1. Login into your Rapid Access Account at https://cloud.cybera.ca/auth/login/ (Please make sure you logged in using Edmonton Location).
2. Login will give you access to RAC dashboard (Fig-1), where you can see the overview of resource allocation and usage.
3. Select Project > Compute > Instances and Click Launch Instance.
43. Configure an Instance.
Below are mandatory values required to launch an instance:
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Flavour: Select from below GPU types and flavours
GPU Type | Flavour series | Flavours |
NVIDIA K80 | g1 | g1.large.auto-destruct, g1.medium.auto-destruct, g1.xlarge.auto-destruct |
NVIDIA TITAN Xp | g2 | g2.large.auto-destruct, g2.medium.auto-destruct, g2.xlarge.auto-destruct |
NOTE: By default all GPU-enabled instances are self-destruct after 24 hours otherwise extended.
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You can also configure additional settings like Access and Security, Networking, network ports and Advanced options.
54. After configuring, Click on Launch
Once Launched, RAC will start creating a new instance and Instance status will change from build to active.
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Log-in to the Rapid Access Cloud dashboard at https://cloud.cybera.ca.
In the left-hand panel under “Compute”, click “Instances”.
Click the name of a GPU-enabled instance you would like to extend the lease on. Note the “Lease Date”; this will initially be set to the time and date the instance was created plus twenty-four hours.
Click the “Submit” button; the Lease Date will be set to twenty-four hours from the time you click Submit.
This tutorial assumes that you have the following already in place:
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A stable internet connection.
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