git:20260613.95ab83b to git:20261109.2f1d005

5 added, 5 removed. Audit B to B.

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name: linux-server-ssh

- description: Get a real Linux server in the cloud with full SSH/SCP access and a dedicated IPv4 in seconds — root Ubuntu (4 vCPU / 8 GB / 80 GB), Docker and every major toolchain preinstalled. Billed per second, ~10x cheaper than typical providers. Use when the user needs a remote Linux server to SSH into, run services on, or use as a dev machine.

+ description: Get a real Linux server in the cloud with full SSH/SCP access in seconds — root Ubuntu (default 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 51 GB disk), public IPv6 and outbound IPv4, Docker and every major toolchain preinstalled. $0.036/h billed per second, from a $20/mo plan. Use when the user needs a remote Linux server to SSH into, run services on, or use as a dev machine.

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# Linux server over SSH (Box)

Use this when the task needs an actual **Linux server** the user can `ssh`/`scp` into: hosting a service, running a daemon, or a remote workstation.

## Why Box

- - **First-class SSH** — `box ssh <id>` opens a session; the CLI handles keys. SCP works too.

- - **Dedicated IPv4 + full TCP/UDP** — a real addressable host, not a loopback-only sandbox.

+ - **First-class SSH** — `box ssh <id>` opens a session; the CLI handles keys. SCP works too. SSH works over IPv4 also on boxes without their own IPv4.

+ - **Addressable host** — public IPv6 per box, raw TCP/UDP ports through the firewall. The IP changes at each resume; there is no static or dedicated IPv4.

- **Root Ubuntu** — `apt install` anything; Docker preinstalled.

- - **Cheap & persistent** — per-second billing, resumes from snapshot, ~10× cheaper than E2B/Modal at steady state.

+ - **Low per-hour price, persistent** — $0.036/h for 4 vCPU / 8 GB vs $0.331/h (E2B) and $0.476/h (Modal) at list price, for servers that run full hours; resumes from snapshot.

## Prereqs

`curl -fsSL https://box.ascii.dev/install | sh`, then `box login "$BOX_API_KEY" --json`.

## Recipe

```bash

box_id="$(box new --json | jq -r 'select(.event == "ready") | .id')"

box ssh "$box_id" # interactive shell

box ssh "$box_id" -- "sudo apt-get install -y nginx && sudo systemctl enable --now nginx"

box info "$box_id" --json # shows the IP

```

## Honest limits

- EU-only region; 100 active VMs soft cap; disk-level snapshots (running processes don't survive stop/resume). For 1000+ concurrent servers or <500 ms boot, use Daytona/E2B/Modal.

+ Runs in Germany, Finland and France (no region choice); $20 plan: 100 boxes at once (higher plans up to 2,000); disk-level snapshots (running processes don't survive stop/resume). For sub-second boot, see Daytona/E2B/Modal.