Virtual Data Center

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Prerequisites
• Lab Steps
• Conclusion

Introduction

In this lab we will make our own Virtual Data Center Service using Bluvalt Cloud and we will deploy Ubuntu on our virtual instance.

Prerequisites

• Bluvalt Cloud Account

Lab Steps

• 1. Create Virtual Data Center Service
• 2. Accsess to VDC Service
• 3. Creating a Virtual Router
• 4. Creating a Virtual Network
• 5. Creating a Security Group
• 6. Creating a Key Pairs
• 7. Creating or Launching a Virtual Instance
• 8. Assign Floating IP to The Instance
• 9. Connecting to The Virtual Instance
• 10. Change Root Password
• 11. Access to the Virtual Instance by console in VDC Service

Create Virtual Data Center Service

Virtual Data Center

is a form of cloud computing that provides virtualized computing resources over the Internet - Virtual Data Center Link

it will take around 2 minutes to be ready

Accsess to VDC Service

On Bluvalt Cloud click on dashboard

Then click on Subscriptions then click on Go to service

login with your username and password

Creating a Virtual Router

a router is a networking device used to connect your virtual instance to the internet

Follow the Video Guide

Router Name = Router 1

Creating a Virtual Network

Used to communicate instances with each other and routers

Follow the Video Guide

Network Name = Network 1
Subnet Name = Subnet 1-1
Network Address = 10.10.10.0/24

Creating a Security Group

A security group is a named collection of network access rules that are use to limit the types of traffic that have access to instances. When you launch an instance, you can assign one or more security groups to it.

Note*
For this lab we will allow all traffic so is not recommended for real application.

Security Name = Security Group 1
Rule = ALL TCP

Creating a Key Pairs

Key Pairs Name = KeyPair

Creating or Launching a Virtual Instance

Follow the Video Guide

Note*
For this lab we will Select Ubuntu-18.04-LTS Image, You can select anything you want.

Instance Name = Instance 1
Availability Zone = zone-1
Count = 1
Boot Source = Image
Volume Size = 60
Select Image = Ubuntu-18.04-LTS
Flavors = R1-Generic-1
Networks = Network 1
Security groups =  security groups 1
Key Pairs = Key Pairs 1 

Assign Floating IP to The Instance

Connecting to The Virtual Instance

Note*
For this lab we will connect to Ubuntu-18.04-LTS

For every Image there a way to connect them please visit The Knowledge base for more information

Open the Terminal and Enter:

sudo su 
ssh -i [path of key pair ]/keypair.pem ubuntu@[floatingip] 

Example: ssh -i /Users/Omar/Downloads/keypair.pem ubuntu@95.177.166.233

Change Root Password

In the same previous terminal enter

sudo su 

Then set a password for root user too

passwd root

and enter the new password for root user and confirm the same.

Then

service ssh restart  

Access to the Virtual Instance by console in VDC Service

Conclusion

Congratulations! You now have your own Virtual Data Center Service and Ubuntu Virtual Instance . You can start deploy your Applcations in the cloud!.