Create an instance (CLI)

GUI path: Compute → Images. This page is the elp CLI equivalent.

Quick create

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elp launch

LaunchPad / Hyperpass creates a randomly named instance on the default image:

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Launched: keen-yak

Inspect it:

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elp info keen-yak
elp list

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elp find
elp launch noble          # Ubuntu 24.04
elp launch alpine         # Alpine

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elp launch --name my-dev
elp launch --cpus 2 --memory 4G --disk 20G --name roomy

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elp shell my-dev
# or, for the primary instance:
elp shell

See Instance for the primary-instance shortcuts.

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elp stop my-dev
elp delete my-dev
elp purge