EGI management interface: ​https://dashboard.appdb.egi.eu

Instruction to create the CLARIN VM through the EGI Cloud dashboard (provided by Diego Scardaci via email on 9.1.2018)

1) To access the EGI cloud dashboard (https://dashboard.appdb.egi.eu), you need to have an account on the EGI Check-in AAI service. You should already have it (to access the EOSC-hub tools). If not, you can follow the guide available here: https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/AAI_usage_guide#Signing_Up_for_an_EGI_Account

You can follow step by step the procedure described in the wiki or try to access the dashboard, you will be redirected to the registration form.

2) If you are registered in EGI Check-in with an identity different from the X.509 certificate, you need to merge the 2 identities (the one you used for the registration and the one behind the X.509 certificate). You can follow this guide: https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/AAI_usage_guide#Linking_Additional_Organisational.2FSocial_Identities_to_your_EGI_Account

When linking the account to your grid certificate, you have to choose the "IGTF" identity provider.

3) Now you are ready to access the dashboard. Go to https://dashboard.appdb.egi.eu and login.

4) Select "Create a new VM topology"

5) Select the VM image "EGI CentOS 7". Use the "search" field to identify the right VM template (do not use images without the EGI prefix)

6) Select the VO "vo.clarin.eu"

7) Select CESGA as cloud provider

8) Select the "clarin" VM template (it is the last in the list)

9) In the next page, you can leave the default values in all the fields. If you like you can change the "Topology Name" and "VM Name" with something more appropriate. Then, select the "Launch" button at the end of the page

10) Now the VM is going to be deployed, you have to wait until the VM is running and the configuration is completed. You can monitor the deployment through the dashboard. Go to the mouse over the VM status to check if the configuration is still running or completed

11) When the VM is deployed and running, download the private key associate to the "cloudadm" user from the dashboard.

12) Access the VM via ssh using the "cloudadm" user and the related private key: ssh -i <private-key-path> cloudadm@<VM-IP address>. The IP address is showed in the dashboard

13) Now I would suggest to create a new 'clarin'(sudo) user. You should use this new user for next accesses. Access to all users in the VM must be guaranteed only through SSH key (no username and pwd). 

14) Exit from the VM and login again with the new 'clarin' user. Now you can mount the SSD storage. The SSD storage is already linked to /dev/vda, so it would be enough running: mount /dev/vda /mnt. In this way, the SSD storage will be linked to '/mnt' (you can mount it where you prefer).

15) Now everything is ready. You can access any time to the VM via SSH. You can monitor the status of the VM via the EGI dashboard.