Navigate the Dashboard

The dashboard is your starting point for using the Eucalyptus console. From the Dashboard, you can access landing pages for instances, scaling groups, storage items (volumes, and snapshots), IAM users and groups, and networking and security objects (key pairs, security groups, load balancers, and IP addresses).

Basic Dashboard Navigation

You can navigate to specific resource management dialogs in two ways: using the navigation bar at the left of the screen or clicking directly on a resource icon or count in the Dashboard screen.

  1. You can click directly on a resource, listed under a category grouped by an icon at the left of the main console page to navigate directly to a resource management landing page or back to the main console screen (dashboard).
    Eucalyptus Console Navigation Bar
  2. You can also navigate to a resource management landing page by clicking directly on a resource tile/icon or count in the main dashboard view.
    Eucalyptus Console Launch Instance
  3. You can also move resource tiles to any position on the dashboard to better accommodate the resources you use most often. To do this, hold and drag tiles to a different location on the screen.
  4. You can also remove tiles if you do not wish to display them on the dashboard by clicking on the action icon (・・・) for the resource tile you want to remove and select Remove.
  5. The dashboard shows resources in all availability zones by default. You can filter by availability zone by selecting an availability zone from the Availability Zones drop-down list box at the top of the page.

Images

As one of the resources not available for access from the dashboard, you can access a list of images that are currently used by your cloud from a link on the left side navigation bar.

From the left side navigation bar, click the Images icon (power symbol) to display the Images landing page.
The Images landing page allows you to view details about each of the images currently used in your cloud configurations.

Instances

The dashboard allows you to see how many instances are running, stopped, and part of a scaling group; and allows you to navigate to the Instances landing page and the Scaling Groups landing page, respectively.

  1. Click the Running instances icon (clouds with green check mark) or the Stopped instances icon (cloud with red stop symbol) from the dashboard to display the Instances landing page.
  2. You can launch a new instance by clicking the LAUNCH INSTANCE button beneath the Running instances icon to display the Launch new instance wizard.
  3. For additional information on completing that page, refer to the instructions provided in its Help content.
  4. From the dashboard, you can view details about the instances that are part of a scaling group by clicking on the number in the Instances in scaling groups tile or clicking the Scaling groups icon (cloud with up and down arrows).

CloudFormation

The dashboard allows you to see how many CloudFormation stacks are active and to access the Stacks landing page.

  1. Click the number in the Stacks tile or Stacks icon (cloud with lightning) from the dashboard to display the Stacks landing page.
  2. You can create a new stack by clicking Create stack beneath the Stacks icon to launch the Create stack wizard.
  3. For additional information on completing that page, refer to the instructions provided in its Help content.

Network and Security

The dashboard allows you to see at a glance the number of security groups, load balancers, key pairs, and elastic IP addresses in your Eucalyptus cloud, and to navigate to management landing pages for each type of object.

  1. To access the Security groups landing page, click the Security groups icon (shield symbol).
    You can create a new security group by clicking Create security group beneath the Security groups icon to launch the Create security group wizard.
  2. To access the Load balancers landing page, click the Load balancers icon (spokes with arrows).
    You can create a new load balancer by clicking Create load balancer beneath the Load balancers icon to launch the Create load balancer wizard.
  3. To access the Key Pairs landing page, click the Key pairs icon (key symbol).
    You can create a new key pair by clicking Create key pair beneath the Key pairs icon to launch the Create key pair wizard.
  4. To access the Elastic IPs landing page, click the Elastic IPs icon (cloud with IP addresses).
    You can allocate elastic IP addresses from the cloud, then associate them with your instances by clicking Allocate elastic IPs beneath the Elastic IPs icon and follow the prompts to allocate elastic IP addresses.
  5. For additional information on completing any of the creation steps, refer to the instructions provided in each of their respective Help content.

Storage

The dashboard allows you to see at a glance the number of volumes, snapshots, and buckets in your Eucalyptus cloud, and to navigate to landing pages for each type of storage object.

