Create a fixed-configuration GPU Line cloud server with a bootable network disk

Last update: May 27 2025

Create a fixed-configuration GPU Line cloud server with a bootable network disk

We recommend that you create resources in order. If you create all resources at once, Terraform will take into account the dependencies between resources that you specify in the configuration file. If dependencies are not specified, resources will be created in parallel, which can cause errors. For example, a resource that is required to create another resource may not have been created yet.

1. Optional: configure the providers.

2. Add a public SSH key.

3. Create a private network and subnet.

4. Create a cloud router connected to an external network.

5. Create a port for the cloud server.

6. Get an image.

7. Create a bootable network disk.

8. Create a cloud server.

9. Create a public IP address.

10. Associate the public and private IP addresses of the cloud server.

11. Get the address of the cloud server.

Configuration files⁠

Example file for configuring providers

terraform {
  required_providers {
    selectel  = {
      source  = "selectel/selectel"
      version = "~> 6.0"
    }
    openstack = {
      source  = "terraform-provider-openstack/openstack"
      version = "2.1.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "selectel" {
  domain_name = "123456"
  username    = "user"
  password    = "password"
  auth_region = "ru-9"
  auth_url    = "https://cloud.api.selcloud.ru/identity/v3/"
}

resource "selectel_vpc_project_v2" "project_1" {
  name = "project"
}

resource "selectel_iam_serviceuser_v1" "serviceuser_1" {
  name         = "username"
  password     = "password"
  role {
    role_name  = "member"
    scope      = "project"
    project_id = selectel_vpc_project_v2.project_1.id 
  }
}

provider "openstack" {
  auth_url    = "https://cloud.api.selcloud.ru/identity/v3"
  domain_name = "123456"
  tenant_id   = selectel_vpc_project_v2.project_1.id
  user_name   = selectel_iam_serviceuser_v1.serviceuser_1.name
  password    = selectel_iam_serviceuser_v1.serviceuser_1.password
  region      = "ru-9"
}

Example file for creating a server with GPU

resource "selectel_vpc_keypair_v2" "keypair_1" {
    name       = "keypair"
    public_key = file("~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub")
    user_id    = selectel_iam_serviceuser_v1.serviceuser_1.id
}

resource "openstack_networking_network_v2" "network_1" {
    name           = "private-network"
    admin_state_up = "true"
}

resource "openstack_networking_subnet_v2" "subnet_1" {
    network_id = openstack_networking_network_v2.network_1.id
    cidr       = "192.168.199.0/24"
}

data "openstack_networking_network_v2" "external_network_1" {
    external = true
}

resource "openstack_networking_router_v2" "router_1" {
    name                = "router"
    external_network_id = data.openstack_networking_network_v2.external_network_1.id
}

resource "openstack_networking_router_interface_v2" "router_interface_1" {
    router_id = openstack_networking_router_v2.router_1.id
    subnet_id = openstack_networking_subnet_v2.subnet_1.id
}

resource "openstack_networking_port_v2" "port_1" {
    name       = "port"
    network_id = openstack_networking_network_v2.network_1.id

    fixed_ip {
      subnet_id = openstack_networking_subnet_v2.subnet_1.id
    }
}

data "openstack_images_image_v2" "image_1" {
    name        = "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64-bit"
    most_recent = true
    visibility  = "public"
}

resource "openstack_blockstorage_volume_v3" "volume_1" {
    name                 = "boot-volume-for-server"
    size                 = "5"
    image_id             = data.openstack_images_image_v2.image_1.id
    volume_type          = "fast.ru-9a"
    availability_zone    = "ru-9a"
    enable_online_resize = true

    lifecycle {
      ignore_changes = [image_id]
    }

}

resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "server_1" {
  name              = "server"
  flavor_id         = "3042"
  key_pair          = selectel_vpc_keypair_v2.keypair_1.name
  availability_zone = "ru-9a"

  network {
    port = openstack_networking_port_v2.port_1.id
  }

  lifecycle {
    ignore_changes = [image_id]
  }

  block_device {
    uuid             = openstack_blockstorage_volume_v3.volume_1.id
    source_type      = "volume"
    destination_type = "volume"
    boot_index       = 0
  }

  vendor_options {
    ignore_resize_confirmation = true
  }
}

resource "openstack_networking_floatingip_v2" "floatingip_1" {
    pool = "external-network"
}

resource "openstack_networking_floatingip_associate_v2" "association_1" {
    port_id     = openstack_networking_port_v2.port_1.id
    floating_ip = openstack_networking_floatingip_v2.floatingip_1.address
}

output "public_ip_address" {
    value = openstack_networking_floatingip_v2.floatingip_1.fixed_ip
}

1. Optional: configure providers⁠

If you have configured Selectel and OpenStack providers, skip this step.

