Deploying a virtual machine instance to the cloud

CloudSystem interfaces with the ESX cluster or KVM compute node to launch virtual machine instances and connect the networks. After the necessary cloud resources are configured in the CloudSystem Console, you can log in to the CloudSystem Portal and deploy virtual machine instances to the cloud.

To access the CloudSystem Portal, open a new browser tab and copy the CloudSystem Foundation address, then modify it by appending /portal. For example: https://192.0.2.2/portal.


	NOTE: The user name and password are the same for both the console and the portal. When local logins are enabled, Infrastructure administrators can access the CloudSystem Portal using their CloudSystem Console credentials (user name and password). See About user roles for more information.

Prerequisites

Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator
Cloud resources are configured. See Configuring cloud resources.

Deploying virtual machine instances

For more information about the following tasks that are performed on the CloudSystem Portal, refer to the HP CloudSystem 8.0 Administrator Guide at Enterprise Information Library.

	CloudSystem Portal Task
	Create security rules and assign them to security groups You must define security rules that are applied to VM instances. When a user launches an instance, they select security groups to define the ways in which the instance can be accessed, for example using `ssh`. A security group can have TCP and UDP rules for access to certain ports. It can also have ICMP rules, which specify a type and a code rather than a port. The security rules also dictate which remote IP addresses can connect to and from the instance.
	Create keypairs A keypair provides a secure way to log in to an instance. You can create and save a keypair, then associate it with an instance when the instance is created.
	Create a volume You can use the CloudSystem Console to create block storage drivers and volume types. These cloud resources appear as volume options in the CloudSystem Portal. You can create volumes based on the previously defined cloud resources.
	Launch an instance Instances are instantiated as virtual machines on the compute nodes that are defined in the CloudSystem Console. When launching an instance in the CloudSystem Portal, the cloud user describes the instance by selecting the flavor, image, and networks that are defined in the CloudSystem Console.
	Attach a volume Persistent block storage volumes can be created and attached to virtual machine instances using the CloudSystem Portal.

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