diff --git a/src/inc/defines/config.php b/src/inc/defines/config.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b72d25672..b026dd11f
--- a/src/inc/defines/config.php
+++ b/src/inc/defines/config.php
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ class DConfig {
   const NOTIFICATIONS_PROXY_PORT   = "notificationsProxyPort";
   const NOTIFICATIONS_PROXY_TYPE   = "notificationsProxyType";
   
+  // Section: VastAI
+  const VAST_AI_API_KEY = "vastAiApiKey";
+  const VAST_IMAGE_URL = "vastImageUrl";
+  const VAST_IMAGE_LOGIN = "vastImageLogin";
+  const VAST_HASHTOPOLIS_BASE_URL = "vastHashtopolisBaseUrl";
+
   static function getConstants() {
     try {
       $oClass = new ReflectionClass(__CLASS__);
@@ -272,6 +278,14 @@ public static function getConfigType($config) {
         return DConfigType::TICKBOX;
       case DConfig::HC_ERROR_IGNORE:
         return DConfigType::STRING_INPUT;
+      case DConfig::VAST_AI_API_KEY:
+        return DConfigType::STRING_INPUT;
+      case DConfig::VAST_IMAGE_URL:
+        return DConfigType::STRING_INPUT;
+      case DConfig::VAST_IMAGE_LOGIN:
+        return DConfigType::STRING_INPUT;
+      case DConfig::VAST_HASHTOPOLIS_BASE_URL:
+        return DConfigType::STRING_INPUT;
     }
     return DConfigType::STRING_INPUT;
   }
@@ -406,6 +420,14 @@ public static function getConfigDescription($config) {
         return "Also send 'isComplete' for each task on the User API when listing all tasks (might affect performance)";
       case DConfig::HC_ERROR_IGNORE:
         return "Ignore error messages from crackers which contain given strings (multiple values separated by comma)";
+      case DConfig::VAST_AI_API_KEY:
+        return "Vast.ai API Key from <a href=\"https://vast.ai\">vast.ai</a>";
+      case DConfig::VAST_IMAGE_URL:
+        return "Docker image url to be loaded by Vast.ai instances. Do not change this unless you know the image to be compatible";
+      case DConfig::VAST_IMAGE_LOGIN:
+        return "Docker image login string. ex (without quotes): '-u bob -p 9d8df!fd89ufZ docker.io'. This is optional, but prevents the instances you rent from hitting the docker per-IP address rate limit. A hub.docker.com account is free to create <a href=\hub.docker.com\">here</a>. The email/password option is recommended for ease of use.";
+      case DConfig::VAST_HASHTOPOLIS_BASE_URL:
+        return "The root URL of this hashtopolis server where the Vast.ai images should connect. Note: If using HTTPS, the certificate MUST be valid. The URL MUST also be accessible via the internet. ex: https://example.com:8443";
     }
     return $config;
   }
diff --git a/src/inc/vastAiUtils.php b/src/inc/vastAiUtils.php
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4706d2bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/inc/vastAiUtils.php
@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+<?php
+
+use DBA\Factory;
+
+// exists to make it easier to reference the json objects
+// from within the template
+class VastAiGPUArrayClass {
+    private $internalArray = array();
+
+    public function __construct($array) {
+        $this->internalArray = $array;
+    }
+
+    public function getUptime() {
+      if (! $this->getVal('start_date')) {
+          return null;
+      }
+      $start = (int) $this->getVal('start_date');
+      $start = round($start, 0);
+      $current = time();
+      $delta = $current - $start;
+
+      $days = floor($delta / (60 * 60 * 24));
+      $delta %= (60 * 60 * 24);
+
+      $hours = floor($delta / (60 * 60));
+      $delta %= (60 * 60);
+
+      $minutes = floor($delta / 60);
+      $seconds = $delta % 60;
+
+      $duration = '';
+
+      if ($days > 0) {
+          $duration .= $days . ' day' . ($days > 1 ? 's' : '') . ' ';
+      }
+
+      $duration .= sprintf('%02d:%02d:%02d', $hours, $minutes, $seconds);
+
+      return $duration;
+    }
+
+    public function getFloatValOld($key, $precision) {
+        return round(floatval($this->internalArray[$key]), $precision);
+    }
+
+    public function getStartingVoucher() {
+        return $this->getVal('extra_env')[1][1];
+    }
+
+    public function getFloatval($key, $precision) {
+      $number = $this->getVal($key);
+      $retNumber = (float) number_format($number,0,'.','');
+      for ($n = 0; $n <= 8; $n++) {
+	    if ($retNumber === 0.0){
+	      $retNumber = (double) number_format($number,$n,'.','');
+	    } else {
+	      return number_format($number,$n+(max($precision-2,0)),'.','');
+   	    }
+      }
+      return "<0.00000000";
+    }
+
+    public function getFloatVal100($key, $precision) {
+        return round(floatval($this->internalArray[$key])*100, $precision);
+    }
+
+    public function getVal($key) {
+        if (array_key_exists($key, $this->internalArray)) {
+            return $this->internalArray[$key];
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function vastAiDestroyInstance($apiKey, $id) {
+    $url = 'https://console.vast.ai/api/v0/instances/' . $id . '/?api_key=' . $apiKey;
+    $headers = array('Accept: application/json');
+    $options = array(
+        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
+        CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
+        CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE"
+    );
+
+    $ch = curl_init($url);
+    $options[CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER] = $headers;
+    curl_setopt_array($ch, $options);
+
+    $response = curl_exec($ch);
+    curl_close($ch);
+
+    if($response === false) {
+        return 'vastaiAgentSearch curl error: ' . curl_error($ch);
+    }
+
+    return json_decode($response, true);
+}
+
+function makeVastaiVoucher($id){
+  $sub = substr(md5(rand()),0,10);
+  $voucher = $randomSubStr = 'vast' . $sub . $id;
+  AgentUtils::createVoucher($voucher);
