Full Virtual Machine
Table of Contents
- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Process](#process)
- [New Released Features](#new-released-features)
- [Differences Between Full and Micro VMs](#differences-between-full-and-micro-vms)
- [Manually Mounting Additional Disks](#manually-mounting-additional-disks)
- [Check All Disks Attached to the VM](#check-all-disks-attached-to-the-vm)
- [Additional Disks](#additional-disks)
- [Create the Mount Directory](#create-the-mount-directory)
- [New File System](#new-file-system)
- [Mount Drive](#mount-drive)
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## Introduction
Deploy a new full virtual machine on the Threefold Grid
- Make sure you have an activated [profile](./weblets_profile_manager.md)
- Click on the **Full Virtual Machine** tab
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## Process
- `Fill in the instance name` it's used to reference the VM in the future.
- `Public IPv4` flag gives the full VM a Public IPv4
- `Public IPv6` flag gives the full VM a Public IPv6
- `Planetary Network` to connect the full VM to Planetary network
- Choose the node to deploy on which can be
- `Manual` where you specify the node id yourself
- `Automatic` Suggests nodes list based on search criteria e.g `country`, `farm`, capacity..
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## New Released Features
Currently the playground is the easiest way to deploy a VM.
You can attach one or more disks to the Full Virtual Machine by clicking on the Disks tab and the plus `+` sign and specify the following parameters
- Disk name
- Disk size
- Mount point
- `Network Name`: It's used for Wireguard's private network.
- `Network IP Range`: It's a private subnet for Wireguard's network. You could use the auto-generated one or replace it with a **private** subnet.
In the bottom of the page you can see a list of all of the virual machines you deployed. you can click on `Show details` for more details
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## Differences Between Full and Micro VMs
- Full VM contains a default disk attached to it which is not the case in the Micro VM where you needed to make sure to attach a disk to it or the VM will fail
- The default disk is mounted on / so if you want to attach any additional disks, you have to choose a different mounting point
- Only cloud init flists can be deployed on Full VM. You can check official Threefold flists [here](https://hub.grid.tf/tf-official-vms)
- In Full VM, you need to mount the additional disks manually after the VM is deployed
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## Manually Mounting Additional Disks
- You can follow the following commands to add your disk manually:
### Check All Disks Attached to the VM
```bash
fdisk -l
```
### Additional Disks
The additional disk won't be mounted and you won't find it listed.
```bash
df -h
```
### Create the Mount Directory
To create the mount directory, write the following like:
```bash
sudo mkdir /hdd6T
```
### New File System
```bash
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/vdb
```
### Mount Drive
```bash
sudo mount /dev/vdb /hdd6T/
```
