To use VM services provides by Rapid Space, users are required to register and order a machine through the website ordering page: Order your Machine

This document covers the steps of registering a Rapid Space user account and order a VM. 

Input your name, email address and number of machines you want to order, then choose the machine locations you prefer, and click Reserve now! you will be directed to the payment page. 

Please note that each order you submit on this page will become one subscription once the payment is completed, you can order one or more VM(s) in one subscription. The invoices will be issued per subscription. 

If you are ordering from Rapid Space English website, you will be directed to the PayZen payment page, where you can pay with different types of credit card or debit card. 

If you are ordering from Rapid Space Chinese website, you will be directed to the Wechat payement page, where you can pay with your wechat pay account. 

You will receive a confirmation email in about 1h-1h30, which gives you the link to the console, as well as your login account. Please don't forget to check your spam box. If you don't receive the confirmation email within this time, please contact the Rapid Space Support Team by email: rapid.space@nexedi.com (Please note that this email doesn't mean that the machine is ready, the machine shall be ready usually in within 1-2 days) 

Once your machine is ready, you will receive another email to inform you. When you login to your console, you will see the subscription and its state bar becomes green. 

Click on your subscription, you will be directed to the subscription console page, where you can also find the information of VM(s) that were ordered during this subscription. To get more information, please move to next lessons.