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1. Create account

2. Create a key pair

3. Modify the default security group

4. Launch an instance

5. Allocate and associate a floating IP

6. Log in

7. Create a volume

8. Attach a volume

9. Use a volume 

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Accounts

Access to the Rapid Access Cloud is provided by third-party Federated identity providers: Google Identity Platform and Canadian Access Federation.

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1. Open the main PuTTY application.

2. Enter the remote server IP address under the “Session” category in left-hand panel.

3. Navigate to the “Connection” category, then “Data”.

4. Under Login details, enter the username to log in with. For ubuntu instances on the Rapid Access Cloud, the default is ubuntu.

5. In the “Connection” category in the left-hand menu, select “SSH”  and then “Auth”.

6. Click “Browse…” under “Authentication parameters / Private key file” for authentication.

7. Locate the *.ppk private key you generated above and click “Open”.

8. Navigate back to the “Session” category to name the session and then click “Save”.

9. Click “Open” to log into the remote server with key pair authentication.

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Volumes

You now have a running instance in the cloud. This flavor we used is m1.tiny, and that is an apt name: it only has 5GB of root storage! This might be enough for the operating system and the applications to be installed, but what about the data you generate, like databases? Not only will you need more than 5GB, the nature of the instances are ephemeral, so any data left in an instance when it is destroyed is gone for good. It makes much more sense to create a data volume that is independent of the instance, and can be attached and reattached as needed, much like attaching a USB disk to the computer.

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