1. Ensure that in the Control Panel you have created a service user with the Account Administrator and User Administrator roles.

2. Create a directory to store the configuration files and a separate file with a .tf extension to configure the providers.

3. Add Selectel and OpenStack providers to the file to configure the providers:

   terraform {
     required_providers {
       selectel  = {
         source  = "selectel/selectel"
         version = "~> 6.0"
       }
       openstack = {
         source  = "terraform-provider-openstack/openstack"
         version = "2.1.0"
       }
     }
   }

   Here version — versions of providers. The current version can be found in Selectel (in Terraform Registry and GitHub) and OpenStack (in Terraform Registry and GitHub) documentation.

   Learn more about the products, services, and services that can be managed with providers in the Selectel and OpenStack Providers instruction.

4. Initialize the Selectel provider:

   provider "selectel" {
     domain_name = "123456"
     username    = "user"
     password    = "password"
     auth_region = "ru-9"
     auth_url    = "https://cloud.api.selcloud.ru/identity/v3/"
   }

   Here:

   • domain_name — Selectel account number. You can look it up in control panel in the upper right corner;
   • username — username service user with the roles Account Administrator and User Administrator. Can be viewed in the control panel section Access Control → User Management → tab Service Users (the section is available only to the Account Owner and User Administrator);
   • password — password of the service user. You can view it when creating a user or change it to a new one;
   • auth_region — pool for example ru-9. All resources will be created in this pool. The list of available pools can be found in the instructions Availability matrices.

5. Create a project:

   resource "selectel_vpc_project_v2" "project_1" {
     name = "project"
   }

   View a detailed description of the selectel_vpc_project_v2 resource.

6. Create a service user to access the project and assign the Project Administrator role to it:

   resource "selectel_iam_serviceuser_v1" "serviceuser_1" {
     name         = "username"
     password     = "password"
     role {
       role_name  = "member"
       scope      = "project"
       project_id = selectel_vpc_project_v2.project_1.id 
     }
   }

   Here:

   • username — username;
   • password — user password. The password must be no shorter than eight characters and contain Latin letters of different cases and digits;
   • project_id — Project ID. You can view it in control panel: section Cloud Platform → open the projects menu (the name of the current project) → in the line of the required project press .

   View a detailed description of the selectel_iam_serviceuser_v1 resource.

7. Initialize the OpenStack provider:

   provider "openstack" {
     auth_url    = "https://cloud.api.selcloud.ru/identity/v3"
     domain_name = "123456"
     tenant_id   = selectel_vpc_project_v2.project_1.id
     user_name   = selectel_iam_serviceuser_v1.serviceuser_1.name
     password    = selectel_iam_serviceuser_v1.serviceuser_1.password
     region      = "ru-9"
   }

   Here:

   • domain_name — Selectel account number. You can look it up in control panel in the upper right corner;
   • region — pool for example ru-9. All resources will be created in this pool. The list of available pools can be found in the instructions Availability matrices.

8. If you create resources at the same time as configuring providers, add the depends_on argument for OpenStack resources . For example, for the resource openstack_networking_network_v2:

   resource "openstack_networking_network_v2" "network_1" {
     name           = "private-network"
     admin_state_up = "true"
   
     depends_on = [
       selectel_vpc_project_v2.project_1,
       selectel_iam_serviceuser_v1.serviceuser_1
     ]
   }

9. Optional: if you want to use a mirror, create a separate Terraform CLI configuration file and add a block to it:

   provider_installation {
     network_mirror {
       url = "https://tf-proxy.selectel.ru/mirror/v1/"
       include = ["registry.terraform.io/*/*"]
     }
     direct {
       exclude = ["registry.terraform.io/*/*"]
     }
   }

   See the CLI Configuration File instructions in HashiCorp's CLI Configuration File documentation for more information on configuring mirrors.

10. Open the CLI.

11. Initialize the Terraform configuration in the directory:

    terraform init

12. Check that the configuration files have been compiled without errors:

    terraform validate

13. Format the configuration files:

    terraform fmt

14. Check the resources that will be created:

    terraform plan

15. Apply the changes and create the resources:

    terraform apply

16. Confirm the creation — type yes and press Enter. The created resources are displayed in the control panel.

17. If there were not enough quotas to create resources, increase the quotas.

2. Create an SSH key pair⁠

resource "selectel_vpc_keypair_v2" "keypair_1" {
  name       = "keypair"
  public_key = file("~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub")
  user_id    = selectel_iam_serviceuser_v1.serviceuser_1.id
}

Here public_key is the path to the public SSH key. If SSH keys are not generated, create them.

View a detailed description of the selectel_vpc_keypair_v2 resource.