+  return $voucher;
+}
+
+// retrieves the instances that the account is currently renting
+function getVastAiAgents($apiKey) {
+    $url = 'https://console.vast.ai/api/v0/instances?api_key=' . $apiKey;
+    $headers = array('Accept: application/json');
+    $options = array(
+        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
+        CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
+    );
+
+    $ch = curl_init($url);
+    $options[CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER] = $headers;
+    curl_setopt_array($ch, $options);
+
+    $response = curl_exec($ch);
+    curl_close($ch);
+
+    if($response === false) {
+        return'vastaiAgentSearch curl error: ' . curl_error($ch);
+    }
+
+    return json_decode($response, true);
+}
+
+// search current GPUs, this does not require an api key
+// an example query input value would be
+// $query = '{"verified": {"eq": true}, "external": {"eq": false}, "rentable": {"eq": true}, "compute_cap": {"gt": "600"}, "disk_space": {"gt": "10000"}, "order": [["score", "desc"]], "type": "on-demand"}';
+function searchGpus($query) {
+    $url = 'https://console.vast.ai/api/v0/bundles?q=' . urlencode($query);
+    $headers = array('Accept: application/json');
+    $options = array(
+        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
+        CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
+    );
+
+    $ch = curl_init($url);
+    $options[CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER] = $headers;
+    curl_setopt_array($ch, $options);
+
+    $response = curl_exec($ch);
+    curl_close($ch);
+
+    if($response === false) {
+        return'vastaiAgentSearch curl error: ' . curl_error($ch);
+    }
+
+    return json_decode($response, true);
+}
+
+function rentMachine($apiKey, $id, $imageUrl, $price, $disk, $voucher, $baseUrl, $imageLogin) {
+    // API endpoint
+    $url = 'https://console.vast.ai/api/v0/asks/' . $id . '/?api_key=' . $apiKey;
+    if ( $imageLogin === ''){
+        $imageLogin = null;
+    }
+
+    // Data to be sent
+    $data = array(
+        "client_id" => "me",
+        "image" => $imageUrl,
+        "env" => array(
+            "TZ" => "UTC",
+            "VOUCHER" => $voucher,
+            "HCATURL" => $baseUrl
+        ),
+        "disk" => (int) $disk,
+        "label" => "instance-" . $id,
+        "extra" => null,
+        "image_login" => $imageLogin,
+        "onstart" => "/root/hcat/run.sh",
+        "runtype" => "ssh",
+        "python_utf8" => false,
+        "lang_utf8" => false,
+        "use_jupyter_lab" => false,
+        "jupyter_dir" => null
+    );
+
+    // Initialize cURL session
+    $ch = curl_init();
+
+    // Set cURL options
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PUT");
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
+        'Accept: application/json',
+        'Content-Type: application/json'
+    ));
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
+
+    // Execute the cURL request
+    $response = curl_exec($ch);
+    // REMOVE THIS LINE, for debugging
+    curl_close($ch);
+
+    // Check for any errors
+    if ($response === false) {
+        return 'cURL error: ' . curl_error($ch);
+    }
+
+    // Close cURL session
+    return json_decode($response, true);
+}
+
+function doesVoucherExist($voucher){
+  $vouchers = Factory::getRegVoucherFactory()->filter([]);
+  foreach ($vouchers as $voucher){
+    $voucherValue = $voucher->getVoucher();
+    if (str_contains($voucherValue, "vast.ai") == false){
+      continue;
+    }
+    $index = strpos($voucherValue, "-");
+    $voucherInstanceId = substr($voucherValue, $index);
+    if ($voucherInstanceId === $intsanceId){
+        return $voucherValue;
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+
+// given an instanceId it goes through all vouchers
+// containing the substr vast.ai and returns the 
+// voucher that contains the instanceId
+function getVoucherForInstance($instanceId){
+  $vouchers = Factory::getRegVoucherFactory()->filter([]);
+  foreach ($vouchers as $voucher){
+    $voucherValue = $voucher->getVoucher();
+    if (str_contains($voucherValue, "vast.ai") == false){
+      continue;
+    }
+    $index = strpos($voucherValue, "-");
+    $voucherInstanceId = substr($voucherValue, $index);
+    if ($voucherInstanceId === $intsanceId){
+        return $voucherValue;
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function get_or($arr,$key,$default){
+    if (!$arr[$key]){
+        return $default;
+    }
+    return $arr[$key];
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/src/install/hashtopolis.sql b/src/install/hashtopolis.sql
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 41badf626..65c57834d
--- a/src/install/hashtopolis.sql
+++ b/src/install/hashtopolis.sql
@@ -170,7 +170,11 @@ INSERT INTO `Config` (`configId`, `configSectionId`, `item`, `value`) VALUES
   (74, 4, 'agentUtilThreshold1', '90'),
   (75, 4, 'agentUtilThreshold2', '75'),
   (76, 3, 'uApiSendTaskIsComplete', '0'),
-  (77, 1, 'hcErrorIgnore', 'DeviceGetFanSpeed');
+  (77, 1, 'hcErrorIgnore', 'DeviceGetFanSpeed'),
+  (78, 8, 'vastAiApiKey', ''),
+  (79, 8, 'vastImageUrl', 'deadjakk/hcat-vast-dev:latest'),
+  (80, 8, 'vastImageLogin', ''),
+  (81, 8, 'vastHashtopolisBaseUrl', '');
 
 CREATE TABLE `ConfigSection` (
   `configSectionId` INT(11)      NOT NULL,
@@ -184,7 +188,9 @@ INSERT INTO `ConfigSection` (`configSectionId`, `sectionName`) VALUES
   (4, 'UI'),
   (5, 'Server'),
   (6, 'Multicast'),
-  (7, 'Notifications');
+  (7, 'Notifications'),
+  (8, 'VastAI')
+;
 
 CREATE TABLE `CrackerBinary` (
   `crackerBinaryId`     INT(11)      NOT NULL,
diff --git a/src/templates/agents/vastai.template.html b/src/templates/agents/vastai.template.html
