Overview
Welcome to GalaxyGate. This guide takes you from a brand-new account to a running virtual machine you can log into, control, and recover if you ever lock yourself out. You do everything from the control panel at dash.galaxygate.net, and every step below shows the exact panel screen and the button you click, rendered live on the page instead of as a screenshot.
Work through the pages in order the first time. After that, treat this as a map: jump straight to the task you need.
Start here
Key terms
A few words show up throughout the panel and this documentation. Learn them once and the rest reads easily.
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Instance | A single virtual machine, also called a server or VPS. "Instance" is the word the panel and the API use, so it is the word we use here. |
| Workspace | The container that owns your resources and members. Every instance, SSH key, and token lives in a workspace, and you invite other people into it. You can belong to more than one. |
| SSH key | A pair of keys. You keep the private half on your computer and upload the public half to your workspace, so it is installed on every new instance and your machine is trusted the moment it boots. |
| Token | A credential that stands in for you. A session token is minted when you sign in and backs the panel. An API token is one you create yourself so scripts can act on your behalf. |
Two ways to do everything
Every task in this guide can also be run against the REST API at https://api.galaxygate.net/v1. When a page has a matching API call, it links to it, and the API section has full request examples.
Next step
Create your account and sign in to the control panel.