Deploy Bare Metal Server

You can deploy a new bare metal server directly from the control panel or via our API or CLI application. This guide covers the step-by-step process, allowing you to select, configure, and launch your server in less than an hour.

Console

Accessing Bare Metal Server Deployment Page

1. In the left navigation bar, select Bare Metal Servers under Services.
2. You will see a list of your pending and existing bare metal servers (if any), their details, and current status.
3. To deploy a new bare metal server, click the DEPLOY BARE METAL SERVER button at the top of the page, this will take you to the Deploy New Bare Metal Server page.

Filtering Server Options

There are a number of options to filter the available servers:

• Fast Deploy: Use the Fast Deploy toggle to see all servers that can be provisioned within 1 hour. This is the quickest way to get started with a bare metal server.
• Location: Select your desired server location from the available options.
• Hourly Billing: Use the Hourly Billing toggle to see all servers or only the hourly billing options for eligible servers.
• Sort by: Sort the servers by Popularity, Budget, Performance or Large Data. (Default is Popularity)

Deploying a Server

1. Choose Server Option: Use the filters defined above to narrow down the server options and select the server you want to deploy.
2. Select Billing Method:
   • Bill Monthly (Default): Standard monthly commitment billing with full feature access
   • Bill Hourly: Pay-per-hour usage for eligible servers and verified accounts. Limited to Linux operating systems only
3. Select Operating System: Select your preferred OS from the provided options. Note that Windows operating systems are not supported with hourly billing.
4. Add Additional Licenses (Optional): Some OS Options may allow for additional licenses to be added, such as cPanel. If required, select any additional licenses you need from the provided options.
5. Managed Support (Optional): Enable managed support if you want additional assistance with your server. These are split into two packages, Basic and Supreme.
6. Additional Bandwidth (Optional): Add additional bandwidth to your server if required. Hourly-billed servers deploy with 1GB bandwidth by default.
7. Add SSH Key (Optional): Add your SSH key for secure access to your new server.
8. Review Order: Your selected configuration and pricing summary will be displayed both on the right side and at the bottom of the page for your review before deployment. The pricing will reflect your chosen billing method.
9. Deploy: Once you have reviewed your selections, click DEPLOY NOW to submit your order.

Note

Billing Method Eligibility: Hourly billing is only available for select server configurations and requires account verification.

API

To deploy a bare metal server using the API, you’ll need to make several API calls to gather the required information before submitting the order.

Available Inventory

List all available bare metal inventory, see the full API specification to filter the results of this API call. Use ?hourly_enabled=true to show only servers that support hourly billing.

curl --request GET \
--url https://api.ingenuitycloudservices.com/rest-api/server-orders/inventory \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'X-Api-Token: API_KEY'

List Addons

Retrieve the sku_product_name and location_code from the Available Inventory API call. Add hourly_enabled=true to return only the hourly-billed servers.

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.ingenuitycloudservices.com/rest-api/server-orders/list-addons?sku_product_name=STRING&location_code=STRING \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'X-Api-Token: API_KEY'

Create Order

Retrieve the sku_product_name and location_code from the Available Inventory API call. Retrieve the operating_system_product_code from the List Addons API call. Other fields are optional. Add "bill_hourly": true for hourly billing (requires account verification and Linux OS only).

Monthly Billing Example:

curl --request POST \
--url https://api.ingenuitycloudservices.com/rest-api/server-orders/order \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-Api-Token: API_KEY' \
--data '{"sku_product_name":"c2.small","quantity":1,"location_code":"NYC1","operating_system_product_code":"UBUNTU_22_04","support_level_product_code":"BASICSUP"}'

Hourly Billing Example:

curl --request POST \
--url https://api.ingenuitycloudservices.com/rest-api/server-orders/order \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-Api-Token: API_KEY' \
--data '{"sku_product_name":"c2.small","quantity":1,"location_code":"NYC1","operating_system_product_code":"UBUNTU_22_04","support_level_product_code":"BASICSUP","bill_hourly":true}'

CLI

To deploy a bare metal server using the CLI, you’ll need to make several requests to gather the required information before submitting the order.

Available Inventory

❯ ics-cli baremetal deploy list-inventory
Location  Server Type  Price (USD)  Available Quantity
ATL1      c2.small     $100.00      6
DFW3      c1.small     $79.00       46
DFW3      c2.small     $100.00      126
DFW3      m1.large     $250.00      7
FRA2      c1.small     $79.00       44
FRA2      c2.medium    $140.00      65
FRA2      c2.small     $100.00      70
LON2      c1.small     $79.00       10
LON2      c2.medium    $140.00      1
LON2      c2.small     $100.00      84
NYC1      c1.small     $79.00       21
SLC1      c2.small     $100.00      9
SLC1      m1.medium    $210.00      1
TYO1      h1.medium    $100.00      166
TYO1      h1.small     $79.00       123
TYO1      h2.small     $140.00      206

Filter by Hourly Billing Support:

❯ ics-cli baremetal deploy list-inventory --hourly-enabled
Location  Server Type  Price (USD)  Hourly Price  Available Quantity
DFW3      c1.small     $79.00       $0.12         46
DFW3      c2.small     $100.00      $0.15         126
FRA2      c1.small     $79.00       $0.12         44
FRA2      c2.small     $100.00      $0.15         70
NYC1      c1.small     $79.00       $0.12         21

Filter by Hourly Price Range:

❯ ics-cli baremetal deploy list-inventory --min-hourly-price 0.10 --max-hourly-price 0.20
Location  Server Type  Price (USD)  Hourly Price  Available Quantity
DFW3      c1.small     $79.00       $0.12         46
DFW3      c2.small     $100.00      $0.15         126
FRA2      c1.small     $79.00       $0.12         44
FRA2      c2.small     $100.00      $0.15         70
NYC1      c1.small     $79.00       $0.12         21

List Addons

Retrieve the sku and datacenter from the Available Inventory command.

