Create a Vultr cloud compute (VC2) instance

Contents

1. Creating an SSH key
2. Creating a new server
3. Setting up your domain

Create a Vultr cloud compute (VC2) instance

This is a step-by-step guide to help you create a Vultr cloud compute (VC2) instance. A Vultr cloud compute (VC2) instance is the most basic server offered by Vultr.

Creating an SSH key

Before you begin, make sure that you've added an SSH key in Vultr. You only need to do this once.

Creating a new server

To begin, you want to click on Deploy a new server (or the plus sign) in the Vultr control panel. You'll have to first pick the location where you want Vultr to create your server. Once that's done, you'll have to select your Linux distribution.

For this, you'll want to select "Ubuntu" as your Linux distribution. The recommended Ubuntu version is 18.04 x64. That's the option that you want to pick here.

Next, you want to select the size of your server. In most cases, the smallest possible is good enough. That said, because the smallest Vultr server only supports IPv6, DebOps for WordPress can't support it. You want to pick the smallest server that supports IPv4.

You don't need to select anything under Additional Features. That said, you need to select an SSH key under SSH Keys. DebOps won't be able to configure your server if you don't select the one for your computer.

Replace wordpress.example.com with the name that you want for your server. It's important that the name follows the same format as wordpress.example.com. You're going to need to configure your DNS to point the IP address of your server to it. DebOps will also use that name to store all server specific passwords in the secret directory.

Once you're done, press Deploy Now and wait for your server to come online.

Setting up your domain

Once your server is online, you'll want to point its IP address to a domain. You can do this yourself, but Vultr can also do it for you. It's up to you. If you want Vultr to take care of it, you can follow this guide to help you out.