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Compute: Create and Manage

Instances are virtual machines that run inside of the FlexiHPC cloud space.

FlexiHPC offers 2 ways to Launch and instance on the platform:

This is the most user friendly way to get up and running as its all done via the FlexiHPC dashboard.

This is a more advance way of interacting with the FlexiHPC platform. It requires some environment setup however it gives you the most control over the your project within the platform.

After reading one of the above you should be able to connect to the instance using ssh.

Connect to your instance by using SSH

To use SSH to connect to your instance, use the downloaded keypair file.

Note

The user name is ubuntu for the Ubuntu cloud images on FlexiHPC.

Insure your instance has a floating ip associated with it. If you need to assign one then check the following Assign Floating IP to an Instance via the Dashboard

Copy the floating ip address for your instance.

Use the ssh command to make a secure connection to the instance. For example: 

ssh -i MyKey.pem ubuntu@10.0.0.2
At the prompt, type yes.

Resizing an Instance

Resizing an instance allows you to scale the instance either up, if your workload requires a bit more grunt, or down, should you no longer need to consume a large amount of resources.

FlexiHPC allows you to resize and instance in 2 ways