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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). Before you can provision a bare metal server, you must provision a network. After a bare metal server is provisioned, you can view the details and make edits to the information in the bare metal server. After ordering the provision, it takes approximately 30 minutes to provision a server. If you no longer need the bare metal server, you can delete it.

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 credentials, delete the server, add your credentials, and provision a replacement bare metal server. 

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.

To provision a bare metal server:

  1. Click Provisioning, then click Catalog.

    The Edge Services portal shows the available items in the provisioning catalog.
Provisioning Catalog
  1. On the Step 2: Order Bare Metal tile, click ORDER.
Bare metal order screen
  1. On the bare metal order screen, complete the following fields:
Field Description
Group Select Lumen Edge Computing Solutions.
Name Type a name for the server.
Operating System Select the 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 the version of the operating system for the server.
Location Select the physical location for the bare metal server. Bare metal servers must be in the same location as the assigned network.
Server Size Select the 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 the network for the server.
  1. If you want to provision multiple bare metal servers in one session, click ADD TO ORDER, then repeat step 4.
  1. If you want to provision the bare metal server now, click ORDER NOW.

    The Edge Services portal provisions the bare metal server. This can take up to 30 minutes. You can track the progress of the provisioning and view the estimated time to completion. After the bare metal server is provisioned, you receive an email alert.

Need help?

  • Access our knowledge base (this library) from the Edge Services portal by click 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