Virtzone Cloud Control User Guide August 2013
Table of Contents 1. What is Virtzone Cloud Control?... 3 2. What this document covers... 3 This document covers the basic steps required to log on to and manage your virtual servers and environment. Advanced functions are also available but will not be covered in this document.... 3 3. Terms you should know.... 3 4. Logging On... 3 5. Navigating the cloud platform... 4 6. Managing and Provisioning Instances... 5 7. Storage... 10 8. Network... 11 9. Templates and Events... 13 10. Projects... 14 11. Accounts and Domains... 18 12. Further Help... 19 Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 2
1. What is Virtzone Cloud Control? The SystemBind cloud platform allows you to create, remove and manage your virtual server environment. It provides your organization a fast, efficient and secured connection to your virtual servers. To allow ease of use this guide has been created to provide you with step by step instructions on the features available in the cloud platform. 2. What this document covers This document covers the basic steps required to log on to and manage your virtual servers and environment. Advanced functions are also available but will not be covered in this document. 3. Terms you should know. VPC: Virtual Private Cloud. This refers to your environment being setup in a private network accessible by your servers only. Virtual Server: A virtual server is a server setup in a datacentre that provides similar functions to a traditional in-house physical server. Host: Host refers to the address of the server. For example desktop.example.com may be the location of the virtual desktop for the organization example.com 4. Logging On To login to the SystemBind cloud platform open your favourite browser and go to http://cloudadmin.systembind.com. (See image 1) Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 3
Image 1 Login Page To Login you will require the following information: Username: This is your email password registered on this system Password: This will be provided by SystemBind help desk Domain: This will be the domain name associated with your account. 5. Navigating the cloud platform Once you have logged on you will see a screen similar to the one in image 2. This is your dashboard and provides a high level overview of the number of servers (running and stopped) as well as latest events, network events and public events. Image 2 Dashboard Screenshot From here you can launch the following: Instances: This section allows you to provision new instances and manage existing servers. Storage: Allows to manage your disks and take snapshots. Network: Allows the management network and IP address Templates: Allows the management of templates associated with your account Events: Provides a listing of current events associated with your environment Projects: Provides the ability to associate resources with groups or accounts Accounts: Allows you to view your account details Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 4
Domains: Allows you to view your domain details 6. Managing and Provisioning Instances The instance section allows you to provision and manage your instances. (See Image 3) Image 3 Instances To manage an instance you can click on the name of the instance and the pop up window allows you to view the details or perform certain functions on the instance. Image 3 Instances Details Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 5
For example you can click on Details provide specific information around instance names, server types and template names. NIC s allows you to view the IP s allocated to the instance. Statistics allows you to view the usage details of an instance. The top menu bar also allows you to perform certain functions on an instance. (See Image 4) Stop Instance: Allows you to force stop your instance Reboot Instance: Allows you to restart your instance Destroy Instance: Allows you to terminate your instance. Note you have 2 minutes to revert this action if performed accidentally. If not changed data loss will occur. Reset VM: Allows you to reset the VM Attach an ISO: Allows you to attach an ISO file to boot from or connect too. Reset Password: Allows you to reset the servers password Change Service: Note you can change the services associated with the instance. View Console: Allows you to connect to your instance via a console connection Image 4 Instances Functions To Provision an instance: First click on the Add Instance button located on the right hand side (See Image 5) Image 5 Add instance button Once you have clicked on this button you can proceed with selecting your zone and selecting either template or ISO to load your operating system. Once done press next. (see image 6) Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 6
Image 6 Select Template Now you can select your instance size. The amount of resources should be selected with care as too little may have adverse effects on the performance of your instance. A vcpu is a virtual CPU that your virtual server will detect. A vcu is a computing core this is the number of cores or threads that your virtual server will detect. Lastly the amount of RAM selected will allow your virtual server to detect selected amount of RAM. See Image 7 Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 7
Image 7 Select Instance Size. Next you can select the disk size. This is the amount of available disk on the server. When selecting your disk ensure that you include the amount of storage required for the operating system. Once selected click Next (see image 8) Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 8
