Creating Instances from Pre-Built Images

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Step 1:

  • Navigate to Instances under the Compute category.

  • Clicking on the create button opens the instance creation wizard.



Step 2:

  • First name the instance.

  • The VM OS radio buttons selects how the image is created.

  • Select ‘From Image’ to create an instance from a preconfigured image.

  • From the image dropdown select Windows Server 2016 – Updated Image.

  • The instance type dropdown contains preconfigured virtual machines’ cpu, ram, and disk space templates. Type c3.large and click on the configuration.

  • Select which network the instance will reside via the Network dropdown menu, and then click next.



Step 3:

  • The resources section of the wizard allows customization of the instance type.

  • The profile dropdown selects the priority of the instance when resources become scarce. Reserved has the highest, spot the least.

  • You can tag this instance which can be used as a filter keyword in the main instance menu.

  • The high availability checkbox determines if this vm will be migrated to a different node incase of any hardware malfunction.



Step 4:

  • Clicking the next button opens the networking section of the wizard.

  • The IP address may be assigned here manually from the subnet’s allocated IPs, or assigned automatically via DHCP if left blank.



Step 5:

  • The next menu allows an ssh key and a cloud-init configuration file to be used, there is no need for a cloud-init config file or any ssh key injection for Windows Server images.



Step 6:

  • Click finish to spin up your instance.

Last modified: Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 9:01 AM