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IONOS Cloud Compute

Manage IONOS Cloud servers, volumes, images, and snapshots. Developped with Love by Ascenzia (ascenzia.fr)

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Server → Create

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Summary

Create a new IONOS Cloud server with specified size, resources, and optional attachments

Inputs

  • datacenterId (required) — The ID of the datacenter
  • serverName (required) — The name of the server
  • cores (required) — Number of CPU cores
  • ram (required) — Amount of RAM in MB (multiples of 256)
  • additionalFields — Additional fields such as availability zone, CPU family, etc.
  • volumes — Volumes to create and attach to the server
  • nics — Network interfaces to create and attach to the server
  • cdromImageId — The ID of a CD-ROM/ISO image to attach to the server

Output shape

a single server object (the created server resource with nested volume and NIC details)

All server attributes are returned; optional nested objects may be omitted if not configured.

Examples

Example 1: Create a basic Linux server

datacenterId: 15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c, serverName: my-server, cores: 2, ram: 2048, volumes: [{name: boot-volume, size:20, type:SSD, imageAlias: 'ubuntu:latest'}], nics: [{lan:1, dhcp:true}], cdromImageId: ''

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