3  Create a launch instance

  1. Open your bwCloud Dashboard

  2. Navigate to Instances in the left side menue.

  3. Select Launch Instance

Now follow the steps outlined below.

3.1 Details

  • Provide the instance name. We choose: bwcloud
  • Provide a description for the instance, e.g. bwCloud virtual machine
  • Choose count 1

3.2 Source

Instance source is the template used to create an instance.

  • Choose Ubuntu 22.04 (click on the arrow at the right)

3.3 Flavor

Flavors manage the sizing for the compute, memory and storage capacity of the instance. We use m1.nano.

  • Choose m1.nano (click on the arrow at the right)

3.4 Networks

Networks provide the communication channels for instances in the cloud.

  • We use public-belwue

3.5 Network Ports

Ports provide extra communication channels to your instances. You can select ports instead of networks or a mix of both.

  • We dont use network ports

3.6 Security Groups

3.7 Key Pair

  • Select the key pair from step create-key-pairs.

  • Here, it’s called “id-rsa-pub”

3.8 Launch Instance

  • We are done and you can click on “Launch Instance”.

3.9 Dashboard

  • Refresh your browser

  • You should see your newly created instance in your dashboard.

  • Click on the instance name to see more details