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CREODIAS Documentation

Welcome to CREODIAS Documentation.
Here you will find all the FAQs and tutorials related to CREODIAS services.

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Dashboard Overview – Project Quotas And Flavors Limits on CREODIAS
How to access the VM from OpenStack console on CREODIAS
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- Using console for administrative tasks within Linux based VMs
- Using console to perform administrative tasks within Fedora VMs
How to clone existing and configured VMs on CREODIAS
How to fix unresponsive console issue on CREODIAS
How to generate and manage EC2 credentials on CREODIAS
- Prerequisites
- Creating a pair of EC2 credentials
- Listing EC2 credentials
- Deleting EC2 credentials
- What To Do Next
How to generate or use Application Credentials via CLI on CREODIAS
- Prerequisites
- Step 1 CLI Commands for Application Credentials
- Step 2 The Simplest Way to Create a New Application Credential
- Step 3 Using All Parameters to Create a New Application Credential
- Step 4 Enter id and secret into clouds.yml
- Step 5 Gain access to the cloud by specifying OS_CLOUD or --os-cloud
- Environment variable-based storage
- What To Do Next
How to Use GUI in Linux VM on CREODIAS and access it From Local Linux Computer
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- Step 1: Install X2Go client
- Step 2: Install the desktop environment on your VM
- Step 3: Connect to your VM using X2Go
- Troubleshooting - Using the terminal emulator on XFCE
- Troubleshooting - Keyboard layout
How To Create a New Linux VM With NVIDIA Virtual GPU in the OpenStack Dashboard Horizon on CREODIAS
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Step 1 Create New Instance with NVIDIA Image Support
- Step 2 Select Card Model / Flavor
- Step 3 Finish Creating the Instance
- Step 4 Issue Commands from the Console
How to install and use Docker on Ubuntu 24.04
- Prerequisites
- Before Docker installation
- Install Docker engine
- Basic Docker commands
- Troubleshooting
- What To Do Next
How to use Security Groups in Horizon on CREODIAS
- Viewing the security groups
- Creating a new security group
- Adding security rules to a security group
- Adding a Security Group to your VM
How to create key pair in OpenStack Dashboard on CREODIAS
How to create new Linux VM in OpenStack Dashboard Horizon on CREODIAS
How to install Python virtualenv or virtualenvwrapper on CREODIAS
How to start a VM from a snapshot on CREODIAS
- a) Volume Snapshot
- b) Image Snapshot
Status Power State and dependencies in billing of instance VMs on CREODIAS
- Power state while VM is running
- Power state while VM is turned off
- Status and its conditions
How to upload your custom image using OpenStack CLI on CREODIAS
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- Always use the latest value of image id
- Step 1: Check for the presence of the image in your OpenStack cloud
- Step 2: Know the rules for the image before uploading it
- Step 3: Upload the image
- Troubleshooting - Internet connection lost
- What To Do Next
VM created with option Create New Volume No on CREODIAS
VM created with option Create New Volume Yes on CREODIAS
What is an OpenStack domain on CREODIAS
What is an OpenStack project on CREODIAS
How to create a Linux VM and access it from Windows desktop on CREODIAS
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- Options for creation of a Virtual Machine (VM)
- Step 1 Start the Launch Instance window and name the virtual machine
- Step 2 Define the source of the virtual machine
- Step 3 Define the flavor of the instance
- Step 4 Define networks for the virtual machine
- Step 5 Define security groups for VM
- Step 6 Create a key pair for SSH access
- Step 7 Create the instance
- Step 8 Attach a Floating IP to the instance
- Step 9 Convert your SSH key
- Step 10 Configure PuTTY
- Step 11 Save the session settings
- Step 12 Connect to your virtual machine
- Using your saved PuTTY session to simplify login
- What To Do Next
How to create a Linux VM and access it from Linux command line on CREODIAS
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- Options for creation of a Virtual Machine (VM)
- Step 1 Start the Launch Instance window and name the virtual machine
- Step 2 Define the source of the virtual machine
- Step 3 Define the flavor of the instance
- Step 4 Define networks for the virtual machine
- Step 5 Define security groups for VM
- Step 6 Create a key pair for SSH access
- Step 7 Create the instance
- Step 8 Attach a Floating IP to the instance
- Step 9 Connecting to your virtual machine using SSH
- What To Do Next
DNS as a Service on CREODIAS Hosting
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- Step 1 Delegate domain to your registrar’s system
- Step 2 Zone configuration
- Step 3 Checking the presence of the domain on the Internet
- Step 4 Adding new record for the domain
- Step 5 Adding records for subdomains
- Step 6 Managing records
- Limitations
- What To Do Next
What Image Formats are Available in OpenStack CREODIAS cloud
How to upload custom image to CREODIAS cloud using OpenStack Horizon dashboard
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- Step 1: Check for the presence of image in your OpenStack cloud
- Step 2: Know the rules for the image before uploading it
- Step 3: Upload the image
- Troubleshooting - Internet connection lost
- What To Do Next
How to create Windows VM on OpenStack Horizon and access it via web console on CREODIAS
- What Are We Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- Step 1: Access the Launch Instance menu
- Step 2: Choose the instance name
- Step 3: Choose source
- Step 4: Choose flavor
- Step 5: Attach networks to your virtual machine
- Step 6: Choose security groups
- Step 7: Launch your virtual machine
- Step 8: Set the Administrator password
- Step 9: Update Windows
- What To Do Next
How to transfer volumes between domains and projects using Horizon dashboard on CREODIAS
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- Step 1: Initializing transfer of volume
- Step 2: Accepting transfer of volume
- Cancelling transfer of volume
- What To Do Next
Spot instances on CREODIAS
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- How to create spot instances
- Additional configuration via tags
- Currently supported tags
- The expected behaviour of spot instances
- How to convert spot instance to on-demand instance
How to create a VM using the OpenStack CLI client on CREODIAS cloud
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- Always use the latest value of image id
- The openstack command to create a VM
- Step 1: Selecting parameters of the new virtual machine
- Step 2: Create a virtual machine
- Step 3 Add a floating IP to the existing VM
- Step 4: Use SSH to access the VM
- What To Do Next
How to create a VM from volume snapshot using Horizon dashboard on CREODIAS
- Prerequisites
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Example scenario in which this article applies
- Creating VM from volume snapshot using the Horizon dashboard
- What To Do Next
How to start a VM from instance snapshot using Horizon dashboard on CREODIAS
- Prerequisites
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Creating VM from instance snapshot
- What can go wrong when recreating instance from instance snapshot
- Verifying volumes when using persistent storage
- What To Do Next
OpenStack User Roles on CREODIAS
- What We Are Going To Cover
- Prerequisites
- Frequently used user roles
- How to View Roles in Horizon
- Examples of using user roles
- Dictionary of other roles
Resizing a virtual machine using OpenStack Horizon on CREODIAS
- Introduction
- Prerequisites
- Creating a new VM
- Steps to Resize the VM
- Advanced Options
- Resize the VM
- Troubleshooting
- What To Do Next
Block storage and object storage performance limits on CREODIAS
- Current limits

Kubernetes

Networking

Openstack CLI

S3

Account Management