Create a GPU-enabled fixed-configuration cloud server with a bootable network volume via Terraform

Last update: October 05 2026Open in Markdown

We recommend creating resources sequentially. If you create all resources at the same time, Terraform will take into account the dependencies between resources that you specified in the configuration file. If dependencies are not specified, resources will be created in parallel, which may lead to errors. For example, a resource required to create another resource may not be created yet.

1. Optional: configure providers.

2. Add a public SSH key.

3. Create a private network and subnet.

4. Create a cloud router connected to the internet.

5. Create a port for the cloud server.

6. Get the image.

7. Create a bootable network drive.

8. Create a cloud server.

9. Create a public floating IP address.

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

11. Get the cloud server address.

Configuration files

Example file for provider configuration

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 GPU-accelerated server

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 already configured the Selectel and OpenStack providers, skip this step.

1. Make sure that in the control panel you have created a service user with the member roles in the Account scope and iam.admin.

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

3. Add the Selectel and OpenStack providers to the file for provider configuration:

   terraform {
     required_providers {
       selectel  = {
         source  = "selectel/selectel"
         version = "~> 7.1.0"
       }
       openstack = {
         source  = "terraform-provider-openstack/openstack"
         version = "2.1.0"
       }
     }
   }

   Here version is provider versions. You can check the current version in the Selectel documentation (in the Terraform Registry and GitHub) and OpenStack (in the Terraform Registry and GitHub).

   For more information about products, services, and features that can be managed using providers, see the Selectel and OpenStack Providers instructions.

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/"
   }

   Where:

   • domain_name — Selectel account number. You can find it in the control panel in the upper-right corner;
   • username — name of the service user with the member roles in the Account scope and iam.admin. You can find it in the control panel: in the top menu, click IAM → Service Users (the section is available only to the Account Owner and a user with the iam.admin role);
   • password — password of the service user. You can view it when creating the user or change it to a new one;
   • auth_region — pool for authorization in the ru-9 format; do not use pools in the SPB-2 format. The pool for authorization may differ from the pool where you create resources. You can check the list of available pools in the Product Availability by Location instructions.

5. Create a project:

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

   See the detailed description of the selectel_vpc_project_v2 resource.

6. Create a service user to access the project and assign them the member role in the Project scope:

   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
     }
   }

   Where:

   • username — username;

   • password — user password. The password must be at least 20 characters long and include at least:

     • one uppercase and one lowercase Latin letter (A-Z, a-z);
     • one digit (0-9);
     • one special character from the ASCII Printable 7-Bit Special Characters list:
       !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_{|}~;

   • project_id — project ID. You can find it in the control panel: in the top menu, click IAM → Projects → in the row of the desired project, click .

   See the 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"
   }

   Where:

   • domain_name — Selectel account number. You can find it in the control panel in the upper-right corner;
   • region — pool, for example, ru-9. All resources will be created in this pool. You can check the list of available pools in the Product Availability by Location instructions.

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

   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 the following block to it:

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

   For more information about mirror settings, see the CLI Configuration File instructions in the HashiCorp documentation.

10. Open the CLI.

11. Initialize the Terraform configuration in the directory:

    terraform init

12. Verify that the configuration files are syntactically correct:

    terraform validate

13. Format the configuration files:

    terraform fmt

14. Check which resources will be created:

    terraform plan

15. Apply the changes and create the resources:

    terraform apply

16. Confirm the creation — enter yes and press Enter. The created resources will appear in the control panel.

17. If there are not enough quotas to create resources, increase 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 have not been generated, create them.

View the 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 the detailed resource description:

• openstack_networking_network_v2;
• openstack_networking_subnet_v2.

4. Create a cloud router connected to the internet

A cloud router connected to the internet performs 1:1 NAT for access from a private network to the internet via the router's external IP address.

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 the detailed resource description:

• 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
  }
}

See the 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 volume

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. Consider the network volume limits on the maximum size;
• volume_type — ID or name of the network volume type. For example, fast.ru-9a is the name for creating a network volume with the Fast SSD type in the pool segment ru-9a. For a list of types, see the table List of network volume types across all pool segments;
• availability_zone — pool segment where the network volume will be created, for example, ru-9a. You can find the list of available pool segments in the instructions Product availability by location.

See the detailed description of the resource openstack_blockstorage_volume_v3.

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
  }
}

Where:

• availability_zone — pool segment where the cloud server will be created, for example ru-9a. You can view the list of available pool segments in the Product availability by location guide.
• flavor_id — flavor ID. Flavors correspond to cloud server configurations and specify the number of vCPUs, RAM, and local disk size. For example, 3042 is a flavor of a fixed configuration GPU line with 2 GPUs, 12 vCPUs, and 175 GB RAM. You can view the list of available flavors in the List of fixed configuration flavors across all pools section of the Cloud server configurations guide.

See a detailed description of the openstack_compute_instance_v2 resource.

9. Create a public floating IP address

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

See the detailed description of the openstack_networking_floatingip_v2 resource.

10. Associate the cloud server's public and private IP addresses

The public floating 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
}

See the detailed description of the openstack_networking_floatingip_associate_v2 resource.

11. Get the cloud server IP address

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