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..97aef2744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/agents/vastai.template.html
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/head%}
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/menu%}
+<h2>Current Vast.AI Instances</h2>
+{{IF [[vastApiKey]] === '' }}<h5><strong>Error: </strong>Missing Vast.ai API Key, add one <a href="/config.php?view=8">here</a></h5>{{ENDIF}}
+{{IF [[infoMessage]] != '' }}<h5><strong>Info:</strong> [[infoMessage]] {{ENDIF}}
+{{IF [[apiError]] != '' }}<h5><strong>Vast.ai API Error:</strong> [[apiError]] {{ENDIF}}
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/messages%}
+{%TEMPLATE->tasks/autorefresh%}
+<td>&nbsp;</td>
+<div class="card">
+  <div class="table-responsive">
+    <table class="table table-bordered table-sm" id="agents">
+      <thead>
+        <tr>
+          <th>Destroy</th>
+          <th>ID</th>
+          <th>Total Cost ($/hr)</th>
+          <th>Status</th>
+          <th>GPU(s)</th>
+          <th>GPU RAM (MB)</th>
+          <th>CPU Name</th>
+          <th>CPU Threads</th>
+          <th>CPU RAM (MB)</th>
+          <th>Verification Status</th>
+          <th>Inet Cost Upload ($/GB)</th>
+          <th>Inet Cost Download ($/GB)</th>
+          <th>Storage Cost ($/GB/Month)</th>
+          <th>Interruptible</th>
+        </tr>
+      </thead>
+      <tbody>
+
+        {{FOREACH gpu;[[gpus]]}}
+          <tr>
+            {{IF [[accessControl.hasPermission([[$DAccessControl::MANAGE_AGENT_ACCESS]])]]}} 
+              <td>
+                <form action="vastaiAgents.php" method="POST" onSubmit="if (!confirm('Really delete agent [[gpu.getVal('id')]]?')) return false;">
+                  <input type="hidden" name="destroy" value="[[gpu.getVal('id')]]">
+                  <input type="hidden" name="startingVoucher" value="[[gpu.getStartingVoucher()]]">
+                  <input type="hidden" name="csrf" value="[[csrf]]">
+                  <button type="submit" class='btn btn-warning' data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Destroy Instance"><i class="fas fa-trash" aria-hidden="true" ></i></button>
+                </form>
+              </td>
+            {{ELSE}}
+              <td>&nbsp;</td>
+            {{ENDIF}}
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('id')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getFloatVal('dph_total',2)]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('actual_status')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('gpu_name')]] x [[gpu.getVal('num_gpus')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('gpu_ram')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('cpu_name')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('cpu_cores')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('cpu_ram')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('verification')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getFloatVal('inet_up_cost',2)]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getFloatVal('inet_down_cost',2)]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('storage_cost')]]</td>
+            <td>{{IF [[gpu.getVal('is_bid')]]}} True {{ELSE}} False {{ENDIF}}</td>
+          </tr>
+          <tr>
+		  <td colspan="3">Uptime:  [[gpu.getUptime()]] <sub><br>ssh -p [[gpu.getVal('ssh_port')]] root@[[gpu.getVal('ssh_host')]]</sub> </td>
+              <td colspan="8"> [[gpu.getVal('status_msg')]] </td>
+          </tr>
+        {{ENDFOREACH}}
+      </tbody>
+    </table>
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+      $(document).ready(function () {
+        $('#agents').DataTable({
+          pageLength: 50,
+          "order": [ [0, 'asc'] ],
+          "columnDefs": [
+            { "orderable": false, "targets": [5, 7] },
+            { "orderable": true, "targets": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6] }
+          ]
+        });
+      });
+    </script>
+  </div>
+</div>
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/foot%}
diff --git a/src/templates/agents/vastai_rent.template.html b/src/templates/agents/vastai_rent.template.html
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b143abb90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/agents/vastai_rent.template.html
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/head%}
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/menu%}
+<h2>Vast AI - Rent Instance</h2>
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/messages%}
+{{IF [[vastApiKey]] === '' }}<h5><strong>Error: </strong>Missing Vast.ai API Key, add one <a href="/config.php?view=8">here</a></h5>{{ENDIF}}
+{{IF [[infoMessage]] != '' }}<h5><strong>Info:</strong> [[infoMessage]] {{ENDIF}}
+{{IF [[apiError]] != '' }}<h5><strong>Vast.ai API Error:</strong> [[apiError]] {{ENDIF}}
+<div class="card">
+  <div class="table-responsive">
+    <!--Instance details-->
+    <table class="table table-bordered">
+	<div class="card">
+    <div class="table-responsive">
+    {{IF [[rentType]] != 'bulk'}}
+      <tr>
+          <td>Total Cost ($/hr)</td>
+          <td>[[gpu.getVal('dph_total')]]</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>Reliability</td>
+          <td>[[gpu.getFloatVal100('reliability2',2)]] %</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>GPU(s) Name</td>
+          <td>[[gpu.getVal('gpu_name')]] x [[gpu.getVal('num_gpus')]]</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>GPU RAM (MB)</td>
+          <td>[[gpu.getVal('gpu_ram')]]</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>CPU Name</td>
+          <td>[[gpu.getVal('cpu_name')]]</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>CPU Threads</td>
+          <td>[[gpu.getVal('cpu_cores_effective')]]</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>CPU RAM (MB)</td>
