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Using the Cloud

Installation and configuration vary depending on which interface you want to use. You can interact with OpenNebula using the four interfaces at the same time.

Sunstone

OpenNebula Sunstone is the OpenNebula Cloud Operations Center, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) intended for regular users and administrators that simplifies the typical management operations in private and hybrid cloud infrastructures. OpenNebula Sunstone allows to easily manage all OpenNebula resources and perform typical operations on them.

  • Install the client: No need to install, you already have it, it is your browser.
  • Access point: Point your browser to https://cloud.opennebula.org/
  • Using the cloud: If you want to interact with Sunstone you have to open a new browser and go to the url where your Sunstone server is deployed. You will find the login screen where the username and password correspond to the OpenNebula credentials.

SelfService

OpenNebula Self-Service is a simplified GUI aimed to end-users of the OpenNebula cloud. Its aim is to offer a simplified access to shared infrastructure for non-IT end users.

  • Install the client: No need to install, you already have it, it is your browser.
  • Access point: Point your browser to https://devel.cloud.opennebula.org/ui
  • Using the cloud: If you want to interact with SelfService you have to open a new browser and go to the url where your SelfService server is deployed. You will find the login screen where the username and password correspond to the OpenNebula credentials.

OCCI

The OpenNebula OCCI (Open Cloud Computing Interface) server is a web service that enables you to launch and manage virtual machines in your OpenNebula installation using an implementation of the OGF OCCI API specification based on the draft 0.8

  • Install the client: No need to compile anything. In the OpenNebula source code directory run ./install.sh -c occi.
  • Access point: Point the OCCI_URL environment variable to https://cloud.opennebula.org/occi
  • Using the cloud:

$ echo "username:password" > $HOME/one_auth
$ export ONE_AUTH=$HOME/one_auth
$ export OCCI_URL=https://cloud.opennebula.org/occi

$ occi-network list
<NETWORK_COLLECTION>
  <NETWORK href='cloud.opennebula.org/network/0' name='public_vnet'/>
</NETWORK_COLLECTION>

$ occi-storage list
<STORAGE_COLLECTION>
  <STORAGE href='cloud.opennebula.org/storage/0' name='Ubuntu 11.04'/>
  <STORAGE href='cloud.opennebula.org/storage/1' name='CentOS-5.5-64-pristine'/>
</STORAGE_COLLECTION>

Details on how to use the commands, explained with a simple scenario, can be found here

EC2

The OpenNebula EC2 Query is a web service that enables you to launch and manage virtual machines in your OpenNebula installation through the Amazon EC2 Query Interface.

  • Install the client: No need to compile anything. In the OpenNebula source code directory run ./install.sh -c ec2.
  • Access point: Point the EC2_URL environment variable to https://cloud.opennebula.org/econe
  • Using the cloud:

$ echo "username:password" > $HOME/one_auth
$ export ONE_AUTH=$HOME/one_auth
$ export EC2_URL=https://cloud.opennebula.org/econe

$ econe-describe-images -H
Owner        ImageId       Status         Visibility   Location
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
oneadmin     ami-00000000  available      public       91b161f9a1deeeefbe76b0f73dc1bc7b
oneadmin     ami-00000001  available      public       c4159c486909d563483b0b5530873bfe
Details on how to use the commands, explained with a simple scenario, can be found here