Red Cloud Navigation

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1 1. Introduction to Red Cloud 4. Instances 7. Volumes 2. Accessing Red Cloud 5. Elastic IP Addresses 8. Snapshots 3. Dashboard 6. Release to Cloud 9. Load Balancers Introduction to Red Cloud Red Cloud is a subscription-based cloud computing service that provides root access to virtual servers and storage on demand. Accessing Red Cloud 1. Go to redcloudsecure.med.cornell.edu. 2. Enter an account name. 3. Log in with your CWID and password. P a g e 1

2 Dashboard The dashboard is your primary navigation location. Clicking on any of the icons will take you to the function associated with that icon. Note: The Buckets function is not available. You can also open the sidebar by dragging the right edge to the right. This will show more navigation options. P a g e 2

3 Instances You can launch an instance by clicking Instances in the sidebar or by clicking Launch Instance on the dashboard. P a g e 3

4 On the Launch new Instance page, you must select an image you want to use. Click the Select button to choose. P a g e 4

5 Under the Details tab, assign the number, name, instance type, availability zone and tags for the instance. Note that under Instance type, you have a dropdown window to assist you in your choice. P a g e 5

6 The Availability zone field also has a dropdown window. Under the security tab, select Create keypair. P a g e 6

7 In the pop-up window that appears, enter the keypair name and click Create and Download. Click Create security group. P a g e 7

8 Enter the security group name and description. Select a protocol, and click Create Security Group. You may add more than one protocol. P a g e 8

9 Under the Advanced tab, check Delete on terminate to indicate you don t want data stored once the instance is terminated. This will save on storage expense. Click Launch Instance. P a g e 9

10 You will see a window showing that the instance has been launched. The status may show as pending for a few moments. Under Actions click the three dots to see your options for your instance. P a g e 10

11 One of your options is to stop the instance. You will see a window asking you to confirm that you want to stop the instance. P a g e 11

12 You will see that the status shows that the instance has been stopped. You can restart a stopped instance. P a g e 12

13 You can also terminate an instance. You will see a warning about terminating the instance. Note that you cannot restart a terminated instance. Also, if you elected to eliminate all data on termination (see above), your data will be deleted. P a g e 13

14 Elastic IP Addresses You can allocate elastic IP addresses by clicking Elastic IP Addresses in the sidebar. You will see a list of public IP addresses you can allocate. Click the three dots under Actions to see the dropdown window for associating the IP address with an instance. P a g e 14

15 A pop-up window will allow you to choose the instance you want to associate with the IP address. Here we see several instances that have been associated with IP addresses. P a g e 15

16 You can also disassociate an instance from an IP address. Release to Cloud Under Actions, you may elect to release the address to the cloud. P a g e 16

17 You will see a pop-up window where you can verify that you want to release the address to the cloud. P a g e 17

18 Volumes Select Create Volume from the Dashboard Select Create New Volume on the screen that appears. P a g e 18

19 Name the volume, choose whether you want to create it from a snapshot, give the size of the volume and select the availability zone. The click Create Volume. You will see that the volume is available. Under the Actions button, you may choose to attach the volume to an instance. + P a g e 19

20 Designate the Instance and the device and select Attach Volume. You will see that the volume is attached. Under Actions you can choose to detach it. P a g e 20

21 Snapshots Select Create Snapshot on the dashboard. P a g e 21

22 Select Create New Snapshot. P a g e 22

23 Enter the name of the snapshot, the volume you want to use and a description. Then click Create Snapshot. You will see that the status is Completed. P a g e 23

24 . Load Balancers Select Create Load Balancer from the Dashboard. P a g e 24

25 Select Create Load Balancer. Under the General tab, name the load balancer. P a g e 25

26 Select the protocol and click Next. P a g e 26

27 Under the Instances tab, click the boxes next to the instances you want to add. P a g e 27

28 Under the Health Check & Advanced tab, check that you have the correct protocol, port and path. Then click Create Load Balancer. P a g e 28

29 You will see that the load balancer has been created. P a g e 29