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 lower 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 the storage type you want (SSD or HDD).

    • If you don’t select a storage type, it defaults to SSD.

    • 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. Make sure to write it down as the platform will not save it after provisioning.

  • Under Network, select the network you want to connect to. This could be either a subnet (if you have one setup, if so the name is whatever you chose) or a directly attached IP (the name contains the availability zone name you chose earlier). We recommend using a 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 say running or active on the next page.

When the instance is running, click 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 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 the security groups needed to allow traffic to the instance.

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