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Updated on 07 November, 2025

Provisions a new bare metal server on Vultrs platform with customizable specifications for hardware, operating system, and datacenter location.


The vultr-cli bare-metal create command provisions a new bare metal server on Vultr's infrastructure with specified configuration options like plan, operating system, and region.

Usage

console
$ vultr-cli bare-metal create [flags]

Flags

Shorthand Long Version Description
-a --app (optional) ID of the application that will be installed on the server.
-m --hostname (optional) The hostname to assign to the server.
- --image (optional) Image ID of the application that will be installed on the server.
-i --ipv6 (optional) Whether IPv6 is enabled on the server. Possible values: yes, no. Defaults to no.
-l --label (optional) The label to assign to the server.
- --mdisk_mode (optional) The raid configuration to use when provisioning this server. Possible values: raid1, jbod, none. Defaults to none.
-n --notify (optional) Whether an activation email will be sent when the server is ready. Possible values: yes, no. Defaults to yes.
- --os ID of the operating system that will be installed on the server.
-x --persistent_pxe enable persistent_pxe (true or false)
-p --plan ID of the plan that the server will subscribe to.
-r --region ID of the region where the server will be created.
-v --ripv4 (optional) IP address of the floating IP to use as the main IP of this server.
-s --script (optional) ID of the startup script that will run after the server is created.
- --snapshot (optional) ID of the snapshot that the server will be restored from.
-k --ssh (optional) Comma separated list of SSH key IDs that will be added to the server.
-t --tag Deprecated: use tags instead. (optional) The tag to assign to the server.
- --tags (optional) A comma separated list of tags to assign to the server.
-u --userdata (optional) A generic data store, which some provisioning tools and cloud operating systems use as a configuration file.

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