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Last updated: 2025-11-27 16:17:41
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This document helps you quickly get started with Tencent Cloud Virtual Machine (CVM) instance.

1. Overview

Tencent Cloud CVM is a scalable cloud computing service that frees you from estimation of resource usage and upfront investment. With Tencent Cloud CVM, you can start CVMs and deploy applications immediately.

2. Learn about CVM

See the following documents to learn more about CVM instances.
CVM Overview
Instance Billing Modes
Use Limits Overview
Concepts.

3. Create CVM Instances

You can flexibly select the region, model, image, public network bandwidth, purchase quantity and validity period on the Custom Configuration page to purchase CVM instances to meet your business needs.
To create CVMs in a custom way, please see Customizing Linux CVM Configurations or Customizing Windows CVM Configurations.



4. Log in to CVM Instances

After you purchase CVM instances, you can log in to them. For more information, see:
Logging in to a Linux Instance
Logging in to a Windows Instance
Then you can log in to them to store your local files, use them as your virtual machines or build websites. For more information and practices, see the following contents.

5. Relevant Information

Overview of console features

Feature
Reference
Create CVM instances
Name instances or CVMs according to a rule
Upgrade or downgrade the CVM specification
Select SSH key pair as the encrypted CVM login method and manage SSH keys
Change or reset your instance password
Terminate, release or return a CVM instance
Obtain the CVM instance list of a region
Search for CVM instances and other resources
Cross-region Search
Create a custom image and use this image to start more new instances that have the same custom configurations as the original one
Obtain images shared by other users, get the necessary components and add custom contents
Import the system disk image on local computers or other platforms to the custom image on the CVM
Create and export a Linux image
Create and export a Windows image
Migrate systems and applications on the source servers from your IDCs or other cloud platforms to Tencent Cloud
Expand cloud disks to increase the storage capacity
Convert a public IP to an EIP to mask an instance failure
Configure security groups based on use cases
Use tags to categorize and manage your CVM resources
View the monitoring data of CVM instances such as the CPU, memory, network bandwidth, and disks

Advanced usage

You can build a personal website or forum on CVM instances as instructed in Setting up a Website.

Developer tools

Tencent Cloud API provides a variety of tools including API Explorer, TCCLI, SDK, and API Inspector, helping you easily use and quickly manage Tencent Cloud services with a few codes.

6. Feedback and Suggestions

If you have any doubts or suggestions when using Tencent Cloud CVM products and services, you can submit your feedback through the following channels. Dedicated personnel will contact you to solve your problems.
To report product documentation issues such as link, content, or API errors, you can click Send Feedback at the bottom of the document.
If you encounter product-related problems, please submit a ticket.
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