Create a HivePod

Console

Go to HivePods and click Create HivePod. The wizard has six steps:

1. Choose OS: see the operating systems.
2. Select Plan: a size (Nano, Micro, Small or Medium).
3. Choose Region: a region close to you.
4. SSH Keys: coming soon; skip it.
5. Configure:
   • HivePod Name: 3 to 64 lowercase letters, digits and hyphens (or click Generate).
   • Hostname (optional): used for the pod’s web address. Leave it empty to generate one from the name.
   • Startup script (optional): a command that runs whenever the pod starts. See Startup command.
6. Review, then create.

CLI

Run the wizard:

hivepod create

It asks for a name, OS, size, region, environment variables, a startup command and a subdomain, then shows a summary.

Or script it:

hivepod create web1 --os ubuntu-24.04 --size small --region eu \
  --subdomain web1 --env APP_ENV=dev --cmd "python3 -m http.server 80"

A custom size needs all three of --cpu, --ram and --disk:

hivepod create big1 --os debian-12 --cpu 4 --ram 8g --disk 80g

What it costs

Before you create a pod, the console’s Review step and hivepod create show what the size costs on your plan:

• the vCPU-hours it uses in a month if it runs all the time (vCPUs × 730 hours; a Small pod with 2 vCPU is about 1,460 vCPU-hours),
• how many of those your plan’s remaining included vCPU-hours cover this billing period,
• and the rest as overage, at $2 per vCPU-month on paid plans (billed by the hour).

Estimated cost
  2 vCPU running all month ≈ 1,460 vCPU-hours (≈$4/mo · $0.0055/hr)
  700 of 730 included vCPU-hours left this period on Developer Plan
  700 vCPU-hours included, 760 over → ≈$2.08 a month at $2/vCPU-month (only while it runs; stop it to pause the meter).

The Free Tier has hard limits and is never charged: the estimate tells you how many hours your included vCPU-hours cover at that size. A stopped pod uses no vCPU-hours. See Usage and billing for how usage is measured.

Provisioning runs in the background. Check it with hivepod status <name> or on the pod’s page in the console; it’s ready when the status is running.

The pod’s address

The address is https://<subdomain>.dockhive.sh. If you don’t choose a subdomain, DockHive generates one from the name, such as web1-a3f9c2. The CLI wizard uses the pod’s name as its subdomain by default. Subdomains are unique and some names are reserved.