Preemptible Instances

Preemptible instances are available for a significantly reduced cost, but they may be stopped at any time by an on-demand customer.

Create a Preemptible Instance

API

To create a preemptible instance via the REST API, send a POST request to the /instances endpoint with the preemptible field set to true:

POST /instances HTTP/1.1
Host: <region>.atlas.fluidstack.io
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "example",
  "type": "cpu.8x",
  "preemptible": true,
}

CLI

Use the fluidctl instances create command with the --preemptible flag to create a preemptible instance:

fluidctl instances create --region <region> --name "example" --type "cpu.8x" --preemptible