# Quickstart

### Core Infrastructure

In Core-Infrastructure, you can either 

* Create a Virtual Machine to run your workload, or
* Create an AI Pod to run your AI workload or 

**Create a Virtual Machine to run your workload**

To create any virtual machine, you first need to set up your network settings, like VPC, Subnet, IP addresses, and Security Groups, so that you can isolate your workloads properly

1. Create your first VPC to securely isolate your workload. You can create your subnet along with the VPC. Create a public subnet if you want your VM to be accessible from the public. [Learn More](https://docs.cloud.olakrutrim.com/basics/core-infrastructure/networking/vpc)
2. If you want any specific subnet configuration, create a subnet. [Learn more](https://docs.cloud.olakrutrim.com/basics/core-infrastructure/networking/subnets)
3. If you want your VMs to be accessible to the public, you would need to reserve a public IP. You can also assign a random public IP while creating the VM. [Learn more](https://docs.cloud.olakrutrim.com/basics/core-infrastructure/networking/static-ip-addresses)
4. You also need to create a security group to control your ingress and Egress traffic. [Learn more](https://docs.cloud.olakrutrim.com/basics/core-infrastructure/networking/security-groups)
5. You will need to create an SSH key to access your VMs. [Learn more](https://docs.cloud.olakrutrim.com/basics/core-infrastructure/compute/ssh-key)
6. Please create the respective bootable and storage volumes to run your workloads. [Learn more](https://docs.cloud.olakrutrim.com/basics/core-infrastructure/storage/block-storage/volumes)
7. Now you can create a VM after all these steps with the respective configurations of CPU or GPU. [Learn more](https://docs.cloud.olakrutrim.com/basics/core-infrastructure/compute/vms-and-baremetals)

**Create an AI Pod to run your AI workload**

AI Pod is Krutrim's revolutionary first-in-the-world containerised GPU splices with Ephemeral and Persistent storage, ideal for AI workloads

You can create your first AI Pod by referring [here](https://docs.cloud.olakrutrim.com/basics/core-infrastructure/compute/ai-pods)


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