❯ ics-cli baremetal deploy list-addons --sku c1.small --datacenter NYC1

Operating System
Name                          Type     Product Code                     Price
Windows Server 2016 Standard  windows  WINDOWS_SERVER_2016_2_CORE_PACK  $4.25 per core /mo
Windows Server 2019 Standard  windows  WINDOWS_SERVER_2019_2_CORE_PACK  $4.25 per core /mo
Windows Server 2022 Standard  windows  WINDOWS_SERVER_2022_2_CORE_PACK  $4.25 per core /mo
Rocky Linux 9                 linux    ROCKYLINUX_9                     Free
Rocky Linux 8                 linux    ROCKYLINUX_8                     Free
Ubuntu 22.04                  linux    UBUNTU_22_04                     Free
Ubuntu 20.04                  linux    UBUNTU_20_04                     Free
Ubuntu 18.04                  linux    UBUNTU_18_04                     Free
Ubuntu 24.04                  linux    UBUNTU_24_04                     Free
AlmaLinux 9                   linux    ALMALINUX_9                      Free
Debian 12                     linux    DEBIAN_12                        Free
Debian 11                     linux    DEBIAN_11                        Free

Baremetal Software Licenses
Name    Product Code  Price
cPanel  CPANEL100     $42.00 /mo

Managed Support
Name     Description                                                                                                        Product Code  Price
Basic    Everything included with our free 24/7 support plus OS upgrades, performance troubleshooting and a 30 minute SLA.  BASICSUP      $19.95 /mo
Supreme  Everything included with basic support plus software installations, and a 15 minute SLA.                           SUPREMESUP    $69.00 /mo

Filter Hourly-Enabled Add-ons:

❯ ics-cli baremetal deploy list-addons --sku c1.small --datacenter NYC1 --hourly-enabled

Operating System
Name         Type   Product Code  Price
Rocky Linux 9  linux  ROCKYLINUX_9  Free
Rocky Linux 8  linux  ROCKYLINUX_8  Free
Ubuntu 22.04  linux  UBUNTU_22_04  Free
Ubuntu 20.04  linux  UBUNTU_20_04  Free
Ubuntu 18.04  linux  UBUNTU_18_04  Free
Ubuntu 24.04  linux  UBUNTU_24_04  Free
AlmaLinux 9   linux  ALMALINUX_9   Free
Debian 12     linux  DEBIAN_12     Free
Debian 11     linux  DEBIAN_11     Free

Managed Support
Name     Description                                                                                                        Product Code  Price
Basic    Everything included with our free 24/7 support plus OS upgrades, performance troubleshooting and a 30 minute SLA.  BASICSUP      $19.95 /mo
Supreme  Everything included with basic support plus software installations, and a 15 minute SLA.                           SUPREMESUP    $69.00 /mo

Create Order

Retrieve the sku and datacenter from the Available Inventory command. Retrieve os from the List Addons command along with other optional fields.

Monthly Billing (Default):

❯ ics-cli baremetal deploy create --sku c1.small --datacenter NYC1 --os DEBIAN_11 --support BASICSUP
=== Order Details ===
Server Type: c1.small
Datacenter: NYC1
Operating System: DEBIAN_11
Quantity: 1
Billing Type: Monthly
Support Level: BASICSUP

Are you sure you want to place this order? (y/N):

Hourly Billing:

❯ ics-cli baremetal deploy create --sku c1.small --datacenter NYC1 --os DEBIAN_11 --support BASICSUP --bill-hourly
=== Order Details ===
Server Type: c1.small
Datacenter: NYC1
Operating System: DEBIAN_11
Quantity: 1
Billing Type: Hourly
Support Level: BASICSUP

Are you sure you want to place this order? (y/N):

Multiple Servers with Hourly Billing:

❯ ics-cli baremetal deploy create --sku c1.large --datacenter LHR1 --os UBUNTU_22_04 --quantity 2 --bill-hourly --ssh-keys "Production Key" --support BASICSUP
=== Order Details ===
Server Type: c1.large
Datacenter: LHR1
Operating System: UBUNTU_22_04
Quantity: 2
Billing Type: Hourly
SSH Keys: Production Key
Support Level: BASICSUP

Are you sure you want to place this order? (y/N):

After Deployment

• Your new server will appear in the Pending Servers section of the Bare Metal Servers page with the status of the order.
• Once the server is deployed it will be present in the My Servers section of the Bare Metal Servers page with the status Online. You can access and manage your server as needed.

Tip

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Troubleshooting & Support

If you encounter any issues during deployment or can’t find what you’re looking for

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