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Common starting points for developers building on IONOS infrastructure.

Deploy your first VM

Spin up a virtual machine on IONOS Cloud in minutes using our REST API or Terraform provider.

Set up a Kubernetes cluster

Create a managed Kubernetes cluster with auto-scaling node pools and monitoring.

Container Cloud

Connect to S3-compatible storage

Store and retrieve objects using IONOS Object Storage with standard S3 SDK compatibility.

Automate with Terraform

Use the official IONOS Terraform provider to manage infrastructure as code at scale.

API Reference

RESTful API, built for scale

The IONOS Cloud API follows REST conventions with JSON over HTTPS. Authenticate once, manage every resource programmatically.

OpenAPI 3.0 specification

Download the full spec and generate client SDKs in any language.

Async operations with polling

Long-running tasks return a request ID you can poll for completion.

Token-based authentication

Use API tokens or Basic Auth. Role-based access control built in.

Browse endpoints Download OpenAPI spec

        # Create a new virtual server

        curl -X POST \

          'https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6/datacenters/{id}/servers' \

          -H 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN' \

          -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \

          -d '{'

            "properties": {

              "name": "my-app-server",

              "cores": 4,

              "ram": 8192,

              "cpuFamily": "INTEL_SKYLAKE"

            }

          '

        # Response

        {

          "id": "srv-a3c2f7e91b4d",

          "type": "server",

          "metadata": {

            "state": "BUSY",

            "requestId": "req-8e4a..."

          }

        }

Tutorials & SDK guides

Step-by-step guides

Practical tutorials for the most common cloud workflows.

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Automate VM lifecycle with ionoscloud-sdk-python

Deploy a Go microservice to Container Cloud

Multi-zone infrastructure with IONOS Terraform Provider

Upload & serve files from IONOS Object Storage

Provision and configure VMs with IONOS Ansible modules

Database cluster provisioning via IONOS Java SDK

What's new

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New feature

Container Cloud: GPU node pools now available in DE/FRA and ES/VIE

May 22, 2026

API update

v6 API: Added X-Request-Idempotency-Key header support for POST requests

May 14, 2026

New guide

Tutorial: Deploying a resilient multi-region PostgreSQL setup with automated failover

May 8, 2026

Deprecation

v5 API endpoints will reach end-of-life on August 31, 2026 — migration guide available

April 29, 2026

SDK release

ionoscloud-sdk-python v8.1.0 released — adds async/await support and improved pagination

April 18, 2026

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