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To create a server we need to specify what flavor (the specifications of your cloud instance), networks and image we’ll be using

To request a list of available flavors we can use openstack flavor list

$ openstack flavor list

+-------------------+-------------+--------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
| ID                | Name        |    RAM | Disk | Ephemeral | VCPUs | Is Public |
+-------------------+-------------+--------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+
| 07cc214e-ab6b-40b | xer.small   |   2048 |   32 |        32 |     1 | True      |
| b-99b5-ef05405c4c |             |        |      |           |       |           |
| e1                |             |        |      |           |       |           |
| 08c0c213-ecd0-436 | xer.large   |  32768 |  128 |       128 |     4 | True      |
| 2-a17a-4665ca5a5d |             |        |      |           |       |           |
| 59                |             |        |      |           |       |           |
| 14d4062d-dcd0-457 | xer.2xlarge |  65536 |  256 |       256 |     8 | True      |
| 5-a794-0092c4188c |             |        |      |           |       |           |
| 75                |             |        |      |           |       |           |
| 2ef2fd64-cd3d-488 | xe.medium   |   2048 |   64 |        64 |     2 | True      |
| 2-bc16-f292255378 |             |        |      |           |       |           |
| 50                |             |        |      |           |       |           |
+-------------------+-------------+--------+------+-----------+-------+-----------+

Note: we've truncated the above list for the sake of brevity

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Listing available images

Images can similarly be listed

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Listing available networks

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Creating your first server

We now have all the information we need to create our first server!

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Note: By default, the default security policy is egress only. To enable ingress, create a new security group with the required rules.

You can learn more about creating security groups in the Official OpenStack Documentationarrow-up-right.

We’ll receive the details of our server and that it’s in the BUILD state.

Lets check in on how it’s progressing:

Our server is now in the ACTIVE state and ready to go! 🥳

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