This article describes the steps to create an Avalanche L1 with the free trial plan with basic-setup on Avalanche Testnet.
Customers can create an L1 on Avalanche directly with AvaCloud Portal.
After customers click on the Testnet on the screen above, they are given choices of Testnet Starter, Testnet Pro and Testnet Enterprise.
The Testnet Starter plan is free for 5 days, and it does not require payment info for the trial period. If customers wants to continue owning the L1 created after the trial period, they are required to put in payment info. Otherwise, the L1 will be torn down after the trial period.
Basic setup
After the Testnet Starter is selected, AvaCloud presents two setups for customers. This article focuses on the Basic Setup which is simpler to start with lots of default selections, while Advanced Setup allows customers to fine tune every configurations.
After Basic Setup is selected, AvaCloud needs to make sure Avalanche Testnet is connected.
Then it presents a screen of General Information where customers can confirm or update a few information.
For this article, we changed the L1 name, alias and choose to just use 1 control key.
After "Create L1" button is clicked, customers are shown a series status screens before being navigated to the Blockchain List page.
Customers will receive an email when the blockchain is ready to use. They can log into the AvaCloud Portal and they can see the newly created blockchain with detailed info.