+          <td>[[gpu.getVal('cpu_ram')]]</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>Internet Upload Cost ($/GB)</td>
+          <td>[[gpu.getFloatVal('inet_up_cost',2)]]</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>Internet Download Cost ($/GB)</td>
+          <td>[[gpu.getFloatVal('inet_down_cost',2)]]</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>Storage Cost ($/GB/Month)</td>
+          <td>[[gpu.getFloatVal('storage_cost',2)]]</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>Verification Status</td>
+          <td>[[gpu.getVal('verification')]]</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>Rentable</td>
+          <td>{{IF [[gpu.getVal('rentable')]]}} True {{ELSE}} False {{ENDIF}}</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>Interruptible</td>
+          <td>{{IF [[gpu.getVal('is_bid')]]}} True {{ELSE}} False {{ENDIF}}</td>
+      </tr>
+    </div>
+    </div>
+    </table>
+
+    <!--User-definable values-->
+    <form action="vastaiAgentsRent.php" method="POST">
+    <input type="hidden" name="csrf" value="[[csrf]]">
+    <table class="table table-bordered">
+	<div class="card">
+    <div class="table-responsive">
+      <tr>
+        <td>ID</td>
+        <td>[[gpu.getVal('id')]]</td>
+        <input type="hidden" name="rent" value="single">
+        <input type="hidden" value="on" name="vastid-[[gpu.getVal('id')]]">
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+        <td>Price ($/Hr)</td>
+        <td><input type="text" disabled="disabled" class='form-control' name="price" value="[[gpu.getVal('dph_total')]]"></td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+        <td>Disk Storage Needed (GB)</td>
+        <td><input type="text" class='form-control' name="disk" value="16"></td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+          {{ENDIF}}
+        {{IF [[posted]] === true }}
+          {{IF [[rentSuccess]] === true }}
+            <td colspan="2">RENTAL SUCCESSFUL, Your image should appear <a href="vastaiAgents.php">here</a> in a few seconds. It may take between 3 to 15 minutes to join hashtopolis, depending on the instance.</td>
+          {{ELSE}}
+            <td colspan="2">RENTAL FAILED, error: [[rentError]]</td>
+          {{ENDIF}}
+        {{ELSE}}
+        <td colspan="2"><input {{IF [[posted]] === true}}disabled="disabled"{{ENDIF}} type="submit" class='form-control btn-success' value="RENT THIS INSTANCE" ></td>
+        {{ENDIF}}
+      </tr>
+    </div>
+    </div>
+    </table>
+    </form>
+  </div>
+</div>
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/foot%}
diff --git a/src/templates/agents/vastai_search.template.html b/src/templates/agents/vastai_search.template.html
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2198deb14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/agents/vastai_search.template.html
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/head%}
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/menu%}
+<h2>Search Vast.AI</h2>
+{{IF [[vastApiKey]] === '' }}<h5><strong>Error: </strong>Missing Vast.ai API Key, add one <a href="config.php?view=8">here</a></h5>{{ENDIF}}
+{{IF [[infoMessage]] != '' }}<h5><strong>Info:</strong> [[infoMessage]] {{ENDIF}}
+{{IF [[apiError]] != '' }}<h5><strong>Vast.ai API Error:</strong> [[apiError]] {{ENDIF}}
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/vastaifilter%}
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/messages%}
+        <form action="vastaiAgentsRent.php" method="POST" onSubmit="if (!confirm('Please note this will charge the Vast.ai account associated with the account. Please see the instances page to view additional costs associated with each rented instance.')) return false;">
+        <div style="display: flex; align-items: center;">
+        <input class="btn btn-warning" style="margin-right: 10px" type="submit" value="Rent Checked"/>
+        <strong><label style="padding: 8px 12px;" size="10">Disk Size (GB): </label></strong>
+        <input type="text" class="form-control" name="disk" value="8" style="width: 60px;margin-right: 10px;" maxlength="8">
+        </div>
+
+        <input type="hidden" name="csrf" value="[[csrf]]" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="rent" value="bulk"/>
+        <br /> <br />
+<div class="card">
+  <div class="table-responsive">
+    <table class="table table-bordered table-sm" id="agents">
+      <thead>
+        <tr>
+          <th>Rent</th>
+          <th>ID</th>
+          <th>Total Cost ($/hr)</th>
+          <th>Reliability</th>
+          <th>GPU(s) Name</th>
+          <th>GPU #</th>
+          <th>GPU RAM (MB)</th>
+          <th>CPU Name</th>
+          <th>CPU Threads</th>
+          <th>CPU RAM (MB)</th>
+          <th>Verification Status</th>
+          <th>Interruptible</th>
+        </tr>
+      </thead>
+      <tbody>
+        {{FOREACH gpu;[[gpus]]}}
+          <tr>
+            {{IF [[accessControl.hasPermission([[$DAccessControl::MANAGE_AGENT_ACCESS]])]]}} 
+              <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">
+                <input type="checkbox" name="vastid-[[gpu.getVal('id')]]">
+              </td>
+            {{ELSE}}
+              <td>&nbsp;</td>
+            {{ENDIF}}
+            <td><a title="See Details" href="vastaiAgentsRent.php?rent=[[gpu.getVal('id')]]">[[gpu.getVal('id')]]</a></td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('dph_total')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getFloatVal100('reliability2',0)]] %</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('gpu_name')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('num_gpus')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('gpu_ram')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('cpu_name')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('cpu_cores')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('cpu_ram')]]</td>