Image 8 Select Disk Size The next screen allows you to select your network. If you have already created a network and this server is to be a part of a private server environment you can select the network from VPC. Alternatively you can select a new network by choosing NONE in the VPC drop down and entering a name for your network. (See Image 9) Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 9
Image 9 Selecting a Network Finally you can review your configuration and give your server a name and group name. 7. Storage In this area of the site you can select volumes for creation of snapshots and add a new volume to attach to a server. (see image 10) Image 10 Storage Main Page Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 10
To create a snap shot of an existing volume click an instance and click on Take a Snapshot icon alternatively you can click on Setup a Recurring Snapshot which will allow you to schedule the creation of snapshots of your instance. WARNING: Note that creation of a snapshot can cause temporary unavailability of the server being snapshotted. Image 11 Storage Details In this section you can also delete your volume or attach an alternative disk to this volume. WARNING: Data corruption or loss of files can occur if a volume is accidentally deleted. Adding a volume can also be achieved by pressing on the Add Volume button. You will be required to give the volume a name and select the zone to store the volume in and lastly you will be required to select the disk size. 8. Network In the network section you can add new networks and IPs or manage existing networks and IPs. (See Image 12) Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 11
Image 12 Network Main Page Selecting the View allows you to select which type of network you would like to manage. This could be a guest network, a VPC or a VPN customer Gateway. In most scenario s your server environment will be configured as a VPC. If you wish to configure your VPC you can do so by clicking on the configure button of an existing VPC and from here you can create an additional tier in your network architecture or add a VM to a specified network layer. (See Image 13) Image 13 VPC Configuration Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 12
Finally you can also create a new VPC network for your environment. To do so click on the Add VPC icon as seen in image 12 and from there you can enter in the following details to configure your new network. Name: This is the name of the network Description: This is a short description of the network Super CIDR for Guest Networks: This is the IP range you wish to select for your new network. If already taken this section will prompt you with a warning. DNS domain for Guest Networks: This is an optional field if you wish to supply a domain name server. Image 14 Add a new VPC 9. Templates and Events The templates section allows you to review the available templates for your environment (See Image 15). A template is an operating system that has been created with some specific applications in mind. Certain templates can be used to host websites or databases in your preferred operating system. Should you require a template for an operating system that does not exists email support@systembind.com with your request. Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 13
Image 15 Templates Main Page In the events section you can view the last set of actions performed on your account. It provides details on what occurred by whom and at what time. See image 16 Image 16 Events Main Page 10. Projects The projects section allows you to assign user accounts and allocate a number of resources to a project that those users can use. Everyone within this group has access to the resources or virtual servers that are assigned with the number of each resource specified. To create a project you can click on the New Project button, see image 17. Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 14
Image 17 Projects Main Page Once a project has been created you can click on the project name to customize by selecting the users associated with the project and the amount of resources allowed to be allocated. (See Images 18,19, and 20) Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 15
Image 18 Projects Customize Page Details Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 16
Image 19 Projects Customize Page Accounts Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 17
Image 20 Projects Customize Page Resources 11. Accounts and Domains The accounts and domains sections of the site allows you to view the accounts that have been created and domain information. In the accounts section you can view your main account and see what resource allocation you have assigned. You can also click on View Users to view the users created under the domain. In this section if you click on your account name you can also change your password or generate keys using the buttons in the top menu bar See image 21 Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 18
Image 20 Accounts -> User Details The domains section provides details on the overall limits placed for your account. Limits are placed on the amount of instances that can be provisioned, IP addresses allocated, volume limits and more. 12. Further Help If you require specific help you can proceed to SystemBind support at support@systembind.com or alternatively you can always speak with SystemBind support representative who can assist you. Copyright 2013. SystemBind Consulting & IT Services Inc. 19