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Create a virtual server

Virtual servers are virtual server instances hence the name. You may also know it by VPS, VM, instance. Creating a virtual server is simple and can be done in just a few steps!

Video Guide

Written guide

First navigate to the virtual server overview page. You can find it here: https://dutchis.net/dashboard/virtualservers

virtual server overview

Once there, click on Create a new virtual server. You should land on the page shown below.

virtual server creation page

Configuring you virtual server

Hostname: This will be your server's name. This name is also used when deploying your operating system.

Username: Your username used for logging in to your server. When deploying a Windows operating system, Administrator is used as the username

Password: Your password used for logging in to your server when key based authentication is not possible. By default password authentication in SSH is disabled on unix based operating systems.

Operating System:

NameEst Deploy timeRemarkAPI ID
Ubuntu 22.04a minute-ubuntu-22-04
Ubuntu 20.04a minute-ubuntu-20-04
Debian 10a minute-debian-10
Debian 11a minute-debian-11
Fedora 38a minute-fedora-38
OpenSUSE Leap 15.5a minute-opensuse-leap-15-5
Gentoo 2023a minute-gentoo-2023
CentOS 9a minuteWARNING: CentOS is end of lifecentos-9
Windows Server 20225 minutes-windows-2022

SSH Keys: Select the SSH key you want to use to login with. If you don't have a SSH key yet, then first read this article.

Specifications: Choose the specifications for your server. This can be changed later. Note: disk size cannot be decreased.

Creation

Once your happy with your chosen configuration, you can click on Create virtual server. You will be redirected back to the virtual server overview and your server will begin deploying. It should look something like the image below once your server is deployed. Depending on your selected operating system it may take some time. Check the operating system table above.

virtual server overview with a virtual server Once your server is deployed you can login into it via SSH for linux systems or use Remote Desktop(RDP) for Windows systems.

virtual server ssh