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Provisioning a bare metal server

Use the Edge Services portal to provision Lumen^® Edge Bare Metal servers (referred to as an instance in the portal). After a bare metal server is provisioned, you can view the details and edit the information of the bare metal server. If you no longer need the bare metal server, you can delete it.

It takes approximately 30 minutes to provision a server.

Note: Before you can provision a bare metal server, you must provision a network. It can take up to five minutes for the network provisioning to complete.

Lumen Edge Bare Metal supports Terraform®. Terraform is an open-source infrastructure tool that uses declarative configuration files to define API calls using a write, plan, and apply workflow process. For more information, refer to the following documentation:

If the standard storage for a bare metal configuration is not enough for your use case, you can add additional storage with Lumen® Network Storage.

Lumen Network Storage enables you to add and manage Edge storage with the Edge Services portal and Network Storage portal.

Learn more about Lumen Network Storage.

Already have Network Storage? Learn more about how to use Network Storage.

Important: Add your instance credentials (Linux or Windows) to your user profile before you provision a bare metal server to avoid being locked out. If you provision a bare metal server without adding credentials, delete the server, add your credentials, and provision a replacement bare metal server.

To provision a bare metal server:

Before you can provision a bare metal server, you must provision a network. It can take up to five minutes for the network provisioning to complete.

If you already provisioned a network and the network provisioning completed, move to Step 3 to begin provisioning a bare metal server.

If you did not provision a network, provision a network first, wait for the network provisioning to complete, then move to Step 3 to begin provisioning a bare metal server.

Click Provisioning, then click Catalog.

The Edge Services portal shows the available items in the provisioning catalog.

On the Order Bare Metal tile, click ORDER.

On the Order Bare Metal screen, complete the following fields:

Field	Description
Group	Select Lumen Edge Computing Solutions.
Name	Type a name for the server.
Operating System	Select an operating system for the server. The choice of operating system affects the price of the bare metal server. The price is displayed on this screen and updates according to your selections.
Version	Select a version of the operating system for the server.
Location	Select a physical location for the bare metal server. Bare metal servers must be in the same location as the assigned network.
Server Size	Select a required server size. The configuration is displayed. The choice of server size affects the price of the bare metal server. To estimate the cost of server configuration, use the Edge Price Estimator.
Network	Select a network for the server. A network must be fully provisioned before it can be selected. Edge Services portal lists provisioned networks. If you just provisioned a network, this can take up to five minutes to complete. The network appears for selection after the provisioning completes.

Click ORDER NOW.

The Edge Services portal starts to provision the bare metal server. This can take up to 30 minutes to complete. Be sure to track the progress of the provisioning and view the estimated time to completion in the portal. After the bare metal server is provisioned, you will receive an email alert.

Need help?

Access our knowledge base (this library) from the Edge Services portal by clicking Support, then Knowledge Base (in the upper-right corner).
For immediate live support (24/7), use the Chat with an Expert button in the bottom-right corner of the portal.
Prefer to contact us another way? Learn about additional support options for Edge Bare Metal