Getting started with Yandex BareMetal

In the management console, select the folder where you want to lease a server.

Go to BareMetal.

Click Lease server and, in the window that opens, select Preset configurations and a suitable configuration for your BareMetal server. For example: BA-i103-S-10G.

To select the suitable server configuration, click the section with its name in the central part of the screen.

In the server configuration window that opens:

1. Under Configuration, Location, and Lease conditions, make sure the server configuration you have provided so far is adequate.

   If not, click under Configuration to return to configuration setup.

2. In the Lease duration field, select the server lease period.

   Tip

   For initial testing, you can lease a server only for one day or one month. Should you need more time, your server lease will automatically renew for the same period.

3. In the Number of servers field, keep 1.

4. Under Image, select Marketplace and an image running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

5. Under Disk, click Configure disk layout to configure partitions for the server disks.

   In the window that opens, leave the default disk partitioning settings or edit them, then click Save.

6. Under Private network, select a private subnet in the availability zone where you are leasing the server.

   If the server’s availability zone does not have a private subnet yet, or you want to create a new private subnet, click Create and, in the window that opens, specify subnet settings as described in Creating a private subnet.

7. Under Public network, select From ephemeral subnet in the Public address field.

8. Under Access:

   1. In the Password field, select one of the following options to create a root password:

      • To generate a new root password, select New password and click Generate.

        Warning

        This option requires you to maintain password security. Save the password you generated in a secure location. Yandex Cloud does not store it, and you will not be able to retrieve it once the server is deployed.

      • To use the root password saved in a Yandex Lockbox secret, select Lockbox secret.

        In the Name, Version, and Key fields, select the secret containing your password, its version, and its key, respectively.

        If you do not have a Yandex Lockbox secret, click Create to create it.

        Choose the Custom secret type to specify a custom password or Generated to generate password automatically.

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

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

      1. Click Add key.

      2. Enter a name for the SSH key.

      3. Select one of the following:

         • Enter manually: Paste the contents of the public SSH key. You need to create an SSH key pair on your own.

         • Load from file: Upload the public part of the SSH key. You need to create an SSH key pair on your own.

         • Generate key: Automatically create an SSH key pair.

           When adding a new SSH key, an archive containing the key pair will be created and downloaded. In Linux or macOS-based operating systems, unpack the archive to the /home/<user_name>/.ssh directory. In Windows, unpack the archive to the C:\Users\<user_name>/.ssh directory. You do not need additionally enter the public key in the management console.

      4. Click Add.

      The system will add the SSH key to your organization user profile. If the organization has disabled the ability for users to add SSH keys to their profiles, the added public SSH key will only be saved in the user profile inside the newly created resource.

9. Under Server information, enter the server Name: bm-server.

10. Click Lease server.