vcpu.sh — Terms of Service
Version 2 · 7 August 2026
1. Who provides this service
vcpu.sh is operated by Aurora Infrastructure EU sp. z o.o., ul. Wadowicka
6/88, 30-415 Kraków, Poland (KRS 0001166368, NIP 6793328163) ("Aurora",
"we"). It is a free demonstration service: you get a temporary virtual
machine to try a piece of software, over SSH.
The virtual machines, networking and storage behind vcpu.sh are Aurora
Compute, governed by the Aurora Terms of Service:
https://docs.aur.lu/docs/legal/terms
Those terms — including their Acceptable Use Policy — apply to the
underlying platform, and the rules below reflect them. Where the two
conflict as to the infrastructure itself, the Aurora Terms govern.
2. Who may use it
You must be at least 18 and using the service for professional or
evaluation purposes. vcpu.sh is not directed at consumers and is not
intended for personal or household use. Your SSH public key is your
identity: there are no accounts, no passwords, and no signup.
3. Demo instances are temporary — and unprotected
Every instance shows an expiry time. It is destroyed when that time
arrives, when it has been idle, when you run "destroy", or when we end
it. Deletion is immediate and irreversible, including the instance's
disk. There are NO backups and no way to recover anything afterwards.
Do not put anything on a demo instance that you need to keep, and do not
put secrets, credentials, or other people's personal data on one.
Demo instances have no managed firewall. You get administrative access
and you are responsible for what you run on them and what you expose. We
apply platform-level protections (for example blocking outbound SMTP and
rate-limiting or null-routing traffic involved in an attack).
4. Acceptable use
Aurora's Acceptable Use Policy applies to your demo instance. In
particular, you must not use it to:
- store, publish or transmit illegal content, including child sexual
abuse material, terrorist content, or material that infringes
someone else's rights;
- commit fraud or phishing, or handle stolen data or credentials;
- run malware, ransomware, botnet command-and-control, or other
malicious infrastructure;
- attack, scan, or attempt unauthorised access to any system, or
conduct denial-of-service activity;
- run open proxies, open DNS resolvers, Tor exit nodes, or public or
anonymising VPN egress;
- run open mail relays or send bulk or unsolicited email;
- mine cryptocurrency or run comparable sustained compute-exhaustion
workloads;
- interfere with the platform, other users, or our quotas — including
by circumventing limits or the verification step through rotating
SSH keys or addresses;
- resell the service or provide it onward to others.
Do not use a demo instance in safety-critical or life-critical systems.
5. Fair use, queueing and verification
Usage is limited per SSH key and per source address, and each demo sets
its own allowance. When a demo is busy you may be queued, or asked to
complete a proof-of-work check in your browser before an instance is
created. We may change limits, suspend a demo, or refuse access at any
time — in particular where we believe section 4 is being breached.
6. Third-party demo software
Demos install and run software published by third parties. It is
provided under its own licence and terms, which are shown alongside
these before you start. We do not endorse it and are not responsible for
what it does. Credentials or tokens a demo prints grant access to that
instance only, for as long as it exists.
7. No warranty; liability
vcpu.sh is a free demonstration service built on Aurora Compute, which
is itself an Early Access service. It is provided "as is" and "as
available", with no availability commitment, no service levels, and no
warranty of any kind. It is not a production environment.
To the maximum extent permitted by law we are not liable for any loss or
damage arising from your use of it, including loss of data on a demo
instance. Nothing here excludes liability that cannot be excluded by
law, including for damage caused intentionally or by gross negligence,
or for death or personal injury caused by fault.
8. Suspension and enforcement
We may remove content, end a session, or block an SSH key or address
where we believe these terms have been breached, where we are required
to by law or a competent authority, or to protect the platform and
others. Where we act because content is illegal or breaches these terms,
we will give reasons and information about redress where required.
9. Reporting illegal content
Anyone may report allegedly illegal content on the service to
abuse@aurorainfra.ai. Please give the exact location (for example the
demo link or address and port), why you believe the content is illegal,
your contact details, and a statement that your report is made in good
faith. Reports concerning child sexual abuse material may be anonymous.
10. Governing law
Polish law governs these terms, and Polish courts have jurisdiction,
except where mandatory law provides otherwise.
11. Changes
We may change these terms. The version is shown above; a material change
requires you to accept again before starting a new demo.
12. Contact
Abuse and illegal content: abuse@aurorainfra.ai
Privacy and legal notices: legal@aurorainfra.ai
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