Deploy and manage the virtual private servers in your IDrive® Compute account from the web console.

How do I upload a custom image?

You can upload custom images to your account for creating instances.

To upload an image from hard disk,

1. Sign in to your IDrive^® Compute account.
2. Go to the Images tab and click Custom Images.
3. Click Upload Image. The option to upload an image from the hard disk is selected by default.
   
   
   
4. Enter the image name.
5. Click Choose File to browse and select the image.
6. Select a Region.
7. Click Upload Image.
   
   
   
   

To import a custom image via URL:

1. Sign in to your IDrive^® Compute account.
2. Go to the Images tab and click Custom Images.
3. Click Upload Image.
4. Select Import via URL.
5. Enter the URL.
6. Enter the image name.
7. Select a Region.
8. Click Upload Image.
   
   
   
   

Note:
Custom images are billed per month at $0.05/GB.
The custom image size cannot be more than 2 TB.

How do I create an instance using a custom image?

You can create an instance using an active custom image. To upload a custom image see here.

To create an instance,

1. Sign in to your IDrive^® Compute account.
2. Go to the Images tab and click Custom Images.
   
   
   
   
3. Click Actions against the image which you want to use for creating an instance.
4. Select Create an instance.
5. Select a Region from the drop-down list.
   
   
   
   
6. The custom image that you are using to create the instance will be selected by default.
7. Choose a plan. You can select shared or dedicated CPU and choose yearly or monthly billing.
8. Select an authentication method for the instance. You can either set an SSH key or a root password for authentication.
   • SSH-Keys - Select SSH Keys from the list of pre-added keys. To add a new key, click Add an SSH Key. Enter the key name and your existing SSH Public Key details, click Add Key.
   • Password - A root password will be suggested by default. You may use the same password or create a new password.
     
     
9. Enter User Data in cloud-config format.
10. Add the required number of instances and instance names under Finalize and Create.
11. Activate the following add-ons as required by click the corresponding checkbox:
    • Enable Backup - By default, the option to enable daily cloud-based image backup for the instance is selected. Deselect the option if you do not want to enable backup.
    • Private IP - Select this option to get a private IP address for your instance.
12. Click Create.
    
    
    
    

Note:

Custom Image must have sshd installed and configured to run on boot. If sshd is not set up, you will not have SSH access to the instance

Cloud-init 0.7.7 or higher should be installed and configured properly on the custom image for ssh keys, root password and user-data injection during creation of an instance.