# Connect your Vultr account

Enable the Vultr API, copy your API key, connect it to Nuvlo, and create your first Vultr server.

## Before you start

- A Vultr account with a payment method or credit
- The **Owner**, **Admin** or **Developer** role on your Nuvlo account

## Step 1: Open the API settings in Vultr

Sign in to the Vultr customer portal and open **Account** → **API**.

## Step 2: Enable the API and copy the key

If the API is not enabled yet, enable it. Vultr then shows your API key. Copy it.

A Vultr API key has access to the whole Vultr account. Vultr does not offer keys limited to certain products.

## Step 3: Check Access Control

On the same page, **Access Control** decides which IP addresses may use the key. By default it allows any IPv4 and any IPv6 address. Keep those entries: without them Vultr refuses Nuvlo’s requests, and connecting fails with a message about an IP address.

## Step 4: Add the key in Nuvlo

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

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

Enter an **Account label (optional)** and paste the key into **API key or token**.

![The Connect Vultr dialog with the Account label and API key or token fields](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/shots/connect-vultr--connect-dialog.webp)

## Step 5: Connect and check

Click **Connect account**. Nuvlo checks the key with Vultr and saves it. 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 Vultr server

Open [Create server](https://app.nuvlo.dev/dashboard/servers/create), choose **Vultr** and, if you have several, 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 Vultr |
| --- | --- |
| Billing | Hourly, capped at the monthly price. Vultr bills you directly. |
| Plans | Regular, high-frequency and high-performance. |
| Resizing | Upgrades to a bigger plan only. Vultr restarts the server itself. The IP address stays the same. |
| Provider backups | Automatic backups, 20% of the server price, restored over the server. |
| Snapshots | Restore over the server or into a new one. |

If you regenerate the API key in Vultr, the old key stops working. Paste the new one under **Manage** on the Server providers page.

The key is for servers only. To keep site backups in Vultr Object Storage, connect it separately as described in [Connect backup storage](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/connect-backup-storage).

## Troubleshooting

- **The provider rejected this key**: the key was mistyped or regenerated since you copied it. Copy it again from **Account** → **API**.
- The message mentions an IP address: **Access Control** blocks Nuvlo. Restore the entries that allow any IPv4 and IPv6 address, then connect again.

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