A method for creating a virtual machine includes receiving a virtual machine creation request comprising parameter information of a virtual network interface card occupied by a to-be-created virtual machine, obtaining current resource usage information of the network interface card resource pools of at least one computing node, wherein the at least one computing node is deployed on a cloud platform, each computing node comprises a network interface card resource pool comprising physical network interface cards, determining a target computing node, in the at least one computing node based on the parameter information and the current resource usage information, and invoking the target computing node to create the virtual machine.