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This quickstart is for Members (end users). If you’re the first person in your org, you’re also the Admin. See the Admin quickstart after completing this flow.
1

Create account

Go to cloud.vessl.ai and create an account. Verify your email to activate your account.
Sign up on VESSL.
2

Create organization

After logging in, create a new Organization. Optionally, create a Team.
Create organization on VESSL.
3

Create a shared volume

Go to the Storage tab in the sidebar and click Create new volume. Enter a Volume name and Description to create a shared volume. This volume can be attached to multiple workspaces to share data.
Create new volume on VESSL.
4

Create a workspace

Open the Workspace tab in the sidebar and click New Workspace. Enter a name, choose a small GPU spec for testing.In the Deployment settings step, attach the shared volume you just created. Click Deploy.
Create a workspace on VESSL.
You can run Jupyter notebooks directly in this workspace.
5

Explore workspace details

Created workspace on VESSL.
  • Connect: In the workspace detail page, open the Connect tab to access using Jupyter (port 8888) or SSH (port 22). See Connect.
  • Details: view GPU, volumes, image and other specs.
  • Logs: view container logs in real time.
  • Metrics: monitor CPU/GPU/Memory graphs.
6

Run code in JupyterLab

In the workspace detail page, open the Connect tab and click JupyterLab.
Workspace Details-Connect on VESSL.
In JupyterLab, create a Notebook → Python 3 (ipykernel). Run the following code:
print("Hello, VESSL!")
If the output prints successfully, your environment is ready.
To connect with SSH instead, follow Connect to generate/select an SSH key and copy the SSH command.
7

Clean up

To avoid charges: go to the Workspace tab in the sidebar, stop a running workspace from the kebab menu, and confirm Pause Workspace and Terminate to completely delete the workspace.
Stop workspace on VESSL.
Paused workspaces incur storage charges (for example, $0.0070/hr per 50GB for a workspace volume). Terminated workspaces incur no cost. Data in temporary storage is not preserved when paused.
To permanently remove a workspace: Click Terminate from the kebab menu and confirm by typing the workspace name and clicking Delete.