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Launch a VM: Log In & Naming

Once you receive the email notification that your resources are available, you can login to the Horizon web interface and get started.

Log In to Horizon

  • Navigate to the web interface at https://cloud.cades.ornl.gov/.
  • Log in with your UCAMS credentials.
    • Domain: ornl
    • Username: Your three-letter UCAMS ID
    • Password: Your UCAMS password

You can now launch a new VM Instance from within the web interface.

Launch an Instance

  1. Navigate to Project → Compute → Instances.

  2. Click the Launch Instance button, and fill out each section of the resulting dialog.

Details Tab – Fill out the required fields for the Details section.

  • Instance Name – The instance name can contain up to 20 alphanumeric characters and a hyphen. No special characters are permitted, and the host names are case sensitive. For example, good: my-instance, no good: my_instance&server. See RFC 952 and RFC 1123 for more information.

    📝 Note: When launching a new VM Instance, be aware that your VM Instance name may also serve as your DNS host name. If you wish for a DNS record to be created, matching the instance name you create, contact ORC Tickets Support with the subject "Request DNS Name Creation for VM."

  • Availability Zone – "nova" is the default zone. Do not change unless instructed to do so by a CADES administrator.

  • Count – The number of instances to start up at once. If using multiple Instances, the Instance names will be numerated (instance-1, instance-2, instance-3, and so on).

  • Once finished, click Next to proceed to the next tab.