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Create an instance from a bootable volume

  1. Under Volumes→Volumes, click the "Create Volume" button.
  2. Fill out the "Volume Name" field with the name of the volume.
  3. Pick "Volume Source", pick "Image" and the pick which image under "use image as a source"
  4. Pick the storage type:
  5. For storage types, at PSNC and Safespring, please see Storage types.
  6. Pick size of the volume.
  7. Just leave default on "Availability Zone" and "Group".
  8. Click "Create Volume" at the bottom.
  9. You are returned to the volume listing page. Click the dropdown meny arrow at the end of the row for you newly created volume.
  10. Choose "Launch as Instance".
  11. You are now presented with the same dialoge as in "Create a virtual machine (instance) from image".
  12. On the "Source" page, be sure to pick the option "Volume" under "Select Boot Source", and then you newly created volume under the listing below.
  13. Under "Flavor", be sure to pick a flavor with no local disk, i. e 0 GB (zero) in the "Root Disk" column.
  14. Proceed as you would to create a regular instance.