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# launch-bastion

Launch the bastion: the network's public entry point and internal DNS server. It must be launched before any other role.

## Syntax

```bash
rumi cloud civo launch-bastion \
  --api-key <token> \
  --region <region> \
  --network <network> \
  --keyPair <keypair> \
  [options]
```

## Options

| Option      | Short | Description                                                   | Default  |
| ----------- | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| `--api-key` | `-k`  | The Civo API token to use (or set `CIVO_API_TOKEN`)           | Required |
| `--region`  | `-r`  | The Civo region in which to create the instance (e.g. `FRA1`) | Required |
| `--network` | `-n`  | Name of the network to launch it into                         | Required |
| `--keyPair` | `-K`  | The network SSH key pair                                      | Required |

## Example

```bash
rumi cloud civo launch-bastion \
  --api-key $CIVO_API_TOKEN \
  --region FRA1 \
  --network my-cloud \
  --keyPair rumi
```

## Notes

* Civo instances install their software **at boot** from a barebones Rocky image via cloud-init, so the first boot takes longer than a prebaked-image provider; the command waits for the node to finish coming up.
* The bastion runs the internal DNS zone (`rumi.local`) so the fleet can resolve each other by name, and is the only publicly reachable node.

## See Also

* [start-bastion](/rumi-cli/commands/cloud/civo/start-bastion.md)
* [stop-bastion](/rumi-cli/commands/cloud/civo/stop-bastion.md)
* [terminate-bastion](/rumi-cli/commands/cloud/civo/terminate-bastion.md)
* [enable-https](/rumi-cli/commands/cloud/civo/enable-https.md)
* [launch-platform](/rumi-cli/commands/cloud/civo/launch-platform.md)