# Provision Servers

Follow these steps to provision bare metal servers in Equinix Metal.

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## Step 1: Login into Equinix Metal  
Login into your [Equinix Metal](https://console.equinix.com/login) account.

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## Step 2: Select Location and Type  
- Select Location where you need the Server  
- Select server type from the list

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## Step 3: Select OS  
Select the Operating System for the master and worker nodes in your Kubernetes cluster  
- Select Ubuntu or CentOS  
- Select supported version of OS

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## Step 4: Select Number of Servers  
- Select the number of servers for the master and worker nodes in your Kubernetes cluster  
- Provide the hostnames for the servers

It will take ~5 minutes for the servers to be ready and usable. You can view and monitor status on the "server" listing page

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## Step 5: Access Server  
Administrators can access the newly provisioned servers using SSH by requesting temporary SSH keys.

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