Gyro Serverless Containers: no servers to rent, pay per container

1. Serverless vs. dedicated nodes

The panel, address (<service>-<code>.gyroapp.net), versions/rollback, variables, secrets, custom domain + free SSL, logs, image registry, API, CLI and Terraform are the same in both modes.

2. Sizes

Every container copy uses one of these combinations (industry standard table):

An invalid combination (e.g. 0.25 vCPU / 4 GB) is refused and the allowed values are shown. 8 and 16 vCPU sizes will open later.

Each copy also gets 4 GB local disk (writable layer + /tmp 512 MB); use Object Storage or a separate database server for persistent data.

3. Your first serverless service

1. Order Gyro Serverless Containers (prepaid; roughly 24 hours of the smallest container in your balance is enough to order).
2. On the service page: Services → New service.
3. Enter a name, an image (e.g. nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:alpine) and the port (8080).
4. Pick vCPU in CPU / copy and memory in Memory / copy. The estimated hourly price is shown under the form.
5. Switch on Public and press Create. Within seconds the service is live on its HTTPS address.

CLI:

gyro container service create SERVICE_ID --name web --image nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:alpine \
  --port 8080 --replicas 1 --cpu-m 250 --memory-mi 512 --public

Terraform:

resource "gyro_container_service" "web" {
  service_id = 12345            # serverless service id
  name       = "web"
  image      = "nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:alpine"
  port       = 8080
  replicas   = 1
  cpu_m      = 250              # 0.25 vCPU
  memory_mi  = 512              # 0.5 GB
  public     = true
}

4. How the price is calculated

Every running copy is measured minute by minute and charged from your balance at the top of the hour:

hourly price = vCPU × price per vCPU-hour + GB × price per GB-hour

Current prices: €0.0298 per vCPU-hour, €0.0024 per GB-hour. (VAT excluded; the current price on the product page applies.)

• A service scaled to 0, stopped or deleted is not charged.
• There is no "monthly maximum" in serverless mode: you pay for what you use.
• Image registry: 2 GB free per environment, then €0.05 per GB-month.
• The Spending screen shows separate CPU and memory lines per service with the measured hour.

5. Autoscaling

Turn on Autoscaling in the service settings: min / max copies and target CPU percent. Copies are added under load and removed when it drops; only running copies are charged. Your account limit for containers running at once (default 16 vCPU / 32 GB) is on the product page; open a ticket to raise it for your account.

6. Security and isolation

• Every container runs in its own isolated kernel sandbox; it cannot see or reach another customer's containers on the same machine.
• Containers run as a non-root user without privileges; infrastructure networks and management systems are unreachable.
• Outbound SMTP port 25 is closed (use 587).
• CPU, memory and disk of each copy are limited to the size you picked; a copy that exceeds it is restarted (Logs → Previous instance).

7. FAQ