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Provisioning public instances

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Before you begin

You have two options to provision your public virtual server instances. The first is through the {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix}} catalog and the second is through the {{site.data.keyword.slportal}}. The catalog and {{site.data.keyword.slportal}} require unique log-in IDs. Your catalog user name and password won’t work for logging in to the portal and vice versa. {:shortdesc}

Before you begin, review the following prerequisites.

  1. Ensure that you have either your {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} catalog or {{site.data.keyword.slportal}} credentials set-up.

    Note: For the {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} catalog, you must have an upgraded account to order virtual servers. For more information about upgrading your account, see Switching to IBMid.

  2. If you haven't done so, review the deployment options available to you. For more information, see Deployment options: Public virtual server.

  3. Review virtual server instance capacity considerations. For more information, see Capacity considerations.

Provisioning a public virtual server instance

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After you complete the prerequisites, you can begin to provision a public virtual server instance. You can provision your public instance through the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog or the {{site.data.keyword.slportal}}.

Provisioning a public virtual server instance through the IBM Cloud catalog

To provision a public virtual server instance through the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog, complete the following steps:

  1. Log in to the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog External link icon{: new_window} by using your unique credentials.
  2. In the Compute Infrastructure section, click the Virtual Servers tile.
  3. Select the Public Virtual Server option.
  4. Click Create.
  5. Complete all of the relevant information for your virtual server instance.
  6. After you review your order summary, click the Third-Party Service Agreements check box.
  7. Click Provision.

Provisioning a public virtual server instance through the customer portal

To provision your public virtual server instance through the {{site.data.keyword.slportal}}, complete the following steps:

  1. Log in to the {{site.data.keyword.slportal}} External link icon{: new_window} by using your unique credentials.
  2. Locate the Order section and click Devices.
  3. On the Devices page, click Hourly SAN, Hourly local, Monthly, or Transient for one of the Virtual Server offerings.
  4. On the Configure your Cloud Server page, complete all the relevant information.
  5. Click the Add to Order button to continue.
  6. Confirm or edit the domain information for the server.
  7. Click the Cloud Service terms and the Third-Party Service Agreement check box.
  8. Confirm or enter your payment information and click the Submit Order button. You are redirected to a screen with your provisioning order number. You can print the screen because it's also your provisioning order receipt.

A series of emails are sent to your administrator: acknowledgment of the provisioning order, provisioning order approval and processing, and provisioning complete. The provisioning complete email includes a link to your Device Details page, after logging in to {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}}. You can also log directly in to the {{site.data.keyword.slportal}}.

Next Steps

After your virtual server is provisioned, you can start managing it. For more information, see Managing your virtual server.