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How to create a VM using the 3Engines CLI client on 3Engines Cloud cloud[🔗](#how-to-create-a-vm-using-the-3Engines-cli-client-on-brand-name-cloud "Permalink to this headline")
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This article will cover creating a virtual machine on 3Engines Cloud cloud using the 3Engines CLI client exclusively. It contains basic information to get you started.
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What We Are Going To Cover[🔗](#what-we-are-going-to-cover "Permalink to this headline")
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> * The **3Engines** command to create a VM
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> * Selecting parameters of the new virtual machine
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> > * Image
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> > * Flavor
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> > * Key pair
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> > * Network(s)
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> > * Security group(s)
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> * Creating a virtual machine with CLI only
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> * Adding a floating IP to the existing VM
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> * Using SSH to access the VM
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Prerequisites[🔗](#prerequisites "Permalink to this headline")
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No. 1 **Account**
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You need a 3Engines Cloud hosting account with access to the Horizon interface: <https://horizon.3Engines.com>.
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No. 2 **3Engines CLI client configured**
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To have the 3Engines CLI client configured and operational, see article: [How to install 3EnginesClient for Linux on 3Engines Cloud](../3Enginescli/How-to-install-3EnginesClient-for-Linux-on-3Engines-Cloud.html.md).
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If the command
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3Engines flavor list
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shows a list of flavors, the **3Engines** command is operational.
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No. 3 **Available image to create a new VM from**
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In general, you can create a new virtual machine from these four sources:
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> * operating system image
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> * instance snapshot
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> * volume
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> * volume snapshot
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In this article, we will use the first option, an operating system image, as a source of a new virtual machine. There are three ways you can obtain an image:
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Images that are automatically included on 3Engines Cloud cloud
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: There is a set of images that come predefined with the cloud. Typically, that default list of images will contain Ubuntu, CentOS, and Windows 2019/22 images, with various flavors. Other default images could be available as well, say, for AlmaLinux, OPNSense, OSGeolive, Rocky Linux and so on.
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Images shared from other projects
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: Under 3Engines, images can be shared between the projects. To have an alien image available in your project, you have to accept it first.
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Images uploaded within your account
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: Finally, you can upload an image by yourself. Once uploaded, the image will be a first class citizen but it may not be automatically available on other accounts you might have.
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See this article
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[How to upload your custom image using 3Engines CLI on 3Engines Cloud](How-to-upload-your-custom-image-using-3Engines-CLI-on-3Engines-Cloud.html.md)
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for an example of uploading a new Debian image to the cloud.
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No. 4 **Available SSH key pair**
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These two articles should help generate and import the SSH key into the cloud:
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* /networking/Generating-a-sshkeypair-in-Linux-on-3Engines-Cloud and |