+            <td>[[gpu.getVal('verification')]]</td>
+            <td>{{IF [[gpu.getVal('is_bid')]]}} True {{ELSE}} False {{ENDIF}}</td>
+          </tr>
+        {{ENDFOREACH}}
+        </form> 
+      </tbody>
+    </table>
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+      $(document).ready(function () {
+        $('#agents').DataTable({
+          pageLength: 50,
+          "order": [ [0, 'asc'] ],
+          "columnDefs": [
+            { "orderable": false, "targets": [] },
+            { "orderable": true, "targets": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] }
+          ]
+        });
+      });
+    </script>
+  </div>
+</div>
+{%TEMPLATE->struct/foot%}
diff --git a/src/templates/config.template.html b/src/templates/config.template.html
index eeaaa1320..0d6de5e14 100755
--- a/src/templates/config.template.html
+++ b/src/templates/config.template.html
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ <h2>Server configuration</h2>
     <button onclick="window.location='config.php?view=5'" type="button" class="btn {{IF [[toggledarkmode]] > 0}}btn-dark{{ELSE}}btn-light{{ENDIF}}{{IF [[configSectionId]] == 5}} active{{ENDIF}}">Server</button>
     <button onclick="window.location='config.php?view=6'" type="button" class="btn {{IF [[toggledarkmode]] > 0}}btn-dark{{ELSE}}btn-light{{ENDIF}}{{IF [[configSectionId]] == 6}} active{{ENDIF}}">Multicast</button>
     <button onclick="window.location='config.php?view=7'" type="button" class="btn {{IF [[toggledarkmode]] > 0}}btn-dark{{ELSE}}btn-light{{ENDIF}}{{IF [[configSectionId]] == 7}} active{{ENDIF}}">Notifications</button>
+    <button onclick="window.location='config.php?view=8'" type="button" class="btn {{IF [[toggledarkmode]] > 0}}btn-dark{{ELSE}}btn-light{{ENDIF}}{{IF [[configSectionId]] == 8}} active{{ENDIF}}">Vast.AI</button>
   </div>
 </div>
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ <h2>Server configuration</h2>
 					  <td>[[DConfig::getConfigDescription([[conf.getVal('item')]])]]</td>
 					  <td>
 						  {{IF [[DConfig::getConfigType([[conf.getVal('item')]])]] == "string"}}
-							  <input type="text" class='form-control' name="config_[[conf.getVal('item')]]" value="[[Util::escapeSpecial([[conf.getVal('value')]])]]" title="Config Value">
+                          <input type="text" class='form-control' name="config_[[conf.getVal('item')]]" value="[[Util::escapeSpecial([[conf.getVal('value')]])]]" title="Config Value" {{IF [[configSectionId]] == 8 }} size="100" {{ENDIF}}>
 						  {{ENDIF}}
 						  {{IF [[DConfig::getConfigType([[conf.getVal('item')]])]] == "number"}}
 							  <input type="number" class='form-control' name="config_[[conf.getVal('item')]]" value="[[Util::escapeSpecial([[conf.getVal('value')]])]]" title="Config Value">
diff --git a/src/templates/struct/menu.template.html b/src/templates/struct/menu.template.html
index ddbe694b6..d9c2b34a7 100755
--- a/src/templates/struct/menu.template.html
+++ b/src/templates/struct/menu.template.html
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
                         {{IF [[accessControl.hasPermission([[$DAccessControl::VIEW_AGENT_ACCESS]])]]}}
 							<a class="dropdown-item[[menu.isActive('agents_status')]]" href="agentStatus.php">Agent Status</a>
 						{{ENDIF}}
+                        {{IF [[accessControl.hasPermission([[$DAccessControl::CREATE_AGENT_ACCESS]])]]}}
+							<a class="dropdown-item[[menu.isActive('vast_ai_agents')]]" href="vastaiAgents.php">Show Rented Vast.AI Agents</a>
+						{{ENDIF}}
+                        {{IF [[accessControl.hasPermission([[$DAccessControl::CREATE_AGENT_ACCESS]])]]}}
+							<a class="dropdown-item[[menu.isActive('vast_ai_agents_search')]]" href="vastaiAgentsSearch.php">Search Vast.AI Agents</a>
+						{{ENDIF}}
 					</div>
 				</li>
 			{{ENDIF}}
diff --git a/src/templates/struct/vastaifilter.template.html b/src/templates/struct/vastaifilter.template.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e818d9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/struct/vastaifilter.template.html
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<form action="vastaiAgentsSearch.php" method="GET">
+    <input type='hidden' name='search' value='true'>
+    <input type="hidden" name="csrf" value="[[csrf]]">
+
+    <table class="table table-bordered table-sm" >
+    <thead>
+        <th> Max Cost ($/hr)</th>
+        <th> GPU Name</th>
+        <th> Min GPU RAM (MB)</th>
+        <th> Min CPU RAM (MB)</th>
+    </thead>
+    <tr>
+        <td> <input type="text" class="form-control" name="dph_total" value="[[search_dph_total]]" size=10> </td>
+        <td> <input type="text" class="form-control" name="gpu_name" value="[[search_gpu_name]]" size=10> </td>
+        <td> <input type="text" class="form-control" name="gpu_ram" value="[[search_gpu_ram]]" size=10> </td>
+        <td> <input type="text" class="form-control" name="cpu_ram" value="[[search_cpu_ram]]" size=10> </td>
+    </tr>
+    <thead>
+        <th>Disk Size (GB)</th>
+        <th>CPU Threads</th>
+        <th> Reliability (.8 is 80%)</th>
+    </thead>
+    <tr>
+        <td> <input type="text" class="form-control" name="disk_space" value="[[search_disk_space]]" size=10> </td>
+        <td> <input type="text" class="form-control" name="cpu_cores" value="[[search_cpu_cores]]" size=10> </td>
+        <td> <input type="text" class="form-control" name="reliability2" value="[[search_reliability2]]" size=10> </td>
+    </tr>
+
+    <tr>
+        <input type="hidden" name="verified" value="off" />
+        <td colspan="5"> Verified: <input colspan="5" type="checkbox" name="verified" size="10" {{IF [[verifiedChecked]] == true}} checked="checked" {{ENDIF}}> </td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <input type="hidden" name="uninterruptible" value="off" />
