Purchasing a BMS

  1. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Bare Metal Server and click Buy BMS in the upper right corner.
  2. Configure the BMS specifications.
    • Flavor: Select a BMS flavor, for example, physical.s4.xlarge.

    • Disk: Set system disk parameters and add a data disk.

    • Auto Backup: Select Enable automatic backup and select the backup policy created in section Creating a Backup Policy from the drop-down list.

  3. Click Buy Now to create the BMS.

    After about five minutes, the BMS is created and its status changes to Running.

  4. Log in to the BMS remotely or using the key pair, initialize the data disk, and deploy your applications.