Create a VM with the Openstack dashboard

Create instance

Go to the Compute menu, select Instances and click

In the first screen, choose your instance name and optionaly the number of VMs you want to create.

Click

Then select the image you want to deploy by clicking (see image list)

Click and select a flavor with (see flavor list)

Click and select psmn-internal network

Important

Selecting psmn-internal is mandatory. Nothing will work if you chose another network.

Finally click

Wait a few moments until the status become Active (you may have to refresh the page)

You need to associate a floating IP address to your VM, so that you’ll be able to reach it from the PSMN network.

In the Network menu, select Floating IPs

You can see all the floating IPs associated to your project. If a floating IPs is available, the button is visible in the Actions row.

If there is no available floating IP, or if the list is empty, you need to create one (see Step 2).

Otherwise, click . In the pop-up select the VM to which you want to assign a floating IP, and click

You can now connect to your VM (see Connection to an Openstack VM)

If there is no IP available, you need to create one.

In the Network menu, select Floating IPs and click . Select psmn and click

You can now associate the IP to your VM (see Step 1)

Warning

Don’t forget to delete your VM once you no longer need it.