.. _Creating the Acronis Storage Cluster:

Creating the Acronis Storage Cluster
------------------------------------

To create the Acronis Storage cluster, do the following:

#. In the management panel, open the **NODES** screen and click the node in the **UNASSIGNED** list.

   .. image:: ../../../images/stor_image22.png
      :align: center
      :class: align-center

#. On the node overview screen, click **Create cluster**.

#. In the **Cluster** field, type a name for the cluster. The name may only contain Latin letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), underscores ("_") and dashes ("-").

   .. image:: ../../../images/stor_image23.png
      :align: center
      :class: align-center

#. Click the cogwheel icon next to the **Storage interface** drop-down list.

#. On the **Network Configuration** screen, select a network interface and click **Choose role**.

#. Select the network roles as pictured below and click **Done**.

   .. image:: ../../../images/stor_image54_4.png
      :align: center
      :class: align-center

#. Close the roles tab and, back on the **New cluster** tab, click **New Cluster** to create the cluster.

You can monitor cluster creation progress in the **HEALTHY** list of the **NODES** screen.