+        <td colspan="5"> Uninterruptible (cannot be outbid): <input type="checkbox" name="uninterruptible" size="10" {{IF [[uninterruptibleChecked]] == true}} checked="checked" {{ENDIF}}> </td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <input type="hidden" name="datacenter" value="off" />
+        <td colspan="5"> Trusted Datacenters Only (secure cloud): <input type="checkbox" name="datacenter" size="10" {{IF [[datacenterChecked]] == true}} checked="checked" {{ENDIF}}> </td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td colspan="5"><input class="btn btn-success" type="submit" value="Search GPUs"/></td>
+    </tr>
+
+    </table>
+</form>
+<br>
diff --git a/src/vastaiAgents.php b/src/vastaiAgents.php
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d180aa857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vastaiAgents.php
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+<?php
+
+use DBA\RegVoucher;
+use DBA\Config;
+use DBA\AccessGroup;
+use DBA\AccessGroupAgent;
+use DBA\AccessGroupUser;
+use DBA\Agent;
+use DBA\AgentError;
+use DBA\Assignment;
+use DBA\Chunk;
+use DBA\ContainFilter;
+use DBA\JoinFilter;
+use DBA\OrderFilter;
+use DBA\QueryFilter;
+use DBA\Factory;
+
+require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/inc/load.php");
+require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/inc/vastAiUtils.php");
+
+if (!Login::getInstance()->isLoggedin()) {
+  header("Location: index.php?err=4" . time() . "&fw=" . urlencode($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?" . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']));
+  die();
+}
+
+AccessControl::getInstance()->checkPermission(DViewControl::AGENTS_VIEW_PERM);
+
+Template::loadInstance("agents/vastai");
+Menu::get()->setActive("vast_ai_agents");
+
+//catch actions here...
+if (isset($_POST['action']) && CSRF::check($_POST['csrf'])) {
+  $agentHandler = new AgentHandler(@$_POST['agentId']);
+  $agentHandler->handle($_POST['action']);
+  if (UI::getNumMessages() == 0) {
+    Util::refresh();
+  }
+}
+
+$vastaiApiKey = SConfig::getInstance()->getVal(Dconfig::VAST_AI_API_KEY);
+$apiError = '';
+$infoMessage = '';
+
+UI::add('vastApiKey',$vastaiApiKey);
+UI::add('pageTitle', "Vast.AI Agents");
+
+// DESTROY LOGIC
+if (isset($_POST['destroy']) && AccessControl::getInstance()->hasPermission(DAccessControl::MANAGE_AGENT_ACCESS)) {
+  if ($_POST['destroy'] === '' ){
+    echo "No machine id provided for the destroy action";
+    die();
+  }
+  $machineId = $_POST['destroy'];
+
+  $response = vastAiDestroyInstance($vastaiApiKey, $machineId);
+  if (isset($response['error'])) {
+      $apiError .= "vast.ai get instances error: " . $response;
+  } else if (isset($response['success'])) {
+      $infoMessage = 'Successfully destroyed instance: ' . $machineId;
+  } else {
+      $apiError .= "vast.ai get instances error: " . $response;
+  }
+
+  // REMOVE VOUCHER FOR DESTROYED INSTANCE IF IT HASNT BEEN USED YET
+  if (isset($_POST['startingVoucher']) && $_POST['startingVoucher'] != '') {
+    $qF = new QueryFilter(RegVoucher::VOUCHER, $_POST['startingVoucher'], "=");
+    $check = Factory::getRegVoucherFactory()->filter([Factory::FILTER => $qF]);
+    if ( $check != null ) {
+      AgentUtils::deleteVoucher($_POST['startingVoucher']);
+    }
+  }
+} 
+
+// INSTANCE LIST LOGIC to list the current vast.ai instances associated with the api key
+$response = getVastAiAgents($vastaiApiKey);
+if (isset($response['error'])) {
+    $apiError .= "vast.ai get instances error: " . $response;
+} else if (isset($response['instances']) == true) {
+  $gpus = array();
+  foreach ($response['instances'] as $gpu) {
+      $gpuClassInstance = new VastAiGPUArrayClass($gpu);
+      array_push($gpus, $gpuClassInstance);
+  }
+} else {
+    $apiError .= 'missing instances, response: ' . var_export($response, true);
+}
+
+// TEST IF AUTO-RELOAD IS ENABLED
+$autorefresh = 0;
+if (isset($_COOKIE['autorefresh']) && $_COOKIE['autorefresh'] == '1') {
+  $autorefresh = 10;
+}
+if (isset($_POST['toggleautorefresh'])) {
+  if ($autorefresh != 0) {
+    $autorefresh = 0;
+    setcookie("autorefresh", "0", time() - 600);
+  }
+  else {
+    $autorefresh = 10;
+    setcookie("autorefresh", "1", time() + 3600 * 24);
+  }
+  Util::refresh();
+}
+if ($autorefresh > 0) { //renew cookie
+  setcookie("autorefresh", "1", time() + 3600 * 24);
+}
+
+UI::add('autorefresh', 0);
+if (isset($_GET['id']) || !isset($_GET['new'])) {
+  UI::add('autorefresh', $autorefresh);
+  UI::add('autorefreshUrl', "");
+}
+
+UI::add('infoMessage', $infoMessage);
+UI::add('apiError', $apiError);
+UI::add('gpus', $gpus);
+echo Template::getInstance()->render(UI::getObjects());
diff --git a/src/vastaiAgentsRent.php b/src/vastaiAgentsRent.php
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e76473871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vastaiAgentsRent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+<?php
+
+use DBA\Factory;
+use DBA\Config;
+use DBA\AccessGroup;
+use DBA\AccessGroupAgent;
+use DBA\AccessGroupUser;
+use DBA\Agent;
+use DBA\AgentError;
+use DBA\Assignment;
+use DBA\Chunk;
+use DBA\ContainFilter;
+use DBA\JoinFilter;
+use DBA\OrderFilter;
+use DBA\QueryFilter;
+
+require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/inc/load.php");
+require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/inc/vastAiUtils.php");
+
+if (!Login::getInstance()->isLoggedin()) {
+  header("Location: index.php?err=4" . time() . "&fw=" . urlencode($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?" . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']));
+  die();
+}
+
+AccessControl::getInstance()->checkPermission(DViewControl::AGENTS_VIEW_PERM);
+
+//catch actions here...
