Scaleway

When to use

You want one Scaleway Instance running the whole stack.

Prerequisites

The shared VM prerequisites: fresh Ubuntu 24.04 x86_64, 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD, public IPv4, SSH key, domain. Scaleway bills you for the server, storage and traffic.

1. Prepare DNS and firewall

Configure the Instance's security group to allow inbound TCP 80/443 from the internet and TCP 22 only from your public IP. Allow outbound traffic.

2. Create the server

1. In your Scaleway project, create an x86 Instance with the plain Ubuntu 24.04 image and the resources above. Choose a persistent root volume.
2. Assign a public IPv4 address and add your SSH public key.
3. Start the Instance and connect with ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP. To use cloud-init instead, do not start it yet (see step 3).

See Scaleway's Instance creation guide.

3. Install Grovs

Over SSH: run the shared installer.

With cloud-init: for a fresh Instance that has not started yet, generate the cloud-init file. With the Scaleway CLI configured for the correct project and zone, attach it before the first boot, replacing SERVER_ID with your Instance ID:

scw instance server update SERVER_ID cloud-init=@/tmp/grovs-cloud-init.yaml
scw instance server start SERVER_ID

See Scaleway's cloud-init instructions.

Point the DNS records at the public IPv4 shown in the Scaleway console.

4. Deploy and verify

Follow the shared verify steps.

Upgrades

See the shared VM upgrade notes.

Gotchas

See the shared gotchas.