Creating a virtual machine on vCloud Air
Objective here is to create a new virtual machine in vCloud Air.
As you can see I have no virtual machines in my Virtual Data Center
Click on “create your first virtual machine”
Several default options to choose appear.
These are a handful of default options which incluse (as of this posting)
- CentOS 6.3 (32/64)
- CentOS 6.4 (32/64)
- Ubuntu Server 12.04 (32/64)
- Windows 2008R2 Standard (64)
- Windows 2012 Standard (64)
- Windows 2012R2 Standard(64)
Of course you can upload your own options but at the moment we will chose one of the defaults:
I’m choosing Ubuntu server 64.
Now customization options will appear.
Here you can name your vm, and allocate resources,
The cost per hour is generated as you play around with the options.
The more resources you consume, the greater the charge.
Now you see the vm being created, and the status will circle.
Still waiting on the status to update.
Once the vm is ready the status will show that its powered off
I chose to leave it powered off at first
The option to start powered on was also there.
Check the box next to the vm and power it on
You could also select the drop down and power it on or just the nice big button above.
Once the vm is on the status changes.
To view the console of our newly powered on vm
- Select the vm,
- Select the actions drop down
- Choose “open in console”
Now the Console pops out and we can see the console and use the vm.
The buttons on the upper right are for
- sending control alt del
- going full screen
if you just created your vm you may have problems logging on.
See the next post for updates
