Creating a VM on Google Cloud (recommended)

1. Go to console.cloud.google.com and create a project (or use an existing one)
2. Navigate to Compute Engine → VM Instances → Create Instance
3. Choose e2-medium (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM) — best balance of cost and performance
4. Select Ubuntu 22.04 LTS as the boot disk (20+ GB SSD)
5. Under Firewall, check "Allow HTTP traffic" and "Allow HTTPS traffic"
6. Click Create and wait for the VM to start
7. Copy the External IP from the VM instances list

Running the install command

1. SSH into your VM (e.g. gcloud compute ssh my-vm or ssh user@IP)
2. Paste the install command from Step 2 above and press Enter
3. Wait 2-3 minutes for the installation to complete
4. The dashboard will detect your VM automatically — no need to enter the IP

Other cloud providers

Any provider works (AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, etc). Requirements: Ubuntu 22.04+, 1+ vCPU, 2+ GB RAM, 20+ GB disk, public IP, ports 22 and 80 open.