Create your first pool & Enroll your first member

Create your first pool
Step 1 — Add pool
Go to Pools → Add pool
Choose the HAProxy template
Name the pool (e.g. 
production-edge)
After create, you land in the pool with a setup banner
Step 2 — Connect DNS (Settings)
ServerCTL needs API access to authoritative DNS to create/update the failover A record.
Cloudflare
API token: Zone · DNS · Edit (+ zone read)
Cloudflare Account ID
Select the zone that will host your public hostname
cPanel / WHM
WHM hostname and port (usually 2087 or 443)
WHM username + API token
Zone domain (apex), e.g. 
example.com
You can save reusable Cloudflare credentials under Settings → API providers and link them to pools without re-entering tokens.
Step 3 — Enrol the first member
On Overview → Add member:
Field
Notes
Member template
HAProxy balancer
Hostname
Must match JSON 
hostname from the agent; set 
BALCTL_HOSTNAME on the VM if OS hostname differs
Allowed source IPs
VM outbound IPv4 to 
serversctl.com (egress), not necessarily SSH address
After creating, copy the one-shot install command immediately and run it in the HAProxy Server — the enrollment secret is shown once.
The command:
Downloads the agent bundle
Runs 
balctl-agent.sh --enrol --key … --hostname …
Writes 
/etc/balctl/agent.env
Installs and starts 
balctl-heartbeat.service
Within a few seconds, the member tab should show a green heartbeat.
Step 4 — Set the public failover hostname
Settings or Managed DNS tab:
Set DNS label (e.g. 
lb → 
lb.example.com)
Choose orange-cloud (proxied) vs DNS-only as needed
On Overview, Make active on the member that should receive traffic
Step 6 — Add a standby (High Availability)
Repeat enrollment on a second VM. Enable Automatic failover in Settings when ready for unattended promotion.