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Create and Manage an Antlet
In antMan, click the 'Create' button.

It will ask you for the details:

Fill in the Antlet info
Field | Description |
Name | Enter a unique name for the new antlet |
Template | Select a template from the list of templates. Click the 'Add more' option to download additional templates. |
RAM | Select the amount of RAM |
vCPUs | Select the number of vCPUs |
IP | This is the last number in the IP address for this antlet. It will automatically populate with the next available address. The range is 10-210. |
zPool | Select the storage pool the antlet will be created in. |
Compression | Turn compression on or off for an individual antlet. Compression is off by default. |
Click the "Create Antlet" button and the antlet will appear in the list of antlets.

Congratulations! You just created your first Antlet 🎉
In the antlet listing in antMan you can perform the following functions:
- Open the antlet details (click the name of the antlet)
- Start, Stop, Reboot and Delete the Antlet
- Clone the Antlet
- Copy the Antlet to another server
- Pause or Force stop the Antlet
- Open the antlet VNC Console (KVM antlets only)
Note: Reboot is an OS reboot of the antlet. The antlet itself does not Stop then Start.

Start, Stop or Reboot your Antlets from the Overview-page
A clone of your antlet is a separate antlet that contains a copy of your antlet's existing data.
To clone your antlet:
From the Dashboard, click the
...
to open your antlet's actions. Select Clone this antlet
.

Fill in the Clone info
Field | Description |
New antlet name | Name of the cloned antlet |
IP | This is the last number in the IP address for this antlet. It will automatically populate with the next available address. The range is 10-210. |
Compression | Turn compression on or off for an individual antlet. Compression is off by default. |
Click
Create antlet
to clone your antlet.You can Copy your Antlets between Antsle servers in one click with a Grow or Scale plan. See details.
Copying only works between similar platforms. Nano to Nano or antsle One/Two to antsle One/Two.
You can quickly copy your Antlet from one Antsle server to another from your dashboard. The data present in the Antlet
To copy your antlet:
Make sure the destination Antsle server is configured. See this guide to add an Antsle server for multi-node access.
From the Dashboard, click the
...
to open your antlet's actions. Select Copy this antlet
.

Fill in the Copy info
Field | Description |
Destination Node | Antsle server where the Antlet will be moved |
Do you want to delete the VNICs? | Delete all existing VNICs. Doing so will prevent conflicts if VNICs are configured on both Antsle servers. This is recommended if you are using VNICs on either Antsle server. |
Click
Copy antlet
to copy the antlet. You will be able to see the progress of your copy in the Jobs
menu on the top-right of the screen.
When you pause your antlet it will consume no CPU and no I/O while paused but keeps the RAM.
Last modified 2yr ago