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Welcome to The Cloud
Cybera operates the Rapid Access Cloud, an OpenStack cloud providing Infrastructure-as-a-Service, which allows users to set up virtual servers in any configuration desired. The virtualized cloud environment allows for the utilization of several operating systems (e.g. ubuntu, Windows) and makes it easy to scale up and down resources. It also offers object and volume storage, accommodating further use cases.
The cloud consists of two geographically distinct regions, hosted in Calgary and Edmonton. The high speed research and education network links the two regions through a 10Gbps connection providing excellent network performance and low latency. Upon registration, users are allocated a quota of 8 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM, and 500GB of storage space, along with 1 public IPv4 address and an IPv6 address for each instance. Note that the quota is shared between the two regions, but instances, volumes, etc. that are housed in the other region cannot be seen on the dashboard.
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Overview
This document steps through the process of using the Rapid Access Cloud dashboard to create a single Ubuntu 14.04 Linux instance accessible via ssh with a 25GB attached storage volume. This process will provide a basic understanding of the Rapid Access Cloud and how to create and manage instances and volumes. Once these steps have been completed, you are encouraged to explore the dashboard and build other instances, then move on the Advanced Guide for an understanding of some of the additional features that OpenStack and the Rapid Access Cloud provide, including information pertaining to Windows images and instructions on how to automate deployment in the cloud.
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