Procedure 7.5. Launching an Instance using the Dashboard

1. Log in to the Dashboard.
2. In the Project tab, click on Instances under the Manage Compute menu.
3. Click the Launch Instance button. The Launch Instance dialog is displayed.
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   Figure 7.5. Launch Instance: Details Tab

4. By default, the dialog opens to the Details tab.
   1. Select an Availability Zone for your instance from the dropdown list. The default option is nova.
   2. Enter an Instance Name to identify your instance.
   3. Select a Flavor for your instance. The flavor determines the compute resources available to your instance. After a flavor is selected, their resources are displayed in the Flavor Details pane for preview.
   4. Enter an Instance Count. This determines how many instances to launch using the selected options.
   5. Select a boot option from the Instance Boot Source dropdown list.
      You have the following boot options:

      • Boot from image - If you choose this option, a new field for Image Name is displayed. You can select the image from the dropdown list.
      • Boot from snapshot - If you choose this option, a new field for Instance Snapshot is displayed. You can select the snapshot from the dropdown list.
      • Boot from volume - If you choose this option, a new field for Volume is displayed. You can select the volume from the dropdown list.
      • Boot from image (creates a new volume) - With this option, you can boot from an image and create a volume by choosing Device Size and Device Name for your volume.
      • Boot from volume snapshot (creates a new volume) - Using this option, you can boot from a volume snapshot and create a new volume by choosing Volume Snapshot from a dropdown list and adding a Device Name for your volume.
5. Click the Access & Security tab and configure the security settings for your instance.
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   Figure 7.6. Launch Instance: Access & Security Tab

   1. Select an existing keypair from the Keypair drop down box or click the + button to upload a new keypair
   2. Select the Security Groups that you wish to apply to your instances. By default only the default security group will be available.
6. Click the Networking tab and select the network for the instance by clicking on the network's + sign.
   If you have logged in as the demo Identity (Keystone) tenant, choose the private network, due to the ownership of the private and public networks.
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   Figure 7.7. Launch Instance: Networking Tab

7. Click the Launch button.