Create Cloud Servers

To create a cloud server, click Create server in the Cloud servers section of your control panel.

1. Choose a Region

Select where your server should be located. 

2. Choose an Image

Select the image you want to install on the server. 

• In the Operating system tab you’ll find Unix-based distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS, without additional software. You can select the specific version you need. 

• Marketplace offers a selection of pre-configured images and apps such as LAMP, Docker, GitLab etc. When available, you can also specify the operating system version.

• Custom image allows you to upload your own Unix-based image into the control panel and install it on the cloud server. You can also select one of the images already uploaded. 

3. Choose Plan

Select server configuration choosing the amount of RAM, CPU and disk size you need. 

If later on your server needs more resources you will be able to increase the plan. However, changing the plan to a lesser one will not be possible.

Should you need several servers with identical configurations, you can create them all at once by specifying the number of servers. Keep in mind that you need to have enough balance to pay for all the servers you’re creating.

4. Configure Network Settings

Decide whether the server should have a public IP and needs to be in a private network. This can be changed further on.

For private networks, you can choose one of the following options:

• Select one of the existing private networks on your account. We will only display the networks available for this server, i.e. created in the same region.

• Add a new private network. In this case, you’ll need to set the IP address range for it with the following parameters.

At the moment it is not possible to assign a specific local IP address to the server; the IP will be assigned automatically when the server is created.

5. Enable Backups

In the Additional Features section, the Backups option is automatically selected. 

If you leave it enabled, we will automatically create an auto backup rule for creating one copy of your data daily. Each new copy will replace the previous one.

You can change the auto backup plan later on or disable it altogether.

The backup cost is $0.07 for 1 GB of disk space so the total depends on the disk size.

If you don’t need backups at the moment, unselect the option. You can enable backups later at any time.

6. Configure Authorization Methods

This step is optional. 

By default, you can connect to the server via SSH using your root password. For extra security, you can:

• Set up the SSH keys authentication. You can choose one of the existing SSH keys that you’ve already uploaded on your account or add a new one. More information about how to create an SSH key can be found here.
• Disable password authentication for SSH. If you disable password authentication at this stage and later decide to enable it, you will need to remove or rename the /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/50-cloud-init.conf file.

If you want to keep using password authentication, skip this step.

7. Add Cloud-Init Script

This step is optional. 

Cloud-init scripts allow you to configure the server at the installation stage. To use cloud-init, paste your script in the form. The script should begin with #cloud-config or #!/bin/sh. More about cloud-init can be found here.

If you don’t need to use cloud-init, leave it blank and proceed to the next step.

8. Finalize Details

Edit the server name and comment if necessary and choose the project to add the server to. These settings can be changed later on.

Check all your chosen parameters and if everything is correct, click Order.

The server will be installed in a couple of minutes. The moment it’s ready, we will send you an email notification.

You can find the server IP address, copy your root password and a quick command for SSH connection in the server Dashboard.