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Cloud Capabilities
Compute

Create a Virtual Machine (VM)

16min

Create Instance

In the upper right corner of your Dashboard, select "Create" followed by "Instance."



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Select a Location.

By default iN8 Cloud is always selected.

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Select an Image:

  • You can choose between various Operating Systems and Pre-Defined Images or you can launch an instance from a Snapshot.



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Choose a Plan.

  • You can choose from Pre-Defined VM flavors or customize to the flavor you need!
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Create a Custom Flavor here:



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Choose a Project:

  • here you can create a level of organization to your VM projects.



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Choose a Network.



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Authentication Method:

  • Create a login to your VM. You can create a Username and Password or Add and SSH Key.
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Name your VM

Give your VM and Unique Server Name and Host Name.



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Billing

  • Select your "Billing Cycle". and Review and Deploy
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Deploy Now

  • Review the billing of your VM Instance and then Click "Deploy Now"



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Status

  • Your VM instance will start the creation process, please note it will take a few minutes for your VM to spin up. Watch the status as show below.



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  • When the status changes to "Running" with a green dot, your VM is successfully running
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  • Click on the name of your instance to see more details.
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VM Settings and Options

  • Click "VM Settings" to see various settings you can use to modify your VM.
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Success:

  • You have successfully launched your VM Instance.