+if (isset($_POST['action']) && CSRF::check($_POST['csrf'])) {
+  $agentHandler = new AgentHandler(@$_POST['agentId']);
+  $agentHandler->handle($_POST['action']);
+  if (UI::getNumMessages() == 0) {
+    Util::refresh();
+  }
+}
+
+Template::loadInstance("agents/vastai_rent");
+
+$apiError = '';
+$infoMessage = '';
+$rentError = '';
+$vastaiApiKey = SConfig::getInstance()->getVal(Dconfig::VAST_AI_API_KEY);
+$rentSuccess = false;
+UI::add('vastApiKey', $vastaiApiKey);
+
+if (isset($_POST['rent']) && AccessControl::getInstance()->hasPermission(DAccessControl::CREATE_AGENT_ACCESS)) {
+  UI::add('rentType',$_POST['rent']);
+  foreach(array_keys($_POST) as $postKey){
+    if (strpos($postKey, 'vastid-') !== 0) {
+        continue;
+    }
+
+    $id = substr($postKey, strlen('vastid-'));
+    $query = array("id" => array("eq" => $id ));
+
+    // PULL the details for the provided id
+    $response = searchGpus(json_encode($query));
+    if (isset($response['error'])) {
+        $apiError .= "vast.ai get offers error: " . $response . "<br>";
+    } else if (isset($response['offers']) == true) {
+      if (sizeof($response['offers']) == 1){
+        $gpu = new VastAiGPUArrayClass($response['offers'][0]);
+        UI::add('gpu', $gpu);
+      } else if (sizeof($response['offers']) > 1){
+        $apiError .= 'results were ambiguous for provided machine id<br>';
+      } else {
+        $apiError .= 'no results found for provided machine id<br>';
+      }
+    } else {
+      $apiError  = 'missing offer key, response: ' . var_export($response , true) . '<br>';
+    }
+
+    // RENT LOGIC
+    $imageUrl = SConfig::getInstance()->getVal(Dconfig::VAST_IMAGE_URL);
+    $baseUrl = SConfig::getInstance()->getVal(Dconfig::VAST_HASHTOPOLIS_BASE_URL);
+    $vastaiImageLogin = SConfig::getInstance()->getVal(Dconfig::VAST_IMAGE_LOGIN);
+
+    if ($baseUrl === '') {
+      echo 'No base url string was set. set it <a href="/config.php?view=8">here</a><br>';
+      die();
+    }
+    if ($imageUrl === '') {
+      echo 'No image url string was set. set it <a href="/config.php?view=8">here</a><br>';
+      die();
+    }
+    if (isset($_POST['disk']) === false || $_POST['disk'] === '') {
+      echo 'A disk value must be set.<br>';
+      die();
+    }
+    if (isset($_POST['price']) === false || $_POST['price'] === ''){
+      $price = null;
+    }
+
+    $disk  = $_POST['disk'];
+    $price = $_POST['price'];
+    // this additional substring gets referenced to properly remove
+    // voucher and agent artifacts by the destroy function.
+    // it is also intuitive when checking agents/vouchers.
+    $voucher = makeVastaiVoucher($id);
+
+    $response = rentMachine($vastaiApiKey, $id, $imageUrl, $price, $disk, $voucher, $baseUrl, $vastaiImageLogin);
+    if (isset($response['error'])) {
+        $rentError .= "vast.ai error: " . $response['msg'];
+    } else if (isset($response['success'])) {
+        $infoMessage .= '<br>Successfully rented: ' . $id;
+        $rentSuccess = true;
+    } else {
+        $rentError .= "vast.ai error: " . $response . '<br>';
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  UI::add('posted', true);
+  UI::add('rentError', $rentError);
+  UI::add('infoMessage', $infoMessage);
+  UI::add('rentSuccess', $rentSuccess);
+} else if (isset($_GET['rent']) && AccessControl::getInstance()->hasPermission(DAccessControl::CREATE_AGENT_ACCESS)) {
+  // VIEWING DETAILS
+  $id = $_GET['rent'];
+  $query = array("id" => array("eq" => $id ));
+  $response = searchGpus(json_encode($query));
+  if (is_array($response) === false){
+      $apiError .= $response . "\n";
+  }
+  if (isset($response['offers']) == true) {
+    if (sizeof($response['offers']) == 1){
+      $gpu = new VastAiGPUArrayClass($response['offers'][0]);
+      UI::add('gpu', $gpu);
+    } else if (sizeof($response['offers']) > 1){
+      $apiError .= 'results were ambiguous for provided machine id' . "\n";
+    } else {
+      $apiError .= 'no results found for provided machine id' . "\n";
+    }
+  } else {
+      $apiError .= 'missing offer key, response: ' . var_export($response, true) . "\n";
+  }
+} else {
+    echo "Error: No rent param provided";
+    die();
+}
+
+UI::add('apiError', $apiError);
+echo Template::getInstance()->render(UI::getObjects());
diff --git a/src/vastaiAgentsSearch.php b/src/vastaiAgentsSearch.php
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..49942c1a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vastaiAgentsSearch.php
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+<?php
+
+use DBA\Config;
+use DBA\AccessGroup;
+use DBA\AccessGroupAgent;
+use DBA\AccessGroupUser;
+use DBA\Agent;
+use DBA\AgentError;
+use DBA\Assignment;
+use DBA\Chunk;
+use DBA\ContainFilter;
+use DBA\JoinFilter;
+use DBA\OrderFilter;
+use DBA\QueryFilter;
+use DBA\Factory;
+
+require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/inc/load.php");
+require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/inc/vastAiUtils.php");
+
+if (!Login::getInstance()->isLoggedin()) {
+  header("Location: index.php?err=4" . time() . "&fw=" . urlencode($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?" . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']));
+  die();
+}
+
+AccessControl::getInstance()->checkPermission(DViewControl::AGENTS_VIEW_PERM);
+
+Template::loadInstance("agents/vastai_search");
+Menu::get()->setActive("vast_ai_agents_search");
+
+//catch actions here...
