Instance Types

Instance types, also referred to as flavors, are templates defining the resources to be used by a VM instance. The Instance type is selected when creating a VM instance.

Create New Instance Type

1. Navigate to the Main menu > Compute > Instance Type view. The Instance Type list is displayed.

2. Click Create in the top toolbar.

3. In the Create Instance Type window, enter the following:

   • Name - name that will identify the instance type.

   • vCPUs - vCPU resource configuration depends on the selected mode:

     • Simple - directly enter the number of vCPUs defined for this instance type.

     • Advanced - enter the number of sockets, CPU cores per socket, and number of threads per CPU. The product of all three is number of vCPUs defined for this instance type.

   • Memory - enter RAM in GB.

4. Click OK. The new instance type will appear in the list with the following parameters:

   • Name

   • Category

   • vCPUs

   • RAM

   • VMs - number of VM’s using the instance type.

   • Public

Delete Instance Type

1. Navigate to the Main menu > Compute > Instance Type view.

2. From the displayed list, select the instance type to be deleted.

3. Click Remove in the top toolbar.

   Note

   Public instance types can only be removed by Admin user.