Introduction

ZCP (ZSoftly Cloud Platform) is a cloud infrastructure platform that lets you provision and manage virtual machines, private networks, block storage, object storage, and Kubernetes clusters from a single portal.

Note

Throughout these docs:

• ZCP: ZSoftly Cloud Platform (this product, the public cloud portal)
• ZPCP: ZSoftly Private Cloud Platform (the on-premises / dedicated private cloud product)
• ZCP CLI: the zcp command-line tool for managing ZCP resources

Capabilities

• Compute: Launch VMs with shared CPU, dedicated CPU, high-frequency, or GPU configurations
• Networking: Create public networks or fully isolated VPCs with subnets, ACLs, and VPN gateways
• Block Storage: Attach local NVMe SSD, local SATA SSD, or replicated shared-storage volumes to your VMs for additional persistent storage
• Object Storage: S3-compatible object storage
• Kubernetes: Managed Kubernetes clusters with HA and autoscaling support
• Load Balancer: Distribute traffic across VM instances with session persistence options
• DNS: Manage domains and DNS records from the portal

Access methods

Method	Use case
Portal	Web UI at cloud.zcp.zsoftly.ca
CLI	zcp: scriptable, cross-platform CLI tool
API	REST API: Cloud Platform · Object Storage

Get started

1. Create your account: sign up, verify email, set up billing
2. Set up your profile: personal info, 2FA, user roles
3. Quickstart: deploy your first VM end-to-end in under 10 minutes