Aquanode DocsSimplePod keys
Which SimplePod API key to create for the Aquanode general console.
SimplePod API keys live in Account Settings, on the Subaccounts tab. Each key belongs to one subaccount and carries that subaccount's permissions. Create a subaccount for Aquanode, allow it to rent and delete instances, and use its key. A read-only key cannot create boxes.
aq accounts add simplepodaq asks for one field, API key, without echoing it.
Use the dashboard API key, not an inference key
SimplePod also issues Inference API keys that start with sk-sp-. Those work
only on its inference endpoint, not on the instance API, so aq accounts add
rejects them.
SimplePod terms section 16(1)(x)
Section 16(1)(x) of the terms and conditions bars resale, lease, sublicensing or any other commercial provision of a virtual server or Computing Points to third parties without SimplePod's prior written consent. Boxes you create through Aquanode are rented on your own SimplePod account, and the key stays on your own device. If you plan to give other people use of those boxes, ask SimplePod first.
Limits to know
- No per-key spend cap is documented. Billing is prepaid from your account balance. When the balance cannot cover the next hour, SimplePod ends the rental and may delete the server.
- Deleting a server stops its charges, except for an attached network disk.
- SimplePod does not refund funds spent by someone who used your credentials without your consent, so revoke the key at SimplePod if it may have leaked.
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The key stays on your own device. Aquanode never receives it.