Docs Dashboard Developers
Menu ⌃

Bare metal lifecycle

Click a lease name on the bare metal list to open its detail page. Sidebar tabs: overview, console, network, hardware, danger. The page polls every 5s while provisioning or releasing.

Overview

Stats: state, power (on/off/unknown), spec, OS image, datacenter, billing term, $/mo.

SSH access (managed installs): copyable ssh user@primary-ip once the lease is active and an IP is assigned. Authenticate with the SSH keys selected at lease time.

Bring-your-own OS: no managed login — install and configure from console.

Power

On the overview tab or in console:

  • on — immediate BMC power on.
  • off — graceful shutdown (confirm). Lease and billing continue.
  • reboot — confirm; interrupts in-flight work.

Disabled during provisioning / releasing.

Console

console tab — live KVM (noVNC to the BMC). Works when the lease is active. Locked during provisioning/releasing.

  • pop out — separate window for long installs.
  • rescue — enter/exit rescue environment (reboots; confirm first).

Install from ISO (BYO leases)

On BYO leases (No OS at lease time), the console toolbar shows install media:

  1. manage → ISO library
  2. Select an ISO → attach (large ISOs may take ~1 minute to stage)
  3. boot ISO to install; boot disk when done
  4. detach ejects virtual media (ISO stays in library)

Network

network tab — copyable fields: primary IPv4, gateway, subnet mask (with prefix), public block CIDR, IP count.

Hardware

Read-only: spec, datacenter, underlying host id, resource name, OS image id, created timestamp.

Reinstall (managed leases)

danger tab → reinstall from image. Pick catalog OS or custom URL, hostname, SSH user, keys. Wipes the boot disk — confirm before submitting.

For Proxmox, Windows, ESXi, etc., use console + ISO instead of reinstall.

Renew and release

danger tab → lease & billing:

  • renew now — monthly terms only; charges the next term from wallet immediately.
  • release — returns server to pool. Hourly: billing stops. Prepaid mid-term: blocked until term ends.

Same renew / release actions appear on the bare metal list rows.

Report an issue

Overview → report an issue opens a support ticket pre-tagged for bare metal.

What's next