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# Simple and scalable
cloud infrastructure
*Since 2007 we’ve been providing
**UK based cloud services** that developers love.*

#### 100% UK Sovereign

Your data remains entirely within the UK and is subject only to UK law.

#### 100% Independent

We own and operate every layer of our stack – hardware, software, network and IP address space.

#### 100% Renewable Energy

Our infrastructure is powered entirely by renewable energy sources.

Brightbox have been exceptional since the day that we signed up. *Incredibly responsive support* and uptime so good that I don't even think about it.

Dave Verwer

Really love using the Brightbox control panel to manage our cloud servers, ips, firewall and cloud storage. *Much easier to use than Amazon AWS.* Also customer support is just excellent, with incredible response times.

Alvaro Durán

I’m not really an ops-guy, but the *simplicity of the interface and the helpful Brightbox team* made me think that I could do it. It’s been 5 years!

Andreas Høyland

We have used Brightbox for the last 8 years and have been grateful for the *rock solid infrastructure, expertise and thoughtful support* they have provided. Thank you!

Rob Dupuis

## API Tools & Integrations

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# Create a server
$ curl https://api.gb1.brightbox.com/1.0/servers \
-X POST \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer 414028a4b75139fc1b03b51dc294d1b4c591d666' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"image":"img-xxxxx","name":"Test server from API"}'

{
"resource_type" : "server",
"id" : "srv-mcj3x",
"created_at" : "2020-08-03T13:54:21Z",
"console_token" : null,
"started_at" : null,
"cloud_ips" : [],
"snapshots" : [],
"name" : "Test server from API",
...
}

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$ brightbox servers create -n "Test server from CLI" img-xxxxx

Creating a 1gb.ssd (typ-w0hf9) server with image ubuntu-bionic-18.04-amd64-server (img-xxxxx)

id         status    type     zone   created_on  image_id   cloud_ips  name
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srv-zx1hd  creating  1gb.ssd  gb1-b  2020-08-02  img-xxxxx             Test server from CLI
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require 'fog'

compute = Fog::Compute.new(
:provider => :brightbox,
:brightbox_client_id => "cli-xyzab",
:brightbox_secret => "some_secret"
)

zone = compute.zones.first
compute.servers.create(:zone_id => zone.id, :image_id => 'img-s0jtd')

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func main() {
apiUrl := "https://api.gb1.brightbox.com"

// Setup OAuth2 authentication
conf := clientcredentials.Config{
ClientID:     "cli-xxxxx",
ClientSecret: "somesecret",
Scopes:       []string{},
TokenURL:     apiUrl + "/token",
}
oc := conf.Client(oauth2.NoContext)

// Setup connection to API
client, err := brightbox.NewClient(apiUrl, "", oc)

// Get a list of servers
servers, err := client.Servers()
for _, server := range servers {
fmt.Printf("id:%s name:%s\n", server.Id, server.Name)
}
}

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$ docker-machine create -d brightbox \
--brightbox-client cli-xyzab \
--brightbox-client-secret some_secret

Running pre-create checks...
Creating machine...
Waiting for machine to be running, this may take a few minutes...
Machine is running, waiting for SSH to be available...
Detecting operating system of created instance...
Provisioning created instance...
Copying certs to the local machine directory...
Copying certs to the remote machine...
Setting Docker configuration on the remote daemon...
To see how to connect Docker to this machine, run: docker-machine env example

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terraform {
required_providers {
brightbox = {
source  = "brightbox/brightbox"
version = "~> 3.0"
}
}
}

provider "brightbox" {
username = var.user_email_address
password = var.user_secret_password
account = var.account_to_work_on
}

$ terraform init

Initializing the backend...

Initializing provider plugins...
- Finding brightbox/brightbox versions matching "~> 3.0"...
- Installing brightbox/brightbox v3.4.3...
- Installed brightbox/brightbox v3.4.3 (signed by a HashiCorp partner, key ID 86A01C78D276AC7C)

Partner and community providers are signed by their developers.
If you'd like to know more about provider signing, you can read about it here:
https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/plugins/signing.html

Terraform has been successfully initialized!

...

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apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: brightbox-cluster-autoscaler
name: release-brightbox-cluster-autoscaler
namespace: kube-system
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: brightbox-cluster-autoscaler
template:
metadata:
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: brightbox-cluster-autoscaler
spec:
containers:
- name: brightbox-cluster-autoscaler
image: brightbox/cluster-autoscaler-brightbox:1.32.2
command:
- ./cluster-autoscaler
- --cloud-provider=brightbox
- --namespace=kube-system
- --cluster-name=example.cluster.local
- --logtostderr=true
- --skip-nodes-with-local-storage=true
- --stderrthreshold=info
- --v=2
envFrom:
- secretRef:
name: brightbox-credentials
ports:
- containerPort: 8085
protocol: TCP

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## Established in 2007 *Trusted by developers, big brands and people like you*

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## Latest blog posts

**14 Jan 2025**

#### Orbit Object Storage updates

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**10 Oct 2024**

#### PostgreSQL 17 now available in Cloud SQL

Today we’re announcing support for version 17 of PostgreSQL in Cloud SQL. PostgreSQL 17 contains a number of new features and enhancements, including: N...

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**18 Sep 2024**

#### Sharing secrets with SSH keys

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