Server quick start
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
Listing available images
Images can similarly be listed
Listing available networks
Creating your first server
We now have all the information we need to create our first server!
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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