This document will take you through the steps to get access to the LinuxONE community cloud, deploy a virtual server and start using it in your project.
- Request access to LinuxONE Community Cloud
- First time setup
- Deploy your LinuxONE virtual server
- Log in to your LinuxONE virtual server
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In a browser, go to the LinuxONE Community Cloud website.
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Click Try Virtual Machines on the LinuxONE™ Community Cloud.
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Complete the required fields on the registration form.
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Complete your registration by clicking Request your trial.
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After you will get a message confirming that your registration was received. Once registration is approved you will receive your login credentials. This process will take up to (1) business day.
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Check your email for a registration confirmation similar to the following shown. You will need your User ID and Password from this email to sign in to the self service portal.
- After activating your account, log in.
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Enter your user ID and the password created during registration.
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Click Sign in.
- Go to the Home page, Service Catalog section and Virtual Servers service.
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Click Manage Instances.
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Click Create.
- Select a virtual server type.
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If this server is for generic purpose use, select General purpose VM.
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If this server is for a Hackathon event, select Hackathon. A valid event code is required.
- Provide details information for this instance. Enter:
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An Instance Name, without any spaces or special characters.
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An Instance Description.
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Select the desired Linux image.
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Select the desired Linux flavor.
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Create a new SSH key pair:
- Click Create.
- Enter a Key Name for this key.
- Click Create a new key pair.
- A pop-up window will appear asking you to save yourkey. pem file. This is your private key. Please save it to a secure location. Once this operation is complete, there is no way to retrieve this key. Click OK to save the file.
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Select the SSH key to use.
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Verify that all the information is correct and click Create.
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Watch the status of your newly deployed instance go through the following phases of start up: NETWORKING, SPAWNING, ACTIVE. When your instance status changes to ACTIVE, it is ready for use.
Write down the IP address of your instance. You will need it to log in.
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Open a Terminal application.
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Ensure that you have the SSH private key used to deploy the server.
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If you have not done so already, change the permission bits of this key to 600.
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Use SSH to access the Linux guest.
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UserID: linux1
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-ilets SSH know which identity file to use access the Linux guest. -
Serveripaddress: This was written down from the Manage Instances page of the LinuxONE Community Cloud.
ssh –i /path/to/key/keyname.pem linux1@serveripaddress
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Set up PuTTY to use the SSH key for your server. Refer to the Setting up PUTTY on Windows to use ssh private key tutorial.
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Log in to the linux1 user ID.
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You can use ‘sudo’ to execute commands that require root authority.
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It could take up to 10 minutes to format and mount the /data disk. Issue the following command to verify the /data disk is available before continuing:
df -h
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Firewall is enabled. Only the SSH port is open. Modify the firewall rules with iptables if you need other ports opened. For example:
iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport <port#> -j ACCEPT
If you want to make your changes permanently, issue this command:
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You must log in with the user ‘linux1’ with your SSH private key. No modification (use of password authentication, for example) is allowed.
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The user ‘root’ login is disabled for security reasons. No modification is allowed.
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There is no backup for your virtual server. It is the end user’s responsibility to back up any critical data.
