Projects

Projects are a core concept in CloudRaya that help you organize resources, manage environments, and collaborate with other users more effectively.

After setting up your account and preparing your billing balance, the next step is to understand how Projects work, because all CloudRaya resources live inside a Project.

What Is a Project?

A Project is a logical workspace that groups:

• Cloud resources
• Project members
• Access scope
• Usage and activity history

Each project acts as an isolated environment for both operations and collaboration.

Why Projects Matter

Projects help you:

• Organize environments clearly
  Separate production, staging, development, or customer workloads.

• Collaborate with other users
  Invite team members to work on the same resources.

• Isolate workloads safely
  Resources in one project are not shared with another project.

• Track usage contextually
  Usage and activity logs are associated with the project where actions occur.

Default Project

When you create a CloudRaya account, a Default Project is automatically created.

You can:

• Start using CloudRaya immediately, or
• Create additional projects for better separation

Selecting a Project After Login

After logging in to the CloudRaya Control Panel, you will be asked to select which project you want to work with.

From the Project Selection page, you can:

• Open an existing project
• Create a new project
• Switch between projects later at any time

Once a project is selected, the main Control Panel will display all available CloudRaya services for that project.

What Belongs to a Project?

Each project maintains its own:

• Cloud resources

  (VMs, Kubernetes clusters, storage, networking, etc.)

• Project members

• Usage records (for reporting and audit)

Projects do not share resources with each other.

Project Scope vs Account Scope

Projects in CloudRaya manage project-scoped resources, such as compute, storage, networking, and team collaboration.

Some CloudRaya services are account-scoped and are not tied to any specific project.

Examples of account-scoped services include:

• Managed Services
• Marketplace subscriptions
• DNS Bucket
• Billing & Payments
• Profile & Security settings

These services are managed at the account level and are available regardless of the currently selected project.

Project Members & Access Model

CloudRaya currently uses a simple collaboration model:

Roles Available

• Owner
  • Full control over the project
  • Can invite and remove members
  • Manages billing at the account level
• Member
  • Can create and manage resources inside the project
  • Cannot manage billing or account balance

Typical Project Use Cases

Common ways users organize projects include:

• One project per application
• One project per environment (Production, Staging, Development)
• One project per team or department
• One project per customer or client

You can choose the structure that best fits your workflow.

Next Steps

Now that you understand what Projects are, you can continue with:

📄 Create a Project

📄 Invite Members to a Project

Once your project is ready, you can start deploying CloudRaya services such as Virtual Machines, Kubernetes, Storage, and Networking.