134 lines
5.8 KiB
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134 lines
5.8 KiB
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<!DOCTYPE book [
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<!ENTITY ndash "–">
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<!ENTITY mdash "—">
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<!ENTITY hellip "…">
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]>
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
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xml:id="dashboard_manage_instances">
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<?dbhtml stop-chunking?>
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<title>Manage instances</title>
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<para>As an administrative user, you can manage instances for
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users in various projects. You can view, terminate, edit,
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perform a soft or hard reboot, create a snapshot from, and
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migrate instances. You can also view the logs for instances or
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launch a VNC console for an instance.</para>
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<para>For information about using the dashboard to launch
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instances as an end user, see the <link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/"
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><citetitle>OpenStack End User
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Guide</citetitle></link>.</para>
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<section xml:id="dashboard_instance_snapshots">
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<title>Create instance snapshots</title>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Log in to the dashboard and choose the
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<guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
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<guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down
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list.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
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<guilabel>Instances</guilabel>
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category.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Select an instance to create a snapshot from it.
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From the <guilabel>Actions</guilabel> drop-down
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list, select <guilabel>Create
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Snapshot</guilabel>.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Create Snapshot</guilabel>
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window, enter a name for the snapshot. Click
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<guibutton>Create Snapshot</guibutton>. The
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dashboard shows the instance snapshot in the
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<guilabel>Images & Snapshots</guilabel>
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category.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>To launch an instance from the snapshot, select
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the snapshot and click
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<guibutton>Launch</guibutton>. For information
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about launching instances, see the <link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/"
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><citetitle>OpenStack End User
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Guide</citetitle></link>.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="dashboard_control_instance_states">
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<title>Control the state of an instance</title>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Log in to the dashboard and choose the
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<guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
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<guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down
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list.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
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<guilabel>Instances</guilabel>
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category.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Select the instance for which you want to change
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the state.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>In the <guilabel>More</guilabel> drop-down list
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in the <guilabel>Actions</guilabel> column, select
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the state.</para>
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<para>Depending on the current state of the instance,
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you can choose to pause, un-pause, suspend,
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resume, soft or hard reboot, or terminate an
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instance (items in red are disabled).</para>
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<figure>
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<title>Dashboard—Instance Actions</title>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata
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fileref="../common/figures/change_instance_state.png"
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format="PNG" contentwidth="4in"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</figure>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="dashboard_track_usage">
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<title>Track usage</title>
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<para>Use the <guilabel>Overview</guilabel> category to track
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usage of instances for each project.</para>
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<para>You can track costs per month by showing metrics like
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number of VCPUs, disks, RAM, and uptime of all your
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instances.</para>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Log in to the dashboard and choose the
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<guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
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<guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down
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list.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
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<guilabel>Instances</guilabel>
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category.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Select a month and click
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<guibutton>Submit</guibutton> to query the
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instance usage for that month.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Download CSV
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Summary</guibutton> to download a CSV
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summary.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</section>
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</section>
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