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Summary

This page walks you through creating a compute instance in the Nscale Console UI—selecting where it lives (project + region), attaching networking and security controls, and choosing what it runs (CPU/GPU + image). Use this guide if you:
  • Manage infrastructure for workloads that need direct VM access (e.g., SSH access)
  • Need to spin up CPU or GPU compute in an existing project
  • Want a repeatable, UI-driven process for provisioning instances

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Availability

This service is currently only available in the reserved cloud service environment.

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Requirements

Before you start, you need:
  • A project to place the instance into (instances are allocated to projects)
  • A deployment region selected (you choose this during creation, and it appears in status reads)
  • A project network (VPC) created
  • At least one security group created and associated with that network

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Step-by-step

  1. In the Console left navigation, go to Compute → Instances page
  • You should now see the Instances list view
  1. Click the New Instance button
  • You will now see the instance creation form / wizard where you will fill in basic details
Instance
  1. Fill in the basic details:
  • Name: must be unique and contain only alphanumeric characters and hyphens
  • Project: select the project where the instance will be created
  1. Configure networking:
  • Select or create a new VPC (network) to attach the instance to
  • Select or create a new security group to control inbound/outbound traffic
  • Confirm you’ve selected the intended VPC and security group before continuing
New Instance Flow 1 1
  1. Configure compute + image:
  • Choose the node type (CPU or GPU)
  • Choose the image source: pre-provisioned image, custom image, or snapshot
  • You should see the selected node type and image reflected in the configuration summary
  • (Optional) Add advanced configuration such as cloud-config YAML
  • If you don’t need boot-time configuration, leave this empty
New Instance Flow 2
  1. Review the configuration summary and click Create instance
  • You should be forwarded to the instance details page while provisioning is in progress
  • From the details page, you can monitor status and may be able to download the SSH key to access the instance via terminal
Instances Details View