Deploying A Server
Prerequisites
Now that the provider has been configured, the next step is to get a server online.
- Click on Infrastructure from the main navigation and then Servers.
- Click on the Deploy button to open the server deploy wizard.
- Click on the integrated provider and select a location to deploy the server to.
- Use the final page of the form to select the server model (or multiple models) and click Deploy.
Once the server is deployed, it will take a few minutes to come online. During that time, Cycle will be programmatically interacting with the provider to do things like:
- Configure the server to work with Cycle.
- Set up the server's IP address.
It's also common for Cycle to create its own VPC at the provider the first time a server is deployed. This is so Cycle can have a safe, managed space to create infrastructure for the users that isn't "inside" of other VPCs.
Server Deploy Wizard Final page
The final page of the server deploy wizard has a lot of information for the user. For a full breakdown check out this page
Below is a reference from the deploy step of the server create modal with some descriptions of the different portions of the form:
- At the bottom of the order summary, the additional expected costs are displayed with a breakdown of costs from the provider and additional costs accrued from Cycle.
- Server selection is handled using the
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caret button to increase orv
caret to decrease the number of servers of any given type. The order summary shows the total selection in real time. - The hub usage summary shows the number of servers on the hub and will live update as new servers are added.
- The "cluster" section instructs Cycle which cluster to allocate the new server(s) to