vastai create instance

vastai create instance ID [OPTIONS] [--args ...]

# create an on-demand instance with the PyTorch (cuDNN Devel) template and 64GB of disk
vastai create instance 384826 --template_hash 661d064bbda1f2a133816b6d55da07c3 --disk 64

# create an on-demand instance with the pytorch/pytorch image, 40GB of disk, open 8081 udp, direct ssh, set hostname to billybob, and a small onstart script
vastai create instance 6995713 --image pytorch/pytorch --disk 40 --env '-p 8081:8081/udp -h billybob' --ssh --direct --onstart-cmd "env | grep _ >> /etc/environment; echo 'starting up'";

# create an on-demand instance with the bobsrepo/pytorch:latest image, 20GB of disk, open 22, 8080, jupyter ssh, and set some env variables
vastai create instance 384827  --image bobsrepo/pytorch:latest --login '-u bob -p 9d8df!fd89ufZ docker.io' --jupyter --direct --env '-e TZ=PDT -e XNAME=XX4 -p 22:22 -p 8080:8080' --disk 20

# create an on-demand instance with the pytorch/pytorch image, 40GB of disk, override the entrypoint to bash and pass bash a simple command to keep the instance running. (args launch without ssh/jupyter)
vastai create instance 5801802 --image pytorch/pytorch --disk 40 --onstart-cmd 'bash' --args -c 'echo hello; sleep infinity;'

# create an interruptible (spot) instance with the PyTorch (cuDNN Devel) template, 64GB of disk, and a bid price of $0.10/hr
vastai create instance 384826 --template_hash 661d064bbda1f2a133816b6d55da07c3 --disk 64 --bid_price 0.1

Return value:
Returns a json reporting the instance ID of the newly created instance:
{'success': True, 'new_contract': 7835610}