Launch a new instance

Overview

This tutorial explains how to launch a single instance using the Horizon dashboard (GUI).

Goal

• Launch a jumphost/kickstart instance via GUI (Horizon)

Prerequisites

• You need to have the login data for the firstcolo Cloud API (user name, passphrase and domain)
• Knowledge how to utilise a terminal/SSH and SSH-keys

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Import SSH keys

• Upload your SSH key(s) to the Horizon Dashboard - see the how-to article on importing SSH-keys

Create Security Group for SSH access

• Create a security group for SSH access - see the how-to article on create security groups

Launch Instance

• Log in to the firstcolo Cloud Dashboard using the username and password (API credentials) that were provided by firstcolo.

• In order to launch the instance using the dashboard go to "Project" --> "Instances".

• Click the button "Launch Instance"
• Write a name for this instance into the field "Instance Name"
• Click "Next"

• Select a boot source and enabled "Create New Volume"
• Set a volume size
• Select a source image to boot from
• Click "Next"

• Choose a flavor
• Click "Next"

• Choose a network (only the external provider network is available by default which assigns a public IP address to the instance)
• Click "Next"

• Select the "default" and the "ssh" security group
• Click "Next"

• Select a ssh keypair
• Click "Launch instance"

• In the instance list you see that the instance is now provisoning.

• You can check the output of the console by click the instance and go to the "console" tab

Important Note:

Establishing an external connection to your instance requires the configuration of a router (if not previously configured) and the assignment of a floating IP address to the instance's interface.

Open a terminal of your choice and log in to the instance via ssh with the username debian

ssh debian@<public IP> -i ~/.ssh/< private ssh key >

• You should now be logged in your instance via SSH