Introduction to Cloud Runtime

Vonage Cloud Runtime eliminates the need to host and maintain your own infrastructure to use the Vonage APIs and allows developers to go into production faster.

The platform provides flexible options to deploy applications whether launched from Code Hub or deployed via our CLI. For larger deployments with high volume API usage, Cloud Runtime offers built-in queuing and scheduling, supporting thousands of requests per second. Vonage Cloud Runtime powers Vonage's Code Hub.

With Code Hub, Vonage provides developers and non-developers alike with tools and guides to help you easily get up and running:

  • Availability of prebuilt solutions for common communication use cases, such as voice and messaging notifications, IVRs, and chatbots.
  • Numerous code samples and a familiar, browser-based coding available for traditional coding when preferred.
  • A library of additional developer guides and tutorials to further facilitate your building of communications solutions.
  • Deploy an app in seconds on Cloud Runtime, using our pre-built templates or directly via the CLI.

How it Works

The Vonage Cloud Runtime platform is where your code will be deployed to, and has been built with Vonage communication workflows in mind. The platform handles your application authentication and API webhooks for you, allowing you to focus on what matters the most.

The platform also houses the Vonage Cloud Runtime providers. Providers are server-side Vonage code that provides functionality for you to use in your application. For example, the State provider allows you to store data for your application to use.

Diagram of a Vonage Cloud Runtime application

When deployed, your application will automatically be scaled up and down depending on load.

The Vonage Cloud Runtime SDK

You can access the providers in your applications via the Vonage Cloud Runtime SDK, which can be used alongside the Vonage Server SDK in your application to build extensive solutions for your communication workflow. The Vonage Cloud Runtime SDK will already be installed in Vonage's Code Hub projects, but it can be installed using:

npm install -s @vonage/vcr-sdk

Prerequisites

Create a Vonage account

To use the Vonage APIs you must have a Vonage account; if you don't already have one, you can sign up here.

Once you've signed up, or if you already have an account, sign in to your account on this site by clicking the 'Sign in' button in the top right:

Sign in button

Next Steps

Once you have created your Vonage account and are signed in, you are ready to get started with your first project. Code Hub can be used in two ways:

  1. Working in the Cloud: Done entirely through the Code Hub UI, the Vonage Code Hub you can launch a Visual Studio Code workspace in your browser to view, edit, and run the code for all of the available projects.
  2. Working Locally: If you'd rather use your own tools, the Code Hub can be used entirely from the command line using the CLI.