
20 Provision a cloud in Foundation
CloudSystem interfaces with the ESX cluster or KVM compute node to launch virtual machine
instances and connect the networks. After the necessary cloud resources are configured in the
CloudSystem Console, you can log in to the CloudSystem Portal and deploy virtual machine
instances to the cloud.
To access the CloudSystem Portal, open a new browser tab and copy the CloudSystem Foundation
address, then modify it by appending /portal. For example: https://192.0.2.2/portal.
NOTE: When local logins are enabled, Infrastructure administrators can access the CloudSystem
Portal using their CloudSystem Console credentials (user name and password).
See About user roles (page 52) for more information.
Launching a virtual machine instance in the CloudSystem Portal
Before you launch an instance, complete the following CloudSystem Portal tasks so that you will
be able to enter all the instance details in the Launch Instance window.
ProcedureWhy it mattersTask
Create a security group
(page 118)Create a key pair
(page 119)
When a user launches an instance,
a security group is assigned to the
instance to define the ways in which
Create security rules for VMs
running on KVM compute nodes
and assign them to security groups
the instance can be accessed, for
example using ssh. A security
group can have TCP and UDP rules
for access to certain ports. It can
also have ICMP rules, which specify
a type and a code rather than a
port. The security rules also dictate
which remote IP addresses can
connect to and from the instance.
Security groups for VMs running in
an ESX cluster must be set in
vSphere vShield Manager when you
configure the cluster.
Configuring security groups for
instances in an ESX cluster (page 98)
A key pair provides a secure way
to log in to an instance. You can
Create key pairs
create and save a key pair, then
associate it with an instance when
the instance is created.
Add Flavor (page 110)The flavor defines the amount of
resources consumed by the
Define flavors
instance. You can add additional
flavors if you need a different
resource consumption scale.
Image management (page 84)The image defines the operating
system. You can add additional
Create images
images, which are used to boot
instances in the cloud.
Network configuration (page 73)Provider or Private networks allow
instances to communicate in the
cloud.
Add networks
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