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title: "Add a cloud server to a placement group"
sidebar_label: "Add server to a group"
sidebar_position: 3
description: "How to add a cloud server to a placement group"
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# Add a cloud server to a placement group

You can only add a cloud server to a placement group when [creating the cloud server](#add-to-group-when-creating-server).

An existing server cannot be directly added to a placement group, but you can [create a copy of the server and add it to a group](#add-existing-server-to-group).

## Add a cloud server to a group when creating the server \{#add-to-group-when-creating-server}

Use the [Create a cloud server](/cloud-servers/create/create-server.mdx) instruction.

## Add an existing cloud server to a group \{#add-existing-server-to-group}

An existing cloud server cannot be added to a group. Create a copy of the cloud server and add the server to a placement group during creation.

1. If the cloud server has a local boot volume, [create an image from the volume](/cloud-servers/images/create-image.mdx#create-image-from-volume).
2. If the cloud server has a network boot volume, choose one of the options:

   * [create an image from the volume](/cloud-servers/images/create-image.mdx#create-image-from-volume);
   * [create a volume snapshot](/cloud-servers/volumes/snapshots.mdx#create-snapshot);
   * or [detach the boot volume](/cloud-servers/volumes/attach-detach-volume.mdx#detach-network-volume-from-server) from the cloud server.
3. Use the [Create a cloud server](/cloud-servers/create/create-server.mdx) instruction. As a source, select the created image, snapshot, or the volume that you detached from the server.

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