IONOS Cloud Panel: server creation keeps failing after 2 seconds (15+ attempts)
I have an active IONOS VPS Linux M+ contract, but I literally cannot create a server. Every single attempt fails with "Error" after 2-3 seconds in the logs. I've tried 15+ times.
**What I've tried:**
- With a private network assigned AND with "Without Network"
- Public IP set to "Automatic"
- Auto-generated root password (left password field empty)
- Incognito window (clean session)
- Different network (mobile data instead of home WiFi)
- Different server names (no special characters)
- Datacenter: US (us/mci)
- Image: Ubuntu 26.04 + Docker
**What happens:**
The "Creating Server" green confirmation appears, but in the logs it shows Status: Error, Duration: 2 seconds. The server never appears in the list.
At one point I also got an HTTP 412 (Precondition Failed) error in the browser console.
Last error ID from the logs: 06881fa2-8e90-4a61-96ed-347aea66bd02
Live chat is unavailable, and I'm calling from Peru so US phone support is hard to reach.
Has anyone experienced this? Is it a known issue with certain contracts or the us/mci datacenter? Any workaround? I'm within the 30-day money-back window so I'm considering switching to Hetzner/DigitalOcean if this can't be resolved.