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# Servers

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Servers represent your compute resources connected to Clouddley for deploying applications and workloads. Whether it’s **VMs, bare metal,** or **cloud instances** like **AWS EC2 instances, Azure Virtual Machines, GCP Compute Engine, or DigitalOcean droplets,** Servers provide a way to add the compute resource on Clouddley. It simplifies the deployment process across different environments and platforms.

### Key Features

Here are the key features supported by Servers:

* **Connect to any Linux server**\
  Add Linux-based servers from any hosting provider.
* **Deploy with one click.**\
  Deploy applications and workloads across servers without writing custom scripts or manually accessing each machine via SSH.
* **Secure connections**\
  All server communication uses SSH encryption with automated key handling and immediate access revocation capabilities.
* **Resource cleanup**\
  Remove unused Docker images and containers to reclaim disk space on your servers.
* **Quick setup**\
  Connect new servers in under a minute using our command-line tool with minimal configuration steps.