+if (isset($_POST['action']) && CSRF::check($_POST['csrf'])) {
+  $agentHandler = new AgentHandler(@$_POST['agentId']);
+  $agentHandler->handle($_POST['action']);
+  if (UI::getNumMessages() == 0) {
+    Util::refresh();
+  }
+}
+
+$trueKeys = array('verified', 'datacenter');
+$ltNumKeys = array('dph_total', 'dph');
+$gtKeys = array('cpu_ram', 'gpu_ram', 'reliability2', 'disk_space', 'cpu_cores');
+$eqKeys = array('gpu_name', 'cpu_name');
+$vastaiApiKey = SConfig::getInstance()->getVal(Dconfig::VAST_AI_API_KEY);
+UI::add('vastApiKey',$vastaiApiKey);
+
+// maintain current search values / set default values
+UI::add('search_gpu_name',get_or($_GET, 'gpu_name', ''));
+UI::add('search_dph_total',$_GET['dph_total'] ?? '.4');
+UI::add('search_gpu_ram',$_GET['gpu_ram'] ?? '');
+UI::add('search_cpu_ram',$_GET['cpu_ram'] ?? '');
+UI::add('search_disk_space',$_GET['disk_space'] ?? 8);
+UI::add('search_cpu_cores',$_GET['cpu_cores'] ?? '');
+UI::add('search_reliability2',$_GET['reliability2'] ?? '.8');
+
+if (isset($_GET['datacenter']) === false || $_GET['datacenter'] === 'on'){
+    // default setting
+    UI::add('datacenterChecked',true);
+} else {
+    UI::add('datacenterChecked',false);
+} 
+
+if (isset($_GET['verified']) === false || $_GET['verified'] === 'on'){
+    // default setting
+    UI::add('verifiedChecked',true);
+} else {
+    UI::add('verifiedChecked',false);
+} 
+
+if (isset($_GET['uninterruptible']) === false || $_GET['uninterruptible'] === 'on'){
+    // default setting
+    UI::add('uninterruptibleChecked',true);
+} else {
+    UI::add('uninterruptibleChecked',false);
+} 
+
+UI::add('pageTitle', "Vast.AI Search");
+$apiError = '';
+$gpus = array();
+if (isset($_GET['search']) && AccessControl::getInstance()->hasPermission(DAccessControl::MANAGE_AGENT_ACCESS)) {
+  // prepare the query, I do not like this method of doing this, but it is working
+  $query = array();
+  $query = array_merge($query, array( "rentable" => array("eq" => true)));
+  $query = array_merge($query, array( "rented" => array("eq" => false)));
+
+  if(isset($_GET['uninterruptible']) == true && $_GET['uninterruptible'] == 'on'){
+      $query = array_merge($query, array("type" => "ask"));
+  } else {
+      $query = array_merge($query, array("type" => "bid"));
+  }
+
+  foreach ($trueKeys as $key) {
+    if (isset($_GET[$key]) === true && $_GET[$key] !== ''){
+      if ($_GET[$key] == 'on'){
+        $query = array_merge($query, array( $key => array("eq" => true)));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  foreach ($eqKeys as $key) {
+    if (isset($_GET[$key]) === true && $_GET[$key] !== ''){
+      $query = array_merge($query, array( $key => array("eq" => $_GET[$key])));
+    }
+  }
+
+  foreach ($ltNumKeys as $key) {
+    if (isset($_GET[$key]) === true && $_GET[$key] !== ''){
+      $query = array_merge($query, array( $key => array("lte" => $_GET[$key])));
+    }
+  }
+
+  foreach ($gtKeys as $key) {
+    if (isset($_GET[$key]) === true && $_GET[$key] !== ''){
+      $query = array_merge($query, array( $key => array("gte" => $_GET[$key])));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // make the query
+  $response = searchGpus(json_encode($query));
+  if (isset($response['error'])) {
+      $apiError .= "vast.ai get offers error: " . implode(", ", $response);
+  } else if (isset($response['offers']) == true) {
+    foreach ($response ['offers'] as $gpu) {
+        $gpuClassInstance = new VastAiGPUArrayClass($gpu);
+        array_push($gpus, $gpuClassInstance);
+    }
+  } else {
+    $apiError  = 'missing offer key, response: ' . var_export($response , true);
+  }
+}
+
+UI::add('apiError', $apiError);
+UI::add('gpus', $gpus);
+echo Template::getInstance()->render(UI::getObjects());