OpenStack Tutorial Index

If you're just starting out, we recommend starting from

Access the OpenStack Dashboard and going through the tutorial in order.

If you just need to review a specific step, you can find the page you need in the list below.

Logging In

• Access the OpenStack Dashboard <<-- Start Here
• Dashboard Overview

Access and Security

• Security Groups
• Create a Key Pair

Create & Connect to the VM

• Launch a VM
• Available Images
• Available NOVA Flavors
• Assign a Floating IP
• SSH to Cloud VM

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Advanced OpenStack Topics

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Setting Up Your Own Network

• Set up your own Private Network
• Create a Router

Domain or Host Name for your VM

• Domain Name System (DNS)

OpenStack CLI

• OpenStack CLI
• Launch a VM using OpenStack CLI

Persistent Storage

• Block Storage/ Volumes/ Cinder
• Object Storage/ Swift

Data Transfer

• Data Transfer To/ From NERC VM

Backup your instance and volume

• Backup with snapshots

Using Terraform to provision NERC resources

• Terraform on NERC

Python SDK

• Python SDK

Setting Up Your Own Images

• Microsoft Windows image