  1. To access the Volumes landing page, click the Volumes icon (cloud with cylinder).
    You can create a new volume by clicking Create volume beneath the Volumes icon to launch the Create new volume wizard.
  2. To access the Snapshots landing page, click the Snapshots icon (cloud with camera).
    You can create a new snapshot by clicking Create snapshot beneath the Snapshots icon to launch the Create new snapshot wizard.
  3. To access the Buckets landing page, click the Buckets (S3) icon (bucket symbol).
    You can create a new bucket by clicking Create bucket beneath the Buckets icon to launch the Create new bucket wizard.
  4. For additional information on completing any of the creation steps, refer to the instructions provided in each of their respective Help content.

Auto Scaling

The Auto Scaling category consists of scaling groups and launch configurations. The dashboard allows you to see how many scaling groups are configured and to navigate to the Scaling groups landing page.

  1. From the dashboard, click on the number in the Instances in scaling groups tile or click the Scaling groups icon (cloud with up and down arrows) to display the Scaling groups landing page.
  2. You can create a new scaling group by clicking Create scaling group beneath the Scaling groups icon to launch the Create scaling group wizard.
    For additional information on completing that page, refer to the instructions provided in its Help content.
  3. As one of the resources not available for access from the dashboard, you can access a list of launch configurations by clicking on the Launch configurations link on the left side navigation bar under the Auto Scaling category.

CloudWatch

The CloudWatch category is used for monitoring purposes and consists of alarms and metrics. The dashboard allows you to see how many alarms are in alarm state and to navigate to the Alarms landing page.

  1. From the dashboard, click on the number in the Alarms in alarm state tile or Alarms icon (bell symbol) to display the Alarms landing page.
  2. A metric must be selected before you can create an alarm. This is achieved by creating an alarm from a Metrics page of the monitoring tab on any resource's detail page, or from the Metrics landing page.
  3. As one of the resources not available for access from the dashboard, you can access a list of metrics by clicking on the Metrics link on the left side navigation bar under the CloudWatch category.

Identity and Access

If you are the administrator of your Eucalyptus cloud, the dashboard allows you to see at a glance the number of users, groups, and roles currently configured; and to navigate to the landing pages for each type of Identity and Access Management (IAM) object.

  1. To access the Users landing page, click the Users icon (outline of a person).
    You can create a new user by clicking Create users beneath the Users icon to launch the Create new users wizard.
  2. To access the Groups landing page, click the Groups icon (multiple persons symbol).
    You can create a new group by clicking Create group beneath the Groups icon to launch the Create new group wizard.
  3. To access the Roles landing page, click the Roles icon (photo badge symbol).
    You can create a new role by clicking Create role beneath the Roles icon to launch the Create new role wizard.
  4. For additional information on completing any of the creation steps, refer to the instructions provided in each of their respective Help content.

Miscellaneous Console Functions

Clicking on your account ID in the upper-right corner of the console window displays a drop-down menu showing options to get help from the Eucalyptus support, manage your credentials, get information about your cloud, and log out of the console.

  1. To get help from the Eucalyptus support web site, select Help from the drop-down menu.
  2. To change your password or to generate a new set of access keys, select Manage credentials from the drop-down menu.
    Note: You can only change your Eucalyptus cloud password using the Eucalyptus console. To change your AWS password, use the AWS Security Credentials page.
    Note: If generating new access keys, remember to save them as they are not stored anywhere on the cloud.
    Note: Please contact your cloud administrator to have them remove any old keys you are no longer using.
  3. To show the software version running your cloud, click About your cloud from the drop-down menu.
  4. To log out of the Eucalyptus console, select Log out from the drop-down menu.
    Note: When logged into your AWS account, you can change your region by clicking on the drop-down menu next to the account menu in the upper right corner of the dashboard page. The Eucalyptus console will remember your last selected region.
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