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FAQ10 EGI Federated Cloud User

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EGI FedCloud Users FAQs

How can I get access to the EGI.eu Federated Cloud?

The information is available here.

How can I get the list of the FedCloud sites?

The federated cloud is currently in testbed phase. The list of the testbed FedCloud sites is available here

How can I choose which FedCloud site to use?

FedCloud sites offers their resources voluntary to all the FedCloud user comunities. Anyway, they may assign you higher or lower priorities according to your particular user community and research field. To find the better site for your need, it is recommended to send an email to the EGI.eu UCST Team, with a small description of your needs and your field of research.

How can I get the list of the resource templates available on a site?

In a command line environment, using the rOCCI client (a guide on how to install it is available here), you can run the following command

occi --endpoint site_occi_endpoint --action list --resource resource_tpl --auth x509 -X -x proxy_certificate

where site_occi_endpoint is the site OCCI endpoint and proxy_certificate is the path to your VOMS proxy certificate (obtained via the voms-proxy-init commands, see here)

How can I get the list of the OS templates available on a site?

In a command line environment, using the rOCCI client (a guide on how to install it is available here), you can run the following command

occi --endpoint site_occi_endpoint --action list --resource os_tpl --auth x509 -X -x proxy_certificate

where site_occi_endpoint is the site OCCI endpoint and proxy_certificate is the path to your VOMS proxy certificate (obtained via the voms-proxy-init commands, see here)

How can I get information about the available VM images

The EGI Marketplace and the EGI Application Database contains information about the VM images available in the EGI Federated Cloud.

How can I publish my own VM image?

Publish of custom VMs is still in beta phase. Please send an email to EGI.eu UCST Team for more detailed information.

How can I start a VM?

In a command line environment, using the rOCCI client (a guide on how to install it is available here), you can run the following command

occi --endpoint site_occi_endpoint --action create --resource compute --mixin os_template --mixin resource_template --attributes title="My rOCCI VM" --auth x509 -X -x proxy_certificate

where site_occi_endpoint is the site OCCI endpoint, proxy_certificate is the path to your VOMS proxy certificate (obtained via the voms-proxy-init commands, see here), os_template is your VM OS image disk (e.x. os_tpl#debian6) and resource_template is your resource template (ex. resource_tpl#small).

How can I get the status of a VM?

In a command line environment, using the rOCCI client (a guide on how to install it is available here), you can run the following command

occi --endpoint site_occi_endpoint --action describe --resource compute/VMID --auth x509 -X -x proxy_certificate

where site_occi_endpoint is the site OCCI endpoint, proxy_certificate is the path to your VOMS proxy certificate (obtained via the voms-proxy-init commands, see here) and VMID is the VMID obtained as output of the create VM action.

How can I get the list of running VM?

In a command line environment, using the rOCCI client (a guide on how to install it is available here), you can run the following command

occi --endpoint site_occi_endpoint --action list --resource compute --auth x509 -X -x proxy_certificate

where site_occi_endpoint is the site OCCI endpoint and proxy_certificate is the path to your VOMS proxy certificate (obtained via the voms-proxy-init commands, see here)

How can I stop a VM?

In a command line environment, using the rOCCI client (a guide on how to install it is available here), you can run the following command

occi --endpoint site_occi_endpoint --action delete --resource compute/VMID --auth x509 -X -x proxy_certificate

where site_occi_endpoint is the site OCCI endpoint, proxy_certificate is the path to your VOMS proxy certificate (obtained via the voms-proxy-init commands, see here) and VMID is the VMID obtained as output of the create VM action.

How can I register to the FedCloud VO?

You can register to the FedCloud VO following the instruction in this page.

How can I get a proxy certificate (for authorization)?

You can get a proxy certificate with the following command (NOTE: you need to be registered to the FedCloud VO):

voms-proxy-init -voms fedcloud.egi.eu --rfc

How can I install the rOCCI client?

You can setup the FedCloud User command line environment (which contains the rOCCI client) following the instructions in this page.