**To create a server**

The following ``create-server`` command creates a new Chef Automate server
named ``automate-06`` in your default region. Note that defaults are used for
most other settings, such as number of backups to retain, and maintenance and backup
start times. Before you run a ``create-server`` command, complete prerequisites in
.. _`Getting Started with AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/gettingstarted-opscm.html
.::

  aws opsworks-cm create-server --engine "Chef" --engine-model "Single" --engine-version "12" --server-name "automate-06" --instance-profile-arn "arn:aws:iam::1019881987024:instance-profile/aws-opsworks-cm-ec2-role" --instance-type "t2.medium" --key-pair "amazon-test" --service-role-arn "arn:aws:iam::044726508045:role/aws-opsworks-cm-service-role"

The output shows you information similar to the following about the new server.
*Output*::

  {
   "Server": { 
      "BackupRetentionCount": 10,
      "CreatedAt": 2016-07-29T13:38:47.520Z,
      "DisableAutomatedBackup": FALSE,
      "Endpoint": "https://opsworks-cm.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
      "Engine": "Chef",
      "EngineAttributes": [ 
         { 
            "Name": "CHEF_DELIVERY_ADMIN_PASSWORD",
            "Value": "1Password1"
         }
      ],
      "EngineModel": "Single",
      "EngineVersion": "12",
      "InstanceProfileArn": "arn:aws:iam::1019881987024:instance-profile/aws-opsworks-cm-ec2-role",
      "InstanceType": "t2.medium",
      "KeyPair": "amazon-test",
      "MaintenanceStatus": "",
      "PreferredBackupWindow": "Sun:02:00",
      "PreferredMaintenanceWindow": "00:00",
      "SecurityGroupIds": [ "sg-1a24c270" ],
      "ServerArn": "arn:aws:iam::1019881987024:instance/automate-06-1010V4UU2WRM2",
      "ServerName": "automate-06",
      "ServiceRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::1019881987024:role/aws-opsworks-cm-service-role",
      "Status": "CREATING",
      "StatusReason": "",
      "SubnetIds": [ "subnet-49436a18" ]
   }
}

**More Information**

For more information, see `UpdateServer`_ in the *AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate API Reference*.

.. _`UpdateServer`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks-cm/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateServer.html

