> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nuphos.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Bring your own instabox account

> Create cloud computers billed to your own instabox account.

An Administrator can connect an existing instabox account from
**Connectors → Connect → instabox**. Create a dedicated key in the instabox
dashboard's **API keys** page, then enter a label and the key in the secure form.
Nuphos encrypts the key; agents do not receive it.

## Choose the computer provider

When creating a new cloud computer, review the account/provider choice and
select the connected instabox account intentionally. Computers made there are
billed by instabox to that account, not to your Nuphos computer plan. Review
instabox's prices and account limits before provisioning.

Verify the binding by checking that the account appears in the new-computer
provider choices. Creating a machine is a separate, billable action, not a
read-only connection test. Runtime model subscriptions remain separate too.

## Retire access

Before removing the binding, identify the computers and charges attached to the
account. Disconnecting an API key is not deletion of those machines. Remove
unneeded machines deliberately and revoke the key at instabox when access ends.


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