This guide walks you through everything you need to rent your first GPU on Clore.ai – from creating an account to SSH-ing into a rented machine.
1. Create an account and find your deposit address
Sign up at Clore.ai , log in, and locate the deposit button in your account dashboard.
A popup will appear showing your $CLORE wallet address. Copy this address – you will need it in the next step.
2. Buy $CLORE on an exchange
Not many exchanges list $CLORE. Gate.io tends to have the most volume.
A few tips before you buy:
- Start small. $CLORE is not very liquid. Do not go overboard until you have tried the platform and are confident you will actually use the tokens.
- Budget for the wait. It takes 3–4 hours for $CLORE to arrive in your Clore.ai account after a withdrawal, so top up well in advance.
- Catch the dips. Because you pay for GPU rentals in $CLORE, buying the token at a lower price effectively reduces your hourly rate. Set limit orders on the exchange and accumulate during dips.
3. Save your SSH public key (one-time setup)
If you do not have an SSH key pair yet, generate one:
ssh-keygen -t ed25519
Then print your public key:
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
You should see something like ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3Nza... yourname@machine.
In your Clore.ai account, navigate to SSH PUBLIC KEYS, click Add Key, and paste the full public key including the trailing identifier (e.g., yourname@machine). Clore requires that trailing part and will reject the key without it.
4. Find and rent a GPU
Head to the marketplace and use the sidebar filters to find the GPU you need. Click the Rent button on the listing of your choice.
Next, choose a Docker image by clicking Select under the Select Image section.
Under Configure Order, verify that your SSH key is populated, then click CREATE to finalize the rental.
5. Connect via SSH
Once the machine is deployed, open the order details and copy the hostname and port.
In your local terminal, connect using the host and port from the order. For example:
ssh root@n1.c2.clorecloud.net -p 10053
Replace the hostname and port with the values from your order.
You are now logged in as root and ready to set up your environment and run your workloads.
Troubleshooting: If you are prompted for a password instead of being logged in automatically, your SSH key was not passed to the machine correctly. Double-check that you saved the correct public key in your Clore.ai account and that you are connecting from the machine where the matching private key lives.