Regions

Introduction

A region is where a service actually runs. Every serverlet, proxy, and DNS zone is placed in a region, and every region is backed by one or more servers — the physical or virtual machines running Futrou Nasua underneath it.

Regions come in two kinds:

• Public regions — operated by Futrou, available to every workspace. This is what you’re using unless you’ve joined your own hardware.
• Private regions — backed by your own servers, visible only to your workspace. A private region is created automatically the first time you add a server; see Servers for joining one.

Choosing a region

When creating a serverlet, you pick a region explicitly or leave it on Auto and let Futrou choose. See Serverlet → Region for the creation-time details.

Proxies and DNS zones don’t have their own region picker — they’re placed alongside the services they front. Keeping a project’s serverlets, proxies, and DNS zones in the same region keeps the path between them short, since traffic doesn’t have to leave the region to reach its backend.

Viewing regions

Your workspace’s available regions — the public regions Futrou operates, plus any private regions from servers you’ve joined — are listed at Settings → Regions, and shown as the region picker wherever a service is created. A region’s page shows its servers and, for a private region, lets you manage them directly; see Servers for what that involves.

Permissions

Viewing regions requires at least the Viewer role in the workspace. Creating a private region happens implicitly when adding a server, which requires Administrator or higher. See Roles for what each role can do.