Creating a VM from a public DSVM image

1. In the management console, select the folder where you want to create your VM.

2. In the list of services, select Compute Cloud.

3. In the left-hand panel, select Virtual machines.

4. Click Create virtual machine.

5. Under Boot disk image, go to the Marketplace tab and select the DSVM image.

6. Under Location, select an availability zone for your VM.

7. Optionally, configure the boot disk under Disks and file storages:

   • Select the disk type.
   • Specify the required disk size.

8. Optionally, connect a file storage:

   • Under Disks and file storages, click Add.

     • In the window that opens, select File storage and choose the storage you want to connect from the list.

     • Click Add file storage.

9. Under Computing resources, select one of the preset configurations or create a custom one. To create a custom configuration:

   • Go to the Custom tab.
   • Select a platform.
   • Specify the guaranteed performance and required number of vCPUs, as well as RAM size.
   • Optionally, enable a software-accelerated network.
   • Make your VM preemptible, if required.

10. Under Network settings:

    • In the Subnet field, enter the ID of a subnet in the new VM’s availability zone. Alternatively, you can select a cloud network from the list.

      • Each network must have at least one subnet. If your network has no subnets, create one by selecting Create subnet.

      • If there are no networks in the list, click Create network to create one:

        • In the window that opens, specify the network name and select the folder where you want to create it.
        • Optionally, select Create subnets to automatically create subnets in all availability zones.
        • Click Create network.

    • In the Public IP address field, select a method for assigning an IP address:

      • Auto: To assign a random IP address from the Yandex Cloud IP address pool. In this case, you can enable DDoS protection using the option below.
      • List: To select a public IP address from the list of previously reserved static addresses. For more information, see Converting a dynamic public IP address to static.
      • No address: Not to assign a public IP address.

    • Select the relevant security groups. If you leave this field empty, the default security group will be assigned to the VM.

    • Expand Additional and select a method for assigning internal addresses in the Internal IPv4 address field:

      • Auto: To assign a random IP address from the pool of IP addresses available in the selected subnet.
      • Manual: To manually assign a private IP address to the VM.
      • Enable DDoS protection, if required. The option is available if you previously selected the automatic IP assignment method in the public address settings.

    • Optionally, create records for your VM in the DNS zone:

      • Expand DNS settings for internal addresses and click Add record.
      • Specify a zone, FQDN, and TTL for the record. When setting the FQDN, you can enable Detect automatically for the zone.
        You can add multiple records to internal DNS zones. For more information, see Cloud DNS integration with Compute Cloud.
      • To create another record, click Add record.

    If you want to add another network interface to your VM, click Add network interface and repeat the settings from this step for the new interface. You can add up to eight network interfaces to a single VM.

11. Under Access:

    • Select Access by OS Login to connect and manage access to the new VM using OS Login in Yandex Cloud Organization.

      With OS Login, you can connect to VMs using SSH keys and SSH certificates via a standard SSH client or the Yandex Cloud CLI. OS Login enables rotating the SSH keys used to access VMs, providing the most secure access option.

    • If you prefer not to use OS Login, select SSH key and specify the following VM access data:

      • Under Login, enter a username.

        Alert

        Do not use root or other usernames reserved by the OS. To perform operations requiring superuser privileges, use the sudo command.

      • In the SSH key field, select the SSH key saved in your organization user profile.

        If there are no saved SSH keys in your profile, or you want to add a new key:

        • Click Add key.
        • Enter a name for the SSH key.
        • Upload or paste the contents of the public key file. You need to create a key pair for the SSH connection to a VM yourself.
        • Click Add.

        The SSH key will be added to your organization user profile.

        If users cannot add SSH keys to their profiles in the organization, the added public SSH key will only be saved to the user profile of the VM being created.

    If you want to add multiple users with SSH keys to the VM at the same time, specify these users' data under Metadata. You can also use metadata to install additional software on a VM when creating it.

    In public Linux images provided by Yandex Cloud, the functionality of connecting over SSH using login and password is disabled by default.

12. Under General information, specify the VM name:

    • It must be 2 to 63 characters long.
    • It may contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, and hyphens.
    • It must start with a letter and cannot end with a hyphen.

    Note

    The VM name is used to generate an internal FQDN, which is set only once, when you create the VM. If the internal FQDN is important to you, make sure to choose an appropriate name for your VM.

13. Under Additional:

    • Optionally, select or create a service account. With a service account, you can flexibly configure access permissions for your resources.

    • Optionally, enable access to the serial console.

    • Optionally, under Backup, enable Connect and select or create a backup policy to make automatic backups of your VMs using Cloud Backup.

      For more information, see Connecting Compute Cloud VMs and Yandex BareMetal servers to Cloud Backup.

    • Optionally, under Monitoring, enable Agent for delivering metrics to configure delivering metrics to Yandex Monitoring.

    • Optionally, under Placement, select a VM placement group.

14. Click Create VM.

The VM will appear in the list. Every new VM gets an IP address and host name (FQDN).