Virtual machines can be created using a free-Form wizard which allows users to pick resources they need but this can be become cumbersome if the user must pick the same option every time there is a need to provision a VM. Hence, at the end of the wizard, users can choose to create a VM or optionally save a blueprint in the App Store so next time user can just provision the VMs in a single click.
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- Ensure you have access to at least one resources pool whether you are a tenant admin or a regular user.
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Credentials store is a service that allows users to store Credentials in the form of username and password or SSH key-Pair in HyperCloud™ Platform. These credentials are then referenced by Blueprints or Free-Form wizard with the help with HyperCloud™ will provision the VM and setup credentials to access the VM. HyperCloud™ Platform Supports 2 types of Credentials
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Note: Password Store is only supported for VMware vSphere, Hyper-V and Microsoft Azure
Creating a Key-Pair Credential Store
- Login to the HyperCloud™ Platform with your credentials Click on Services Orchestration Tab Services Click on Credential Store Click on New & select Key-Pair Store
- Select the Cloud from the Drop-Down: AWS or Azure or GCP
- Enter a Suffix value Name: AWS-KP1
- (AWS Only) From the Resource Pool Drop-Down: Select the Available Resource pool.
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- Click on Generate Keys
- To allow other users to access this credential : Click on Users and Groups
- In the Users Text Box: Type the first alphabet of a username you would like to add & select the user
- In the Groups Text Box: Type the first alphabet of a group name you would like to & and select the group.
- Click on Save
Creating a Password Credential Store
- Login to the HyperCloud™ Platform with your credentials Click on Services Orchestration Tab Services
- Click on Credential Store Click on New & select Password Store
- Enter a Name: vm-user
- Enter a Username: vm-user
- Enter a Password: M!SuperS3cretpassw0rd!
- To allow other users to access this credential : Click on Users and Groups
- In the users Text Box: Type the first alphabet of a username you would like to add & select the user
- In the Groups Text Box: Type the first alphabet of a group name you would like to add and select the group.
- Click on Save
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Virtual Machine blueprints for Microsoft Azure require a Resource Group. All Virtual Machine related objects i.e. disks, ip address, etc. are placed inside this resource group.
Creating a Resource Group
Skip this step, if an existing resource group will be used.
- Login to the HyperCloud™ Platform with your credentials Click on Services Orchestration Tab Services Click on Resource Group Click on New
- Select the Resource Pool for e.g. RP.ARM.EAST US.PROD-RP2
- Enter a Name for e.g. hg-prod-vms-rg
- Click Create Resource Group
Creating Blueprints for Azure VM Provisioning
Use the following steps to Create a Virtual Machine blueprint for Azure VM
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- Define a VM Start and Stop Schedule (Optional): Choose a start time and duration daily, weekly or monthly
- On the Review page, review the details of the deployment
- VM Count: Update the count of the VM if required.
- Click on Save Blueprint Only which will create a blueprint and open it in the HyperCloud™ AppStore.
- Enter a name for the Blueprint for e.g. OpenLogic:Centos7.6
- Entitled Users:
- To allow all users to access this Blueprint, Click on Everyone
- To allow specific users to access this blueprint, Click on Users & Groups
- In the users Text Box: Type the first alphabet of a username you would like to add & select the user
- In the Groups Text Box: Type the first alphabet of a group name you would like to add and select the group.
- Click on Save Changes
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- To deploy the VM from the Blueprint, click on the Blueprint and Click on Create Machine and HyperCloud™ Platform will redirect to the Service Orchestration VMs tab.
Creating Additional Volumes using Blueprints
Use the following steps to edit an existing blueprint and add the YAML for configuring additional volumes post-provisioning of the VM.
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- Additional volumes created and attached to the VM will be listed under Service Orchestration Services Storage
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Use the following steps to create a Virtual Machine blueprint for Amazon AWS
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- Define a VM Start and Stop Schedule (Optional): Choose a start time and duration daily, weekly or monthly
- On the Review page, review the details of the deployment
- VM Count: Update the count of the VM if required.
- Click on Save Blueprint Only which will create a blueprint and open it in the HyperCloud™ AppStore.
- Enter a name for the Blueprint for e.g. AMI Linux 2
- Entitled Users:
- To allow all users to access this Blueprint, Click on Everyone
- To allow specific users to access this blueprint, Click on Users & Groups
- In the users Text Box: Type the first alphabet of a username you would like to add & select the user
- In the Groups Text Box: Type the first alphabet of a group name you would like to add and select the group.
- Click on Save Changes
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- To deploy the VM from the Blueprint, click on the Blueprint and Click on Create Machine
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Use the following steps to create a Virtual Machine blueprint for Amazon AWS
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