Adding a Cloud and Virtual Machine

ETAIS self-service project setup need to have at least one Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) resource package enabled before any Virtual Machines can be created. Therefore Virtual Machine (VM) configuration is consist of two steps:
1. Adding a Virtual Private Cloud
2. Adding a Virtual Machine

1. Adding a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)¶

• Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) resource package can be added by clicking on Marketplace and selecting Private Clouds from the menu to go to the list of VPC.

• Please select the project you would like to create your Virtual Private Cloud in. Here it is possible to create a new project if you forgot to create it in advance.

• Currently, there are three VPC component names listed under the plan: Cores, Ram, and Storage. For the configuration of a VPC resource, please fill in a suitable quantity for each component. Here by changing the quantities of components, you can see Prices accordingly, per month, per year, and finally, the total price of the VPC.

• It is mandatory to input Tenant name to order a VPC.

• We also strongly suggest filling in the Tenant description field and, lastly, click on the Create button.

The approval of the configuration¶

a) If your role in the Project is Project Manager or System Administrator, please ask your ETAIS Organization Owner to approve the order.

b) If your role is Organization Owner you are able to complete the purchase to final approval (click the Create button). Hereafter the system will need a couple of minutes to execute the order. Once the system changes the state to OK, your VPC is ready to use.

2. Adding a Virtual Machine (VM)¶

• VMs can be added by clicking to ’Marketplace’ and selecting Virtual machines from the menu to go to the list of Virtual Machines.
• Ordering a Virtual Machine requires a VM name and selection of a VM image.
• Please select the Image for a VM and click on the Select button, returning to the form.
• Selecting the initial VM resource profile, the flavor, by clicking on the Flavor: Show choices selector is mandatory.
• The selected flavor determines the initial resource profile for a VM, specifying the amount of RAM, vCPU cores, and storage allocated. For detailed information on the available flavors and their specifications, please refer to the following documentation: Flavor Details.

• Selecting VM flavor will also update System volume size with the option to override it manually (to a higher custom value). The size of Data Volume can be customized and incremented in 1 GB steps. System volume must be at least 10 GB, whereas System volume and Data volume must be equal to or less than VPC’s total Storage.

• By default, provisioned virtual machines expect users to log in using SSH keys. The initial SSH key for login should be selected by clicking on the SSH public key: Show choices selector.

• Default usernames for login are as follows:

  • CentOS images: CentOS
  • Ubuntu images: Ubuntu
  • Debian images: Debian
  • FreeBSD images: FreeBSD

• While selecting System volume type it should be taken into consideration that prod2 is for production, whereas scratch is for testing purposes only.

Security Groups¶

• By default, no incoming connections will be allowed for a VM. Predefined Security Groups (firewall rules) must be linked to a VM in order to open up access (like ssh, HTTP, etc.). By clicking the Details button, you can see the details about the available Security Groups. Security Groups can be added while ordering the VM or afterward by editing.

• The list of Security Groups are as follows:

  • Allow-all: Security group for all access. Since it will be removed soon, not recommended to use.
  • Default: Default security group. Egress, outbound traffic.
  • PING: Security group for ping. Allow ICMP.
  • RDP: Security group for removing desktop access. Allow TCP 3389.
  • SSH: Security group for secure shell access. Allow TCP 22.
  • WEB: Security group for HTTP and HTTPS access. Allow TCP 443 and 80.

• VM needs to be connected to at least one of the VPC (internal) networks and an external network via floating IP - if external/public access to VM is required.

• We strongly suggest also adding VM description. In order to provision the VM, please click on the Add to cart button.

• VM should reach into Active status when successfully provisioned. The Details field will show the IP address to access VM over SSH (Linux) or over RDP (Windows).