Start from Cloud CLI

Make sure you have gone through the Sign-up for Cloud Account section before continuing.

Prerequisites

• Docker installed and running

• Bun installed

• Docker Hub account for publishing images

• Phala Cloud API key

Installation

Clone the CLI repo

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Phala-Network/tee-cloud-cli.git

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Build
bun run build

Generate a Phala Cloud API Key

Log into your dashboard and select the logo in the top left corner.

Click your username and select "API Tokens".

Click Create Token and then copy your newly generated API Key.

Launch a CVM with a Dstack Example

Now we want to set the API Key for the CLI and launch our first CVM. Take the API Key you copied down then set it with the teecloud set-apikeycommand.

teecloud set-apikey your-phala-cloud-api-key

Deploy one of the Dstack examples under the examples folder. This example with launch the timelock-nts example where a key is derived within the TEE then after 5 minutes, the private key is released.

# Deploy the timelock-nts example
teecloud deploy -c ./examples/timelock-nts/docker-compose.yml -n timelock-nts

Example Output:

Deploying CVM ...
Deployment successful
App Id: cc3ee84d7e708aed326d5df6d22296f65b4fd99e
App URL: https://cloud.phala.network/dashboard/cvms/app_cc3ee84d7e708aed326d5df6d22296f65b4fd99e

You should see the CVM in your Dashboard now. Go and check the details.

Note: You often need to wait for a few seconds for the CVM to be ready, before that the page will be blank.

Click on the Containers tab and get check out the logs.

You'll have access to your logs from your newly deployed Confidential VM in Phala Cloud.

For more information on the Timelock-NTS example, check out the information in the Dstack Examples Repo.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have deployed your first CVM into the Phala Cloud. Let's move to more meaningful examples.