> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.xloud.tech/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# User Guides

> Guides for managing your cloud resources — instances, storage, networking, images, and more.

Documentation for cloud users to create and manage resources using the Xloud Dashboard and CLI.

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## Core Services

<CardGroup cols={4}>
  <Card title="Compute" icon="cpu" href="/services/compute/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Launch, manage, and scale virtual machine instances
  </Card>

  <Card title="Block Storage" icon="hard-drive" href="/services/storage/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Create and manage persistent volumes and snapshots
  </Card>

  <Card title="Networking" icon="network" href="/services/networking/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Configure networks, subnets, routers, and floating IPs
  </Card>

  <Card title="Images" icon="disc" href="/services/images/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Upload, manage, and share virtual machine images
  </Card>

  <Card title="Orchestration" icon="workflow" href="/services/orchestration/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Deploy infrastructure stacks with Heat templates
  </Card>

  <Card title="Dashboard" icon="gauge" href="/services/dashboard/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Manage all resources through the browser-based Xloud Dashboard
  </Card>

  <Card title="Identity & Access" icon="fingerprint" href="/services/identity/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Manage projects, users, roles, and authentication
  </Card>

  <Card title="Object Storage" icon="box" href="/services/object-storage/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Store and retrieve unstructured data
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Other Services

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  <Card title="Load Balancer" icon="combine" href="/services/load-balancer/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Distribute traffic across instances with health checks
  </Card>

  <Card title="DNS" icon="globe" href="/services/dns/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Manage DNS zones and records
  </Card>

  <Card title="Key Manager" icon="lock" href="/services/key-manager/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Store and manage encryption keys and secrets
  </Card>

  <Card title="Monitoring (XIMP)" icon="activity" href="/services/monitoring/user-guide" color="#197560">
    View dashboards, alerts, and infrastructure metrics
  </Card>

  <Card title="Software-Defined Storage" icon="layers" href="/services/sds/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Manage distributed storage pools, volumes, and erasure-coded data
  </Card>

  <Card title="Disaster Recovery" icon="rotate-ccw" href="/services/disaster-recovery/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Configure replication, failover, and recovery plans
  </Card>

  <Card title="Instance HA" icon="heart-pulse" href="/services/instance-ha/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Enable automatic instance recovery on host failure
  </Card>

  <Card title="Kubernetes (K8SaaS)" icon="container" href="/services/kubernetes/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters on demand
  </Card>

  <Card title="Resource Optimizer" icon="trending-up" href="/services/optimization/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Optimize workload placement and resource utilization
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## CLI Reference

Manage your Xloud environment from the command line for automation, scripting, and advanced operations.

<CardGroup cols={4}>
  <Card title="CLI Setup" icon="terminal" href="/cli-setup" color="#197560">
    Install and configure the command-line client
  </Card>

  <Card title="Compute CLI" icon="cpu" href="/services/compute/cli-reference" color="#197560">
    Instance, flavor, and hypervisor commands
  </Card>

  <Card title="Storage CLI" icon="hard-drive" href="/services/storage/cli-reference" color="#197560">
    Volume, snapshot, and backup commands
  </Card>

  <Card title="Networking CLI" icon="network" href="/services/networking/cli-reference" color="#197560">
    Network, subnet, router, and floating IP commands
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Resources

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  <Card title="Blogs" icon="file-text" href="https://blog.xloud.tech/" color="#197560">
    Articles, best practices, and platform updates
  </Card>

  <Card title="Contact Support" icon="headphones" href="mailto:support@xloud.tech" color="#197560">
    Reach Xloud support for technical assistance
  </Card>
</CardGroup>