Creating a VM from a public image
To create a VM:
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Open the folder where the VM will be created.
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Click Create resource.
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Select Virtual machine.
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In the Name field, enter the VM name.
- The name must be unique within the folder.
- The name may contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- The first character must be a letter. The last character can't be a hyphen.
- The maximum length of the name is 63 characters.
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Select the availability zone to locate the VM in.
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Select a public image with the software you want to use.
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In the Computing resources section:
- Choose the platform.
- Specify the necessary number of vCPUs and amount of RAM.
Note
To create a VM from a GitLab image, at least 4 virtual cores (100% vCPU) and 4 GB of RAM are required.
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In the Network settings section, click Add network.
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In the window that opens, select the subnet to connect the VM to when creating it.
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In Public address, choose:
- Automatically — to set a public IP address automatically. The address is allocated from the pool of Yandex.Cloud addresses.
- List — to select a public IP address from the list of static addresses. For more information, see the section Making a dynamic public IP address static in the Virtual Private Cloud service documentation.
- No address — to not assign a public IP address.
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Specify data required for accessing the VM.
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Click Create VM.
VM creation takes several minutes. When the VM status changes to RUNNING
, proceed to configuring software. You can monitor VM statuses on the list of VMs in the folder.