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Provisioning public instances

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Before you begin

You have two options to provision your public virtual server instances. The first is through the IBM® Bluemix® Catalog and the second is through the Customer Portal. Note that the catalog and portal require unique log-in IDs. Your catalog username and password won’t work for logging in to the portal and vice versa. {:shortdesc}

Before you begin, review the following prerequisites.

  1. Ensure you have either your Bluemix Catalog or Customer Portal credentials set up.

    Note: For the Bluemix catalog, you must have an upgraded account to order virtual servers. For more information about upgrading your account, see Upgrading and unifying Bluemix and SoftLayer billing accounts.

  2. If you haven't done so, review the deployment options available to you. For more information, see Deployment options: Public virtual server.

Logging in

Ensure that you are logged in, either through Bluemix Catalog or Customer Portal:

Table 1. Choose a log in location
If you want to log in with... Then...
Bluemix Catalog
  1. Open a new browser window and enter https://console.bluemix.net/catalog/.
  2. Click the Log in link (lower-right corner).
  3. Enter your email or IBMid and click Continue.
  4. Enter your Password and click Log in.
  5. Select Infrastructure > Compute.
  6. Click the Public Virtual Servers (Hourly) or Public Virtual Servers (Monthly) tile.
  7. Click Create. The main page of the Customer Portal opens.
Customer Portal
  1. Open a new browser window and enter https://control.softlayer.com.
  2. Enter your Username and Password, and click Log In. OR, click Log in with IBMid. Then enter your email or IBMid and click Continue. Enter your password and click Log In. The main page of the Customer Portal opens.

Provisioning a public virtual server instance

{: #ordering-public-instance} After you have completed the prerequisites, you can begin to provision a public virtual server instance. You can provision your public instances two ways -- through the Devices menu or the Devices icon.

Provisioning a public virtual server instance through the Devices icon

To provision your public virtual server instance through the Devices icon, complete the following steps:

  1. On the Customer Portal main page, click the Devices icon under Order.
  2. Scroll down on the Order SoftLayer Products and Services page to the Devices section. Click on either Public Virtual Server (Hourly) or Public Virtual Server (Monthly) link.
  3. On the Configure your Cloud Server page, complete all the relevant information.
  4. Click the Add to Order button to continue.
  5. Click the Create button to complete your order.

Provisioning a public virtual server instance through the Devices menu

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You can also provision your public virtual server instances through the Devices menu on the main Customer Portal page.

  1. Click Devices > Device List.

    The Devices page displays all device types: dedicated hosts, virtual servers, bare metal servers, and NetScaler application delivery controllers—within your account.

  2. Select the host for your public instances by clicking on its link under Device Name.

    Note: If you have no devices, click the Order Devices link in the upper right-hand corner.

  3. On the Configure your Cloud Server page, complete all the relevant information.

  4. Click the Add to Order button to continue.

  5. Click the Create button to complete your order.

What's Next?

After your virtual server is provisioned, you can start managing it. For more information, see Managing your virtual server.