diff --git a/doc/user-guide/source/dashboard-launch-instances.rst b/doc/user-guide/source/dashboard-launch-instances.rst index fa421e10ba..de83460ab1 100644 --- a/doc/user-guide/source/dashboard-launch-instances.rst +++ b/doc/user-guide/source/dashboard-launch-instances.rst @@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ Launch an instance :guilabel:`Details` tab + Instance Name + Assign a name to the virtual machine. + Availability Zone By default, this value is set to the availability zone given by the cloud provider (for example, ``us-west`` or ``apac-south``). For some cases, it could be ``nova``. - Instance Name - Assign a name to the virtual machine. - .. note:: The name you assign here becomes the initial host name of the server. @@ -53,21 +53,12 @@ Launch an instance Server names are not guaranteed to be unique when created so you could have two instances with the same host name. - Flavor - Specify the size of the instance to launch. - - .. note:: - - The flavor is selected based on the size of the image selected - for launching an instance. For example, while creating an image, if - you have entered the value in the :guilabel:`Minimum RAM (MB)` field - as 2048, then on selecting the image, the default flavor is - ``m1.small``. - - Instance Count + Count To launch multiple instances, enter a value greater than ``1``. The default is ``1``. + :guilabel:`Source` tab + Instance Boot Source Your options are: @@ -115,14 +106,31 @@ Launch an instance If you want to delete the volume on instance delete, check the :guilabel:`Delete Volume on Instance Delete` option. - :guilabel:`Access & Security` tab + :guilabel:`Flavor` tab - Key Pair - Specify a key pair. + Flavor + Specify the size of the instance to launch. - If the image uses a static root password or a static key set - (neither is recommended), you do not need to provide a key pair - to launch the instance. + .. note:: + + The flavor is selected based on the size of the image selected + for launching an instance. For example, while creating an image, if + you have entered the value in the :guilabel:`Minimum RAM (MB)` field + as 2048, then on selecting the image, the default flavor is + ``m1.small``. + + :guilabel:`Networks` tab + + Selected Networks + To add a network to the instance, click the :guilabel:`+` in the + :guilabel:`Available` field. + + :guilabel:`Network Ports` tab + + Ports + Activate the ports that you want to assign to the instance. + + :guilabel:`Security Groups` tab Security Groups Activate the security groups that you want to assign to the instance. @@ -133,36 +141,27 @@ Launch an instance If you have not created any security groups, you can assign only the default security group to the instance. - :guilabel:`Networking` tab + :guilabel:`Key Pair` tab - Selected Networks - To add a network to the instance, click the :guilabel:`+` in the - :guilabel:`Available Networks` field. + Key Pair + Specify a key pair. + If the image uses a static root password or a static key set + (neither is recommended), you do not need to provide a key pair + to launch the instance. - :guilabel:`Network Ports` tab - - Ports - Activate the ports that you want to assign to the instance. - - :guilabel:`Post-Creation` tab + :guilabel:`Configuration` tab Customization Script Source Specify a customization script that runs after your instance launches. - :guilabel:`Advanced Options` tab + :guilabel:`Metadata` tab - Disk Partition - Select the type of disk partition from the dropdown list: + Available Metadata + Add Metadata items to your instance. - Automatic - Entire disk is single partition and automatically resizes. - - Manual - Faster build times but requires manual partitioning. - -#. Click :guilabel:`Launch`. +#. Click :guilabel:`Launch Instance`. The instance starts on a compute node in the cloud.