Use the Canvas Mode

You can create a Virtual Machine (VM) using the Canvas mode from the left navigation panel or from the DCD home page.

Option 1: From the left navigation panel

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In the DCD, go to Menu > Virtual Data Centers.

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Set Create mode to Canvas.

Result: The label changes to Create in Canvas.

3

Click Create in Canvas to create the data center and then configure structured and visualized setup for complex workloads.

Select a creation mode

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Enter the following details:

• Name: Enter a name to identify your data center.

• Region: From the drop-down list, choose the physical location of the data center that hosts your infrastructure.

• Description: (Optional) Add information that describes the VDC.

• Create default network security group: Select the checkbox to associate a default security group with the data center. By default, a set of predefined security rules are applied to all VMs created in that respective data center. You can also later customize the rules and members of a default security group.

Create a Data Center

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Select Create to confirm.

Result: An empty data center is created immediately, available in your DCD dashboard in the My Virtual Data Centers, and can be opened in the Workspace. Drag and drop resources from the Pallette on the left to the Workspace to design your infrastructure, configure each resource, and Provision to deploy your designed infrastructure. For more information, see Configure a Data Center.

Option 2: From the DCD home page

Alternatively, you can also create a data center using the following option:

1. In the DCD, go to the My Virtual Data Centers section, and select Canvas from the Create mode drop-down list.

Result: The label changes to Create in Canvas.

2. Follow the steps mentioned in Option 1: From the left navigation panel.

3. Select Create to confirm.

Create a VDC from the Dashboard

Next steps

After logging in to the DCD, you can scale your infrastructure capacity by modifying already provisioned instances exclusively through the Canvas mode. For more information, see Configure a Data Center.