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Your First Service

This guide walks you through provisioning your first managed service on Servala.

Browse the service catalog

  1. From the portal dashboard, navigate to the Services section.

    Service catalog

  2. Browse the available services. Services are organized by category (e.g., Databases, DevOps, Identity Management).

  3. Click on a service to see its details, available cloud providers, and zones.

Select a provider and zone

  1. On the service detail page, you'll see the available offerings -- combinations of cloud provider and zone where this service can be provisioned.

  2. Select the offering that matches your requirements (provider, region, data residency).

Configure your instance

  1. Click Create Instance on your chosen offering.

    Service configuration

  2. Enter a display name for your instance (a human-readable name for your reference).

  3. Configure the service parameters. Depending on the service, you may see:

    • Custom mode -- A simplified form with the most common settings
    • Expert mode -- All available configuration options from the service's API schema

  4. Select a Compute Plan if available (defines the resource tier -- CPU, memory).

  5. Review your configuration and click Create.

Monitor your instance

After creation, you'll be taken to the instance detail page where you can:

  • Monitor the provisioning status
  • View connection credentials once the instance is ready
  • Access instance logs

Your instance will typically be ready within a few minutes.

Instance listing

Next steps