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Use a clouds.yaml file to direct your client. Below is a canonical example, but you __will__ have to modify the variables according to your account. | Use a clouds.yaml file to direct your client. Below is a canonical example, but you __will__ have to modify the variables according to your account. | ||
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You can also download a customized version of this data after you authenticate to the Web Interface (click API Access from the menu and then the button " | You can also download a customized version of this data after you authenticate to the Web Interface (click API Access from the menu and then the button " | ||
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====== USAGE ====== | ====== USAGE ====== | ||
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Images are prebuilt operating systems that are used to launch instances. It is equivalent to a live CD. They are usually a few GB in size. A copy of the disk image is written into the instance' | Images are prebuilt operating systems that are used to launch instances. It is equivalent to a live CD. They are usually a few GB in size. A copy of the disk image is written into the instance' | ||
- | There are images that Techstaff provides, some of which are restricted-use. We can build images for you or you can build and upload your own. Our images are generic, bare bones, cloud enabled popular operating systems that are a firm foundation for you to customize from. They are often in RAW format, not qcow2, for performance reasons. | + | There are images that Techstaff provides, some of which are restricted-use. We can build images for you or you can build and upload your own. Our images are generic, bare bones, cloud enabled, popular operating systems, that are a firm foundation for you to customize from. They are often in RAW format, not qcow2, for performance reasons. |
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+ | Beware of images that are used internally to provide cloud services. You should not usually launch these directly. You do have access to them for the use of a service, and are welcome to customize for advanced usage. | ||
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Openstack can hold a public key in its db, and insert it into instances when told. This is optional (your author does not use this capability) | Openstack can hold a public key in its db, and insert it into instances when told. This is optional (your author does not use this capability) | ||
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