Dashboard Overview

Overview

The AFRICLOUD dashboard is your central control panel for managing servers, billing, networking, and support.

Dashboard Home

When you log in, the home page shows:

• Resource summary — active VMs, bare metal servers, wallet balance, and active resources
• Quick actions — deploy a new server, top up wallet, or open a support ticket
• Recent VMs — your most recently created servers with status indicators
• Recent activity — latest actions on your account

Sidebar Navigation

• Compute — manage your virtual machines (start, stop, reboot, destroy, snapshots)
• Bare Metal — dedicated server management
• Volumes — block storage volumes
• Floating IPs — portable IP addresses
• Networking — VPC private networks
• DNS — domain name management
• Object Storage — S3-compatible bucket storage
• Billing — invoices, payment methods, wallet top-up, orders
• Support — open and manage support tickets
• Settings — account security, SSH keys, notifications, API keys

Server Status Indicators

• Running (green) — server is online and operational
• Stopped (grey) — server is powered off
• Provisioning (blue) — server is being created
• Error (red) — provisioning failed, contact support