Here is where we present you with information that will help you create a Gandi AI server.

We offer 3 different types of servers. This guide will explain the creation process of a Gandi VPS that uses Gandi AI, our automatic installation mode.

Before creating a server, it is necessary to have first purchased the necessary resources, because without these, your server will not have enough resources to run.

The creation of a Gandi VPS is possible with just one share. The operating system of your server will be installed on a 2.4GB disk, and the data will be on a 5GB data disk.

• As indicated in the introduction, it is necessary to have sufficient resources in your hosting account so as to be able to create your first server.

The creation order is therefore made from your management interface, by clicking on the "Create a server" button.

• The first step of the process asks you to choose the number of resource that you would like to attribute to your server.

Our solution is flexible, and so you can of course change this later by adding or removing resources from your server.

You have also to choose the datacenter (Paris or Baltimore) location.

• The process continues by asking you to choose the hostname of your server. The hostname is the name that you give to your server and must contain maximum 63 characters, and must not have any spaces or special characters.

• You must also choose a password which, must contain at least 8 characters and may contain upper- and lower-case letters (with the exception of accented characters), numbers and punctuation signs (spaces are not allowed).

The next step in the order process of a VPS is to make technical decisions regarding its installation.

The Gandi AI prepackaged mode that is offered to you is a type of installation where we install the main packages that your server will need to perform as a conventional website server.

The packages that are installed via this mode are Apache2, PHP 5, Mysql 5, ProFTPd, and PHPmyadmin on the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS distribution.

The creation process of your server allows you to configure the following services:

• The operating system (help)
• The HTTP server (help)
• The database server (help)
• The FTP server (help)
• User accounts on the server (help)

You may find more information on the management of your packages on the page configuration of Gandi AI packages

Once your configuration has been validated, the creation order for your VPS is sent to the Gandi agent, which will complete the configuration requests that you made within 20 minutes. You may therefore quickly start to manage your server and publish your website(s).

You also have the possibility of installing your server by choosing the packages that you want to install on your own. This installation mode might be preferable if, for example, you want to create a development server or if the configuration of your modules is to be done according to a specific plan.

After choosing the hostname for your server, you may choose to create your server by only choosing specific packages to install. The list of packages that are available are as follows:

To proceed with the creation of your server, you can simply choose the packages that you want to install, and then submit your order. For example, if to install the Apache web server and a couple of associated packages:

This section will explain the creation process for you. You can go to the list of packages to see the specific configuration options of each.

Once your configuration has been chosen, you can submit your order so that the Gandi agent can begin the installation of your server, which takes under 20 minutes. You can then start to use the services that you have configured.

You can currently create the following types of VPS:

• Expert: Expert servers are, as their name indicates, intended to be used by experienced Linux server administrators? The distribution chosen will be installed, and the user will have root access. > To see how to install a Gandi expert VPS, go here.
• Gandi AI: The AI (Auto Install) version provides you with a list of customizable packages that will be installed for you automatically. Though there will not be any errors in installing the packages, you will not have root access. .
• Gandi AI Prepackaged: If you want to go quickly, this version of Gandi AI only contains packaged that are needed to set up your server for website hosting.
• From a system image: If you have previously created a system image then you can create a server from it.