Cloud Hosting for Australian Developers
Real root access, dedicated resources and a full set of platform services, provisioned from one self-service portal. Hosted in Australia, billed hourly in AUD, and supported by the engineers who run the platform. Start from a reference architecture, not a blank console.
Talk to an Engineer
We'll come back with architecture notes and pricing matched to your workload. No obligation.
Talk to an engineer
A short form - takes about 2 minutes. A Lightspeed engineer replies within one business day with architecture notes and pricing matched to your workload.
Platform Services
Apache CloudStack IaaS managed from one self-service portal. No sprawling consoles, no offshore support queues, no stitching providers together.
Managed Kubernetes
Provision and scale clusters in minutes. Add or remove worker nodes on demand, with a built-in container image registry.
KVM virtual machines
Provision in seconds with your choice of CPU, RAM, storage and OS. Standard, compute-optimised and memory-optimised families. Upload your own ISO.
S3 object storage
CEPH-backed and S3-compatible. Buckets, access policies, and standard AWS SDK and CLI tooling that just works.
Load balancing
HAProxy-backed LBaaS both as an external ingress as well as inside your VPC. Health checks, sticky sessions and SSL termination across VM pools.
Cloud networking
Isolated VPCs with multi-tier architecture. Create networking topologies to suit your application.
Native backups
Policy-driven VM backups with automatic retention. Restore to the original VM or a new one.
Auto scaling
Define scaling policies for VM groups. Scale out under load, scale back in when it subsides.
VPN as a service
Managed site-to-site and client VPN for private connectivity between VPCs, offices and remote teams. Australian nodes throughout.
Events and webhooks
Every action on your account is recorded as an event. Forward events to your own systems in real time with webhooks.
Reference Architectures
These patterns already run on the platform. Each maps to Lightspeed services you can provision today, with a walkthrough in the Cloud Design Zone.
Managed Kubernetes cluster
Managed control plane, a scalable worker pool behind Load Balancer as a Service, object storage for artifacts and state, and the built-in registry for your images.
Read the RA-06 walkthrough →Containerised app on VMs
Docker hosts on KVM VMs in a private VPC, fronted by Load Balancer as a Service. Add hosts to the pool as your workload grows.
Read the RA-03 walkthrough →Rails/Python/JS/etc app, end to end
Application VMs behind Load Balancer as a Service, a dedicated Postgres VM, S3 object storage for uploads and assets, native backups, and VPN for private admin access.
Read the RA-04 walkthrough →Why Lightspeed
Root access and real resources
Full root on KVM VMs with dedicated resources. Disk and egress are billed transparently, so there are no oversubscription surprises.
Your tooling, unchanged
S3-compatible object storage works with the AWS SDK and CLI. Kubernetes is standard. Bring your own ISO images. Nothing proprietary to learn.
Australian data sovereignty
Compute, storage and networking all run from our Australian data centres. Your data never leaves Australian jurisdiction.
Talk to real engineers
Australian support from the people who built and run the platform. When you contact us, you reach the team managing the servers, not a helpdesk queue.
Pay-as-you-go, no lock-in
Consumption-based billing in AUD, with no minimum commitment. Scale up and down as the workload demands.
Migration assistance
Moving from another provider? Tell us what you run and our engineers will assist with planning the move and point you at the right architecture.
Before You Deploy
Can I keep my own tooling?
Yes. Object storage is S3-compatible and works with the AWS SDK and CLI. Kubernetes is standard upstream, so kubectl, Helm and your CI pipelines behave as they do anywhere. You can also upload your own ISO images and use Cloud-init for VMs.
Do I get real root access?
Yes. Virtual machines are KVM-backed with your choice of OS and full root, running on dedicated resources.
Where does my data live?
Compute, storage and networking all run from our Australian data centres. Your data never leaves Australian jurisdiction, which is provable to your compliance team.
Can you help me migrate?
Our engineers are here to assist. Tell us what you're running when you enquire and we'll include migration advice and the right reference architecture in our reply.
How does billing work?
Pay-as-you-go, billed hourly in AUD. No minimum commitment and no lock-in. Scale resources up and down and pay only for what you use.
Get Started
Get architecture notes and pricing for your workload, free — from the team who run the platform.