Welcome to Instantly.run

Instantly.run is a fully-managed Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that lets you run Docker containers without managing servers. Under the hood, we expose the Docker Engine API (v1.24–v1.47) so you can use the familiar docker CLI, but all the infrastructure, scaling, and maintenance are handled for you.

Why Instantly.run?

• Zero-ops hosting: Deploy containers without provisioning servers.
• Secure multi-tenancy: Each tenant’s workloads are isolated.
• Elastic resources: Containers auto-scale CPU, memory, and I/O.
• Built-in registry: Push/pull images with fine-grained access control.
• Observability: Real-time logs, metrics, and exec debugging via the Docker CLI.

Prerequisites

• A Docker CLI (Docker v20+).
• An Instantly.run account.
• Your tenant name (e.g. instantly).

Setting your context

This is NOT needed if you instantly and use the instantly CLI. It is only needed if you want to use docker directly.

By default we create and use the special Docker context instantly. To use it prefix each command:

docker --context=instantly <command>

To switch once (not recommended if you're not familiar with using multiple Docker contexts):

docker context use instantly

Billing

Running containers on Instantly.run requires an active subscription. When you run most commands for the first time, you'll see a prompt linking to:

https://billing.instantly.run/

There you can set up payment via our secure Stripe page.
Additionally, running:

instantly info

will display a special link where you can manage your subscription and billing details.