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Create account
Create a key pair
Modify the default security group
Launch an instance
Allocate and associate a floating IP
Log in
Create a volume
Attach a volume
Use a volume
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Create Account
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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Canadian Access Federation (CAF) permits member institutions a single sign-on (SSO) solution for access to network and network resources across Canada. Please check the list of participating institutions to see if you can use “Federated Single Sign-On” option at https://rac-portal.cybera.ca.
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Create a Key
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Pair
Before instances can be created, users will require a key pair that will be injected into the instance to permit access; any instance launched from an image in the Rapid Access Cloud must use key pairs to access the virtual machine for the first time, as password sign-on is disabled by default, key pairs being much more secure than a default password, though it does introduce extra steps. However, once a key pair is created, it can be used for any future instances that are created; further additional key pairs can be generated for different instances if there is a need to restrict access to various systems among different users.
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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 “Access & Security”.
Click the “Key Pair” tab, then click “+Create Key Pair”.
Enter a
<key_pair_name>, then click “Create Key Pair”. The browser will automatically download a file named<key_pair_name>.pem.Move or save this file on your computer somewhere you will remember. It will be used when accessing instances created with this key pair.
Note:Status colour
If If this key file is saved to an operating system that uses file-system permissions (Unix, Linux, BSD, OSX) then make sure the permissions are set appropriately. Typically, the Blue title Note .ssh directory permissions ought to be set to 700 (drwx------) and the private key (*.pem) should be 600 (-rw-------).
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A detailed explanation of public-key cryptography is out of the scope of this document; this will help you understand it better.
Security Groups
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Modify the default security group
Security groups are the policies that deny access to the network ports of an instance. Security groups are therefore firewalls for instances, with a set of default policies that block all access to each port from any source, including the computer you are using to access the Rapid Access Cloud dashboard. Before an instance can be accessed the appropriate ports will need to be opened and a source IP address or range of addresses will need to be configured.
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Availability Zone: (Any availability zone)
5. Click the blue “Create Volume” button and after a few moments a 25GB volume will be ready for attachment to an instance.
Attach a volume
Log-in to the Rapid Access Cloud dashboard at https://cloud.cybera.ca.
In the left-hand panel under “Compute”, click “Volumes”.
Click the Action drop-down button on the right-hand side and select “Manage Attachments”.
Under “Attach to Instance” select the instance the volume is be attached to, then click the blue “Attach Volume” button.
After a few moments, the volume will be attached. Take note of the “Attached to” column on the summary screen, it will list where it is attached like “/dev/sdc”.
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$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc
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attached volumes will typically be assigned device names in sequential order (i.e. /dev/sdc, /dev/sdd, /dev/sde, etc.) List all disks from within the instance withStatus colour Blue title Note
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