/instances/create
Create a new GPU instance.
The example in the right sidebar is a schema only and will not work out of the box. Only ‘docker_configuration’ or ‘script_configuration’ can be specified but not both.
See the following tutorials related to instance creation:
Creating an Instance
Creating an Instance with a Running Container
Creating an Instance with a Startup Script
Authorizations
Body
Specifies the underlying cloud provider. See this explanation for more details.
aws, azure, lambdalabs, tensordock, runpod, latitude, jarvislabs, oblivus, paperspace, datacrunch, massedcompute, vultr Specifies the region.
The Shadeform standardized instance type. See this explanation for more details.
Specifies if the instance is launched in Shade Cloud or in a linked cloud account.
The name of the instance
Defines automatic actions after the instance becomes active.
The operating system of the instance.
List of volume IDs to be mounted. Currently only supports 1 volume at a time.
The ID of the SSH Key.
Set a date or spend threshold to automatically delete the instance
Set a date or spend threshold to receive an email alert
Settings for mounting volumes onto file systems
Add custom, searchable tags to instances.
List of environment variable name and values to automatically add to the instance
Response
Response of the /instances/create API call
The unique identifier for the instance. Used in the instances for the /instances/{id}/info and /instances/{id}/delete APIs.
The unique identifier of the instance issued by the underlying cloud provider.