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title: "Create a VDS server"
sidebar_label: "Create a VDS server"
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description: "How to create a VDS server"
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# Create a VDS server

A VDS server will be created with a local disk and a public IP address — to [connect to the server](/vds-servers/manage/connect-to-server.mdx) via SSH or RDP.

1. In the [control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/vds/default/servers/), on the top menu, click **Products** and select **VDS servers**.

2. Click **Create server**.

3. Fill in these blocks:
   * [Name and placement](#name-and-placement);
   * [Source](#source);
   * [Configuration](#configuration);
   * [Access](#access).

4. Check the VDS server price. Read more in the instruction [Payment model and VDS server prices](/vds-servers/about/payment.mdx).

5. Click **Create server**.

## Name and placement \{#name-and-placement}

1. Enter a server name. It will be set as the hostname in the operating system.

2. Select a [region](/infrastructure/locations.mdx#region) where the server will be created. You cannot change the region after the server has been created.

## Source \{#source}

1. Select a [pre-built image](/vds-servers/about/default-images.mdx) with a pre-installed and configured operating system.

2. Optional: if you need a lower OS version, select the required version in the **Version** field.

## Configuration \{#configuration}

Only fixed configurations are available for a VDS server. You can [change the configuration](/vds-servers/manage/change-configuration.mdx).

Select a [configuration](/vds-servers/about/configurations.mdx).

## Access \{#access}

1. Add an SSH key for the project to the server for secure connection:

   1.1. Add a new key by clicking <PlusIcon />, enter a key name, paste the public key in OpenSSH format, and click **Add**.

   1.2. In the **SSH key** field, select an existing key if the user has a [key added](/access-control/manage/edit-user-data-or-role.mdx#add-ssh-key). An SSH key is only available in the pool where it is hosted.

2. Optional: in the **Root password** field:

   2.1. Copy the password for the root user — the user with unrestricted privileges for all system actions.

   2.2. Save the password in a secure place and do not share it in plain text.

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