Add Machines

Machines can be added to your organization in one of two ways:

Self-Register

If a Machine enrolls via Enrollment Images, it automatically registers itself with its unique BIOS UUID in the associated organization in meltcloud.

If a Machine with the UUID already exists (i.e. on subsequent boot or if it was pre-registered), then the configuration for the Machine with this UUID is applied.

Once the Machine has registered itself, it will be in status ready_unassigned. From this point onwards, it can be managed in the Web UI or API, for example assigned to a Machine Pool.

The tutorials in our guides (Enroll on Bare Metal, Enroll on Equinix Metal, Enroll on QEMU) use this approach to add a Machine.

Pre-Register

If you have a fleet of servers and want to configure them in meltcloud before boot (i.e. already assign them to pools, give them names etc.), you can pre-register the Machines in advance:

• Go To Machines → Register Machine
• Enter the UUID of the future Machine, set Hostnames and other settings (i.e. assignments to Machine Pools)
• Hit Save Machine

Once your Machines boot, they will automatically take over the configuration prepared for the specific UUID.