A project is a scoped grouping of cloud resources. It keeps related compute, storage and networking together so they share one boundary for access, billing and operations.
Why projects exist
Projects give every workload a clear owner and boundary. Resources inside a project inherit the project's access rules and are reported under the project for billing and usage, which keeps a growing cloud footprint understandable.
What a project groups
- Compute and instances* provisioned for a workload.
- Storage volumes and artifacts* attached to that workload.
- Networking* that connects the resources to each other and to the internet.
- Access* governed by the company role model, scoped to the project.
A Cloud project is distinct from a Coder project. A Coder project scopes a repository and run context for agent work; a Cloud project scopes the infrastructure those runs or services run on.
Availability
Project-based resource grouping is part of the Ottili Cloud design. It is reachable through the Early Access program alongside compute; full self-service project management is being completed as the platform matures. Where a procedure depends on a control-plane feature that is not yet live, it is shown as planned rather than described as available.
Related
- Set up your [account](/docs/cloud-accounts) first.
- See how [compute](/docs/cloud-compute) runs inside a project.
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