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Your gateway to everything Linode offers: Automate tasks in the Cloud Manager, create Linodes, manage IP addresses, and open support tickets using an intuitive REST API.

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Replace the values in the command below with your chosen type, region, and image, and choose a label and secure password.

curl -X POST https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/instances \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H "Content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"type": "g5-standard-2", "region": "us-east", "image": "linode/debian9", "root_pass": "root_password", "label": "prod-1"}'

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