Preface¶
Target Audience¶
This guide provides information for people who contribute to the development and documentation of the StratusLab cloud distribution. It describes how to become a member of the StratusLab development community and provides guidelines on contributions.
Those wanting to use a StratusLab cloud infrastructure should consult the StratusLab User’s Guide.
System administrators wanting to install a StratusLab cloud on their own resources should start with the StratusLab Administrator’s Guide.
Typographic Conventions¶
This guide uses several typographic conventions to improve the readability.
| links | some link |
| filenames | $HOME/.stratuslab/stratuslab-user.cfg |
| commands | stratus-run-instance |
| options | --version |
Table: Typographic Conventions
Extended examples of commands and their outputs are displayed in the monospace Courier font. Within these sections, command lines are prefixed with a ‘$ ‘ prompt. Lines without this prompt are output from the previous command. For example,
$ stratus-run-instance -q BN1EEkPiBx87_uLj2-sdybSI-Xb
5507, 134.158.75.75
the stratus-run-instance is the command line which returns the
virtual machine identifier and IP address.