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Create a cluster

Choose the criticality, hosting provider, region, account and machines, then launch the cluster. Change it, take it offline or delete it later.

Checked against the console on 23 Oct 2026

What a cluster is

Section titled “What a cluster is”

A cluster is a set of machines at the hosting provider of your choice. Fransys reserves them, installs Kubernetes and runs it for you. Your projects are deployed on it; several projects can share a cluster.

Create a cluster

Section titled “Create a cluster”

In Clusters, click New cluster. The console asks its questions in order:

  1. Which criticality? Basic, Stable or Critical. See Criticality.
  2. Where should the cluster run?
    • Need GPUs (AI, compute)? If yes, only regions offering GPU machines remain.
    • Where may your data go? European Union or Anywhere.
    • Hosting provider, then the region. Each region shows the monthly price of its cheapest machine.
  3. Which account? The Fransys account (machines billed by Fransys, from your balance) or your own account at the hosting provider. This question only appears if you have an account of your own with that provider. See Your cloud account.
  4. How many machines? and How should the machines be managed?: a single machine or several, AutoPilot or fixed machines. See AutoPilot and cap.
  5. Cluster name, then Create and deploy.

The price breakdown updates with every choice, per month, per day or per hour (a month counts 730 hours, as in billing).

While it’s being created

Section titled “While it’s being created”

Fransys orders the machines from the hosting provider, then installs Kubernetes, networking and HTTPS certificates: up to 15 minutes. The page updates by itself.

Right after, the cluster may stay Degraded for a few minutes, while the last machines and system components start. It switches to Online on its own. You can already deploy.

Read a cluster page

Section titled “Read a cluster page”
  • What you pay: the monthly cost based on what’s running, and the month’s cost day by day.
  • Usage: project by project, across the whole cluster, and the capacity that’s paid for but free.
  • Machines: each machine (control node, worker machine, load balancer), its state and its price.
  • Hosted projects, and Attach a project.
  • Configuration: criticality, machine management, cap, account, region.

Next

Section titled “Next”