User Tutorial

This tutorial provides a whirlwind tour of the features available to users of StratusLab cloud infrastructures. It covers the installation of the command line client as well as use of the cloud’s compute, storage, and network resources.

• Prerequisites
• Command Line Client
  • Installation
  • Configuration
  • Testing
  • Getting Help
• Compute Resources
  • Appliance Marketplace
  • Virtual Machine Lifecycle
  • Allocated Resources
  • Contextualization
• Persistent Storage
  • Lifecycle
  • Web Interface
• Using Storage and Compute Resources Together
  • Attach a Disk at Deployment Time
  • Attach a Disk Dynamically
• Alternate Storage Types
  • Volatile Storage
  • Static Disks
• Next Steps