Online resources
Quick start instructions
Based on the quick start instructions
Login to the Web Dashboard (the domain to 'ed')
Create an SSH Key Pair (or upload an existing key)
Create an instance
Launch an instance, by selecting 'Instances' in the left hand navigation, and then select the 'Launch Instance' button on the right.
Details panel
- Give you VM a name
- Select 'nova' as the zone
- Set count to 1
Source panel
Select 'Boot Image' from the source drop down.
Add the image you want to use, e.g. Centos7, by clicking on the plus sign.
Flavour panel
Add the 'flavour' (size) of VM you want by clicking on the plus sign. Note - free accounts are only allowed t1.tiny.
Network panel
Add the network that you want the VM to be connected to. For internal use, select 'VM Network Private'
Network Ports
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Security panel
Check the VM is in the 'Default security group'
Key Pair panel
Add your ssh key to your VM, by clicking on the plus sign.
Configuration
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Server groups
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Scheduler
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Metadata
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Create the VM
Click on the big blue 'Launch Instance' button to launch your VM instance.
Configure network
To configure the network connection, select 'Associate floating IP' from the 'Actions list for your VM instance.
Click on the plus sign to allocate a new IP address for your VM instance to use.
Select 'Floating Network Private (UoE access only)' as the pool, and then click the big blue 'Allocate IP' button.
Finally, click the big blue 'Associate' button to associate the allocated IP address with your VM instance.
Login
You should now be able to login to your VM instance via ssh.
Note - the user name is derived from the OS name of the image, so for a Centos7 image, login as 'cenos', for a Ubuntu-16 image login as 'ubuntu'.
ssh centos@172.16.49.33
Configure DNS
By default the DNS settings in the VM are not set correctly
Execute the following commands to reapir the settings.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Fix the DNS servers (NOT permanent)
#[root@virtual]
cat > /etc/resolv.conf << EOF
search roe.ac.uk
nameserver 129.215.166.13
nameserver 129.215.70.239
EOF
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Update the system.
#[root@virtual]
yum update -y