Launching instances using the cloud management portal

To launch an instance from the Cloud management portal

Note

If you don’t have a network or SSH-keys available in some of the steppes below, you might need to do some initial configuration first.

  • Press Compute and then Instances in the sidebar menu.

  • Press the + (plus) icon in the bottom right corner.

  • Name your instance.

  • Under region, europe-se-1 is pre-selected.

  • Under Boot source, choose the image you want (the operative system). Here you should also choose what type of storage type you want (SSD or HDD).

    • If you don’t select a storage type, SSD will be chosen for you

    • When choosing a type, you also select a volume size for your persistent storage. 20 GB is the smallest size available, anything under that will still default to 20 GB but you are able to increase the size. See persistent storage for more information.

    • Press Select when done.

  • Under Choose configuration, select the flavor you want.

  • Under Availability zone, select an availability zone. We recommend europe-se-1a if you are creating you first instance (or generally if you are not sure you need to be in europe-se-1b).

  • Under SSH-keys, select your key.

  • Under Root password, select a complicated password. Save it as it will not be saved in the platform after provisioning.

  • Under Network, select the network you want to connect to. This could be either a private subnet (if you have one setup, if so the name is whatever you chose) or a directly attached IP (the name would be based on the availability zone you previously chose). We recommend using a private subnet, for more information see our Launching an instance guide.

  • Press Create when done.

The instance will take some time to deploy. When done, it will be displayed as running on the next page.

When the instance is running, click on it and review the IP configuration under Networking details. There you are able to see its IP-address (both IPv4 and IPv6).

To connect use either SSH or RDP (depending on image). If you are using a private subnet (and not a directly attached IP, see above), you might need to add a floating IP to be able to connect. For more information see our Reaching your instances article.

Note

The cloud management portal will not setup security groups which will be needed to access the instance if you are using a floating IP.

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