatever your Scaleway user can do.
- An application: create an IAM application for Nuvlo first, and give it a policy with the `InstancesFullAccess` and `BlockStorageFullAccess` permission sets for your Project.

You can set an expiration. When the key expires, Nuvlo can no longer manage your servers until you replace it.

## Step 3: Copy the secret key

Scaleway shows an access key and a secret key. Nuvlo needs only the **secret key**. It is shown once, so copy it now.

## Step 4: Add the Project ID and secret key in Nuvlo

In Nuvlo, open **Integrations** → [Server providers](https://app.nuvlo.dev/dashboard/integrations/server-providers), click **Add provider** and choose **Scaleway**.

![The Add provider dialog with Scaleway among the providers](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/shots/connect-a-server-provider--picker.webp)

Enter an **Account label (optional)**, then fill in **Project ID** and **Secret key**. Both are required.

![The Connect Scaleway dialog with the Account label, Project ID and Secret key fields](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/shots/connect-scaleway--connect-dialog.webp)

## Step 5: Connect and check

Click **Connect account**. Nuvlo checks the key and the Project with Scaleway and saves them. The account shows under **Connected accounts**.

![The Connected accounts table with a provider account, its status and the Manage button](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/shots/connect-a-server-provider--connected.webp)

## Step 6: Create your first Scaleway instance

Open [Create server](https://app.nuvlo.dev/dashboard/servers/create), choose **Scaleway** and, if you have several Projects connected, the account under **Account**. Click **Choose what to host** and follow [Create a server](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/create-a-server).

## Good to know

| Topic | On Scaleway |
| --- | --- |
| Zones | Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw. |
| Billing | Hourly, capped at the monthly price. Scaleway bills you directly. |
| Plans | Development and general-purpose instances. |
| Resizing | Only to instance types Scaleway lists as compatible with the server. The public IP can change if the server has a dynamic IP. |
| Provider backups | Not managed from Nuvlo. Use [site backups](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/back-up-a-site) and snapshots. |
| Snapshots | Restore into a new server in the same zone. |

Each server Nuvlo creates gets a 20 GB Block Storage boot volume. When you delete the server in Nuvlo, Nuvlo removes that volume too, so it doesn’t stay on your bill.

To use several Projects, connect each one as its own account with its own Project ID.

## Troubleshooting

- **The Scaleway Project ID must be a UUID**: you pasted something other than the Project ID, such as the access key or the Organization ID. Copy the ID from the Project’s settings.
- **The provider rejected this key**: the secret key was mistyped, has expired, or cannot access Instances in that Project. Check the key’s permissions and try again.

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Source: https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/connect-scaleway