Launching a virtual instance with OpenStack
Now that we have OpenStack installed and have set our desired operating system image, we are ready to launch our first instance in a self-hosted cloud.
Getting ready
You will need credentials to access the OpenStack dashboard.
Uploading your own image is not necessary; you can use the default Cirros image to launch the test instance.
Log in to the OpenStack dashboard and set the SSH key pair in the Access & Security tab available under the Projects menu. Here, you can generate a new key pair or import your existing public key.
Note
If you generate a new key pair, a file with the .pem extension will be downloaded to your local system. To use this key with PuTTy, you need to use PuTTYgen and extract the public and private keys.
How to do it…
OpenStack instances are the same virtual machines that we launch from the command line or desktop tools. OpenStack give you a web interface to launch your virtual machines from. Follow these steps to create and start...
