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⚡ Create a virtual machine in cPouta over the web

Summary
This tutorial will guide you through creating a virtual machine using the cPouta web interface.
Internet
https://pouta.csc.fi/dashboard/project/instances/
flowchart LR
    A(Log in to<br>pouta.csc.fi) --> B(Select compute and instances)
    B --> C(Click the 'Launch instances' button)
    C --> D(Fill in details of the instance)
    D --> E(Attach a public SSH key to the instance)
    E --> F(Launch the instance)

Prerequisites

  1. cPouta service is enabled in the MyCSC project.
  2. SSH key pair is created. Create an SSH key pair.

🟩 Procedure

Sign in to cPouta. Select Instances 1⃣ from the Compute menu on the left.

Click the ' Launch Instance' 2⃣ button.

Launch Instance in cPouta

Enter a name for your new instance 3⃣ and choose a flavour for it 4⃣.

Specify how many similar instances you want to create 5⃣.

Note

Each instance 5⃣ you initiate will consume a portion of your project's total resource quota, and the aggregate of all flavours must not exceed this limit.

Select 'Boot from image' as the Instance Boot Source. Select the image of your choice.

Here an Ubuntu 24.04 6⃣ is selected.

Define virtual machine details

Next, go to the 'Access & Security' 7⃣ tab. Select a key pair 8⃣ that's public key will be injected into your virtual machine as the default login access.

You are now ready to start the 9⃣ virtual machine.

Define virtual machine key pair

Depending on the size of the virtual machine and the load on the cPouta service platform, virtual machine creation may take a few seconds.

You can monitor the progress in the Task column 1⃣0⃣.

Virtual machine in the making

That's it!

Now you have a virtual machine up and running.

Running instances

Warning

By default, your virtual machine is isolated and inaccessible. This also applies to CSC employees - we cannot access your virtual machine. You will need to continue with Connect your virtual machine to the Internet via the web tutorial to gain an access for yourself.

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