Servers in CloudFlex

Compute on CloudFlex

The Compute section covers the creation and management of virtual servers within CloudFlex. Servers provide the processing power, memory, storage, and network connectivity needed to run your applications and services.

The topics below guide you through deploying servers, configuring access and security, customising builds, managing storage, resizing resources, and protecting your data with backup and recovery options.

1. Create a Server

Create a Server

Servers are virtual machines created within your project with associated CPU, RAM, Storage and network.

Select Servers > Create a Cloud Server

Create a Cloud Server from within CloudFlex

Fill out the appropriate fields. e.g.

Location e.g. Rochdale
Availability e.g. Zone: 1
Image e.g. Ubuntu 24.04

Create server location, zone and image example Ubuntu or Windows

Hardware, Select your desired flavour e.g. 1CPU, cpu1-ram2-disk16
Volumes, Create / Select additional volumes if required .......................
Networking, Select the network for the Server
- NOTE: Do NOT disable port security, Disabling this will prevent Floating IP’s and Security Groups from working

Server Hardware, Volumes and Networking options in CloudFlex

Note: if you have not already created a network, you have the option to create one here if required.

Authentication, Add an existing or Generate an SSH Key
- We recommend you to add an SSH key to your server to be able to connect to it, if you generate this here remember to save it and keep this safe.
Cloud Config, If you have a cloud-init script, check the box enter this here, if not then leave the box unchecked

SSH Key and Cloud Config option within CloudFlex when setting up a Server.

Security Groups, Select or Create an appropriate security group to allow access
- Allow SSH traffic from - Helps you connect to your instance
- Allow HTTPS traffic from the internet - To set up an endpoint, for example when creating a web server
- Allow HTTP traffic from the internet - To set up an endpoint, for example when creating a web server
3 options are available when select from:
Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0)
My IP e.g. 222.333.44.5
Custom - enter the desired custom IP address

Once the information is entered select, Create

Create Security Group for SSH, HTTPS and HTTP traffic, then create.

Add any required Metadata if applicable by selecting Add property

Instance Metadata option when creating a server in CloudFlex with Add Property highlighted

If you create a Custom Metadata here, enter the Key and Value

Create a Custom Metadata, enter Key and value then select Add property highlighted

Add a Placement Group, Create or select a placement group

Add a Placement Group in CloudFlex when creating a Server with Create or Select Placement Group highlighted

If you create a placement group here, enter the name then select one of the following options:

Affinity - All instances on the same physical host
Anti-Affinity - Each instance on a different physical host
Soft Affinity - Best-effort same host (no error if not possible)
Soft Anti-Affinity - Best-effort same host (no error if not possible)

Once the information is entered select, Create

Placement Group Options when creating a placement group then Create highlighted

Give your Server a name located at the bottom of the page

Give your Server Name in CloudFlex

Once you have entered all the relevant information you you may have noticed the Checklist located to the right hand side, once you are happy select, Create Server.

Checklist for Create Server and the option to create highlighted at the bottom.