Ryuucloud

Ryuucloud is betting big on the GreenOps movement. They offer a "Carbon-Aware" instance type that automatically shifts non-urgent batch jobs to times when the regional grid has the highest renewable energy availability. In return, customers receive a 15% discount and a verified carbon offset certificate.

In response to rising state-sponsored attacks on cloud metadata services, Ryuucloud has implemented Ephemeral Identity. Every API call generates a one-time-use cryptographic token tied to the specific request payload. Even if a token is intercepted, it cannot be replayed. ryuucloud

Furthermore, all customer data at rest is encrypted with AES-256, but uniquely, Ryuucloud allows customers to bring their own HSM (Hardware Security Module) via PCIe passthrough—a feature usually reserved for on-premise enterprise hardware. Ryuucloud is betting big on the GreenOps movement

Every Ryuucloud instance comes with free Anycast DNS (up to 50 million queries per month) and automatic Layer 3/4 DDoS protection up to 2 Tbps. The platform scrubs malicious traffic at the edge, ensuring your origin IP remains hidden and available. Access: Within one minute, you'll receive the IPv4

Full RESTful API access is available from day one. You can spin up, destroy, resize, or snapshot instances via simple curl commands or native SDKs (Python, Go, Node.js). Terraform and Pulumi providers are also available for Infrastructure-as-Code workflows.

Getting started is straightforward. Follow this step-by-step guide:

  • Access: Within one minute, you'll receive the IPv4 address and root password (or you can use SSH key auth).
  • Post-Install: Run curl -sSL https://ryuucloud.com/optimize | bash to apply the recommended kernel tweaks for networking and disk I/O.