3. Create a private network and subnet⁠

resource "openstack_networking_network_v2" "network_1" {
  name           = "private-network"
  admin_state_up = "true"
}

resource "openstack_networking_subnet_v2" "subnet_1" {
  name       = "private-subnet"
  network_id = openstack_networking_network_v2.network_1.id
  cidr       = "192.168.199.0/24"
}

Here cidr is the CIDR of the private subnet, for example 192.168.199.0/24.

See a detailed description of the resources:

• openstack_networking_network_v2;
• openstack_networking_subnet_v2.

4. Create a cloud router connected to an external network⁠

A cloud router connected to an external network acts as a 1:1 NAT for access from a private network to the Internet through the public IP address of the router.

data "openstack_networking_network_v2" "external_network_1" {
  external = true
}

resource "openstack_networking_router_v2" "router_1" {
  name                = "router"
  external_network_id = data.openstack_networking_network_v2.external_network_1.id
}

resource "openstack_networking_router_interface_v2" "router_interface_1" {
  router_id = openstack_networking_router_v2.router_1.id
  subnet_id = openstack_networking_subnet_v2.subnet_1.id
}

See a detailed description of the resources:

• openstack_networking_network_v2;
• openstack_networking_router_v2;
• openstack_networking_router_interface_v2.

5. Create a port for the cloud server⁠

resource "openstack_networking_port_v2" "port_1" {
  name       = "port"
  network_id = openstack_networking_network_v2.network_1.id

  fixed_ip {
    subnet_id = openstack_networking_subnet_v2.subnet_1.id
  }
}

View a detailed description of the openstack_networking_port_v2 resource.

6. Get an image⁠

data "openstack_images_image_v2" "image_1" {
  name        = "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64-bit"
  most_recent = true
  visibility  = "public"
}

See the detailed description of the openstack_images_image_v2 data source.

7. Create a bootable network disk⁠

resource "openstack_blockstorage_volume_v3" "volume_1" {
  name                 = "boot-volume-for-server"
  size                 = "5"
  image_id             = data.openstack_images_image_v2.image_1.id
  volume_type          = "fast.ru-9a"
  availability_zone    = "ru-9a"
  enable_online_resize = true

  lifecycle {
    ignore_changes = [image_id]
  }

}

Here:

• size — disk size in GB. Take into account network disk limits on the maximum size;
• volume_type — ID or name of the network disk type. For example, fast.ru-9a — name to create a network disk with the SSD type Fast in the pool segment ru-9a. The list of types can be viewed in the table List of network disk types in all pool segments;
• availability_zone — pool segment in which the network disk will be created, e.g. ru-9a. The list of available pool segments can be found in the manual Availability matrices.

View a detailed description of the openstack_blockstorage_volume_v3 resource.

8. Create a cloud server⁠

resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "server_1" {
  name              = "server"
  flavor_id         = "3042"
  key_pair          = selectel_vpc_keypair_v2.keypair_1.name
  availability_zone = "ru-9a"

  network {
    port = openstack_networking_port_v2.port_1.id
  }

  lifecycle {
    ignore_changes = [image_id]
  }

  block_device {
    uuid             = openstack_blockstorage_volume_v3.volume_1.id
    source_type      = "volume"
    destination_type = "volume"
    boot_index       = 0
  }

  vendor_options {
    ignore_resize_confirmation = true
  }
}

Here:

• availability_zone — pool segment in which the cloud server will be created, e.g. ru-9a. The list of available pool segments can be found in the instructions. Availability matrices.
• flavor_id — Flavor ID. The flavors correspond to cloud server configurations and determine the number of vCPUs, RAM, and local disk size. For example, 3042 — GPU Line fixed configuration flavor with 2 GPUs, 12 vCPUs, and 175 GB of RAM. You can see the list of available flavors in the subsection List of fixed configuration flavors in all pools Cloud Server Configurations instructions.

See the detailed description of the openstack_compute_instance_v2 resource.

9. Create a public IP address⁠

resource "openstack_networking_floatingip_v2" "floatingip_1" {
  pool = "external-network"
}

View a detailed description of the openstack_networking_floatingip_v2 resource.

10. Associate the public and private IP addresses of the cloud server⁠

The public IP address will be connected to the cloud server port and associated with the private IP.

resource "openstack_networking_floatingip_associate_v2" "association_1" {
  port_id     = openstack_networking_port_v2.port_1.id
  floating_ip = openstack_networking_floatingip_v2.floatingip_1.address
}

View a detailed description of the openstack_networking_floatingip_associate_v2 resource.

11. Get the IP address of the cloud server⁠

output "public_ip_address" {
  value = openstack_networking_floatingip_v2.floatingip_1.fixed_ip
}