Here are the instructions on how to create a new Virtual Machine using Morpheus through the web portal
- To get started, simply click the + Add button in the upper right of the Provisioning - Instances section. A modal will display allowing the catalogue to be searched. Once an item is selected it is just a matter of following the steps through the wizard.
- Select the type of instance. At the moment only the following types are available
- Select the cloud you want to provision your instance on, and give it a name. The enviroment tag and tags are optional for your own reference.
- Now is time to configure your instance.
- Layout: this is the flavour you want to use. The ones tagged with data will come with some preinstalled software to access and manipulate data.
- Plan: How much resources do you need on the VM. You may choose amongst a fixed set of different configurations.
- You may configure additional volumes besides the default root one.
- Network setup
- If you are provisioning at ECMWF, you will have 3 networks available to choose from.
- public: access to the Internet with public IP. Must have if you want to connect to the VM directly.
- data: fast access to the data storage. Must have if you want to use MARS.
private: local private network within the tenant.
Warning Always choose public first, otherwise Morpheus might not be able to discover the VM once it is provisioned.
- If you are provisioning at EUMETSAT, just select the internal network
- If you are provisioning at ECMWF, you will have 3 networks available to choose from.
- On availability zone, select nova. You may as well select the security group that better suits your needs from a predefined list.
- You may configure more additional settings in the following sections, but default values should be fine. Click NEXT.
- Apply any additional workflow you may need.
- Review and click COMPLETE
After this, you should see the new instance appearing on the instance list
You may click on it to see the details of what is going on
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