Tutorials
These tutorials walk through common ZCP deployments from account setup to verification. Each guide lists the required commands, explains the key decisions, and shows how to confirm the result.
Looking for a single feature instead of a full walkthrough? The CLI reference and the per-service guides in the sidebar cover those.
Tutorials
Section titled “Tutorials”Deploy a VPS and install Dokploy with the CLI
Section titled “Deploy a VPS and install Dokploy with the CLI”Go from a fresh account to a public virtual machine running Dokploy, a self-hosted app platform. You install and authenticate the CLI, create a VPS with a public IP and SSH access, and install Dokploy, all from the terminal. About 15 minutes.
You learn how to:
- Install and authenticate the
zcpCLI - Import an SSH key and pick a region, plan, and image
- Create an internet-facing VM with a public IP
- Connect over SSH and install Dokploy
Deploy OpenClaw from the Marketplace with the CLI
Section titled “Deploy OpenClaw from the Marketplace with the CLI”Deploy OpenClaw, a self-hosted personal AI assistant, straight from the ZSoftly Marketplace. It comes pre-installed on the image, so you deploy and connect, with no manual install. About 10 minutes.
You learn how to:
- Find a Marketplace app template with the CLI
- Deploy it in one command with your SSH key
- Open SSH and confirm the app is ready to configure
Deploy the Ollama Marketplace image on an Intel VM, pull a model, and use it from the CLI and REST API. The reference path uses an 8B model. Deployment time depends on image startup and model download speed.
You learn how to:
- Pick a YUL Intel plan from the catalog
- Use Ollama from the CLI,
/api/chat, and/api/generate - Compare the 8B and 70B CPU workload profiles
- Record timings, resource usage, and failure signals during a bounded test
Add Open WebUI to an existing Ollama VM. Run the browser client on the same machine, connect it to the host Ollama service, and keep access private with an encrypted SSH tunnel.
You learn how to:
- Install Open WebUI with Docker and connect it to host Ollama
- Access Open WebUI through an encrypted SSH tunnel
- Select models from the browser without changing their compute path
- Remove the container, network rules, VM, and any orphaned source-NAT IP
Where to go next
Section titled “Where to go next”- CLI quickstart: the short version, for when you already have an account
- Public Cloud quickstart: the same first deployment from the web portal
- Changelog: what is new across the platform
Provision a network and a virtual machine declaratively with the official zsoftly/zcp provider,
published on the Terraform and OpenTofu registries. You write one configuration file, apply it,
change it, and destroy it, with every resource tracked. About 15 minutes.
You learn how to:
- Install the provider and authenticate with an API token
- Describe a network and a VM in HCL and apply the plan
- Resize in place and import resources you created elsewhere
- Destroy the whole stack with nothing left behind
