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Revision as of 11:09, 23 September 2016

Look at running Virtual Machines

  1. Log into OpenNebula Sunstone.
  2. Go to “Virtual Resources” in the left menu and click on “Virtual Machines” in the drop down menu.
    VM menu.png

    A list of all instantiated virtual machines will apear. Some basic information is showed.
    Vm list.png

    Click on a virtual machine to see all its configuration.
    Vm detail.png

Instantiate a Virtual Machine

  1. Go to “Virtual Resources” in the left menu and click on “Templates” in the drop down menu.
    Templates menu.png
  2. Create or modify a template. This template will then be used to instantiate a virtual machine on which the operative system will be install.
  3. Click on the template just created and press "Instantiate" button to power on the virtual machine.
    Vm instantiate.png

Shutdown a Virtual Machine

When you shut down a virtual machine, OpenNebula sent ACPI signal to the machine operative system. Once the machine is shut down, its resources (memory, cpu) are available for a new machine.

  1. Log into OpenNebula Sunstone.
  2. Go to “Virtual Resources” in the left menu and click on “Virtual Machines” in the drop down menu.
    VM menu.png

  3. Click on the virtual machine, press the red button with the bin and click "shutdown".
    Vm shutdown.png
    If more than one virtual machine need to be shut down, select each of them, press the red button with the bin and click "shutdown".
    Vm multishutdown.png

Suspend a Virtual Machine

When you suspend a virtual machine, OpenNebula save the machine state and you can resume it later.

  1. Log into OpenNebula Sunstone.
  2. Go to “Virtual Resources” in the left menu and click “Virtual Machines” in the drop down menu.
    VM menu.png
  3. Click on the virtual machine, press the hold button and click "suspend".
    Vm suspend.png
    If more than one virtual machine need to be suspended, select each of them, press the hold button and click "suspend".
    Vm multisuspend.png

Open VNC console

  1. Log into OpenNebula Sunstone.
  2. Go to “Virtual Resources” in the left menu and click on “Virtual Machines” in the drop down menu.
    VM menu.png

  3. Select the virtual machine you want to access and click on the "VNC" button.
    Vnc button.png

    A flyout will appear with the virtual machine console. To move the console in a separate browser window or tab press Expand button.png button.
    Vnc view.png