Create a VM Instance
Before creating an instance or VM, you need to create a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network in Create VPC Network, and create a Server Group first in Create Server Group.
This document describes how to create Virtual Machine. Virtual Machine (VM) is a virtual version of a physical computer. Virtual machine software can run programs and operating systems, store data, connect to networks, and do other computing functions.
Create Instance from Public Image
Public Image is provided by Cloudeka by default all customers have access to this image and can use it to create instances. The first step in creating a VM instance is to click the Instance menu.
Click the Create Instance button.
The Create Instance page will appear. Select Operating System. Then fill in the column Select Operating System by clicking the column Select Operating System, version, bit version.
Select Zone to select the datacenter location to use on the VM, select the Server Group to use. In subsection Create Server Group, see Server Group. Select Instance Billing Type for details on billing can be viewed on Billing Page PPU (Pay Per Use), Fixed, and Trial.
Select VPC Network, if there is no VPC Network, customers can create a VPC first.
Select Choose a plan to determine your VM machine type.
Select Instance size to determine CPU & RAM on the VM to be created.
Type | Description | vCPU/RAM |
---|---|---|
Shared | Based on 1 vCPU | 1 vCPU/1GB, 1 vCPU/3GB,1 vCPU/4GB |
General | CPU:RAM eq 1:2,1:3 | 2vCPU/4GB, 2vCPU/6GB, 4vCPU/8GB, 4vCPU/12GB, 8vCPU/16GB, 8vCPU/24GB, 16vCPU/32GB, 16vCPU/48GB, 32vCPU/64GB, 32vCPU/96GB |
Compute Optimized | CPU:RAM eq 1:1 | 2vCPU/2GB, 4vCPU/4GB, 8vCPU/8GB, 16vCPU/16GB, 32vCPU/32GB |
Memory Optimized | CPU:RAM eq 1:4 | 2vCPU/8GB, 2vCPU/16GB, 4vCPU/16GB, 4vCPU/32GB, 8vCPU/32GB, 16vCPU/64GB, 32vCPU/128GB |
Select Storage type for root disk.
Storage Type | Size Storage |
---|---|
Standart Volume SSD | 750 - 2500 IOPS |
Premium Volume SSD | 2250 - 4500 IOPS |
In the Instance Root disk field, enter or select a size to specify the disk size of your OS. Root disk size minimum 20GB, can not be below 20GB.
Select Storage type for a data disk.
Storage Type | Size Storage |
---|---|
Standard Volume SSD | 750 - 2500 IOPS |
Premium Volume SSD | 2250 - 4500 IOPS |
Add data disk for additional storage to the VM (beyond root disk/disk os), then click Add button.
Authentication
There are two authentication methods, this authentication is used to login to your virtual machine.
SSH Keys, more secure than standard password. You must create SSH Keys first before you can use this method
Choose SSH Keys for the authentication method, then click New SSH Key.
Paste the Public key that you generated before, type the name for your key, then click Add SSH key.
Password, use the standard password for the authentication method.
In Instance Name, type your VM name, this instance name is also your VM hostname. Instance Name also can't contain special characters, put a check mark because you have agreed to Terms of Service then click Create Instance.
There will be a notification of the process of building the Instance.
After the building Instance is successful, there will be a success notification "instance (instance name) has been successfully created".
Create Instance from Custom Image
Custom images are available only to your Cloud project, you need to import your custom images to Cloudeka in Custom Image. Then, use the custom image to create an instance.
In the Instance page, click Create Instance button.
The Create Instance page will appear. Select Operating System. Then fill in the column Select Operating System by clicking the column Select Operating System, version, bit version.
Select your Custom Image you want to use.
Select Zone to select the datacenter location to use on this VM and select Instance Billing Type, for details on billing see Billing Page PPU (Pay Per Use), and Fixed.
Select VPC Network for your Instance.
Select Choose a plan to determine your VM machine type.
Choose the Instance size to determine CPU & RAM resources on the VM to be created.
Type | Description | vCPU/RAM |
---|---|---|
Shared | Based on 1 vCPU | 1 vCPU/1GB, 1 vCPU/3GB,1 vCPU/4GB |
General | CPU:RAM eq 1:2,1:3 | 2vCPU/4GB, 2vCPU/6GB, 4vCPU/8GB, 4vCPU/12GB, 8vCPU/16GB, 8vCPU/24GB, 16vCPU/32GB, 16vCPU/48GB, 32vCPU/64GB, 32vCPU/96GB |
Compute Optimized | CPU:RAM eq 1:1 | 2vCPU/2GB, 4vCPU/4GB, 8vCPU/8GB, 16vCPU/16GB, 32vCPU/32GB |
Memory Optimized | CPU:RAM eq 1:4 | 2vCPU/8GB, 2vCPU/16GB, 4vCPU/16GB, 4vCPU/32GB, 8vCPU/32GB, 16vCPU/64GB, 32vCPU/128GB |
Choose storage type for Instance.
Storage Type | Size Storage |
---|---|
Standart Volume SSD | 750 - 2500 IOPS |
Premium Volume SSD | 2250 - 4500 IOPS |
In the Instance Root disk field, enter or select a size to specify the disk size of your OS. Root disk size minimum 20GB, can not be below 20GB.
Choose volume type and add data disk size for additional storage of your Instance (outside the root disk/disk os).
Storage Type | Size Storage |
---|---|
Standard Volume SSD | 750 - 2500 IOPS |
Premium Volume SSD | 2250 - 4500 IOPS |
Click Add button to save the Data Disk.
If Data Disk successfully saved, the Data Disk will be added to the list. Click button Delete if you want to delete the Data Disk
Authentication
There are two authentication methods, this authentication is used to login to your virtual machine.
SSH Keys, more secure than standard password. You must create SSH Keys first before you can use this method
Choose SSH Keys for the authentication method, then click New SSH Key.
Paste the Public key that you generated before, type the name for your key, then click Add SSH key.
Password, use the standard password for the authentication method.
In Instance Name, type your VM name, this instance name is also your VM hostname. Instance Name also can't contain special characters, put a check mark because you have agreed to Terms of Service then click Create Instance.
There will be a notification of the process of building the Instance.
After the building Instance is successful, there will be a success notification "instance (instance name) has been successfully created".
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