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title: "Create a placement group"
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description: "How to create a placement group"
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# Create a placement group

You can create a placement group:

* when [creating a cloud server](/cloud-servers/create/create-server.mdx) — the created server will be automatically added to the group;
* or separately — you can add a cloud server to this group only when creating the server.

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    1. In the [Control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vpc/default/images/), on the top menu, click **Products** and select **Cloud Servers**.

    2. Open the **Placement Groups** tab.

    3. Click **Create group**.

    4. Enter the name of the group.

    5. Select a placement policy:

       * prefer different hosts (soft-anti-affinity) — the system will attempt to place servers on different hosts. If no suitable host is available when creating a server, it will be created on the same host;
       * require different hosts (anti-affinity) — servers in the group must be placed on different hosts. If we do not find a suitable host, the server will not be created.

    6. Click **Create group**.
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      OpenStack CLI
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    1. [Open OpenStack CLI](/cloud-servers/tools/openstack-cli/).
    2. Create a placement group:

       ```bash
       openstack server group create \
           --policy <policy> \
           --os-compute-api-version 2.15 \
           <placement_group_name>
       ```

       Specify:

       * `<policy>` — [placement policy](/cloud-servers/placement-groups/about-placement-groups.mdx#placement-policy): `anti-affinity`, `soft-anti-affinity`;
       * `<placement_group_name>` — group name.
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