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* Ensure you have a keypair available to use. Your keypair will be used to grant you access to the virtual machine after it's been created.
* Ensure you have a keypair available to use. Your keypair will be used to grant you access to the virtual machine after it's been created.
** If you need help creating a keypair, please review our [[Create a keypair]] article.
** If you need help creating a keypair, please review our [[Create a keypair]] article.


* Ensure you have an acceptable security group created for network purposes.
* Ensure you have an acceptable security group created for network purposes.

Revision as of 16:44, 15 May 2024

This article will help you create a new virtual machine (or instance).

In the DataTenant Cloud, a virtual machine is called an 'instance'. This article will guide you on creating a new instance.

Prerequisites

In order to have a successful instance build, you'll want to make sure you have a few things squared away first.


  • Ensure you have a keypair available to use. Your keypair will be used to grant you access to the virtual machine after it's been created.
    • If you need help creating a keypair, please review our Create a keypair article.


  • Ensure you have an acceptable security group created for network purposes.


Create a virtual machine (instance)

Login to the DataTenant Cloud. Navigate to the Project, Network, Security Groups menu.