Creating a Custom Instance Size

This is for users that need more or less disk space than the standard “Flavor” selections provide.

Step 1. Insure that you are logged into the VMAccel portal. If not Go to https://xilinx.vmaccel.com/horizon/auth/login/ and enter your domain/username/password

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Step 2: Go To Compute -> Instances -> Launch Instance to create a new instance.

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Step 3: Fill in the details on the “Source” tab:

• Instance Name is required

  • For this example, I chose “Large Image”

• Click either “Next” or “Source”

Step 4: On the Flavor Tab, select Boot Source (default is Image)

• Select the image you would like to use:

  • In this example: I am using Ubuntu 18.04 – XRT 2020.2

• Select “Yes” for Create New Volume

• Edit the Volume Size (GB) to the size needed.

  • For this example, I need the disk size to be 50GB.

    • NOTE: The larger the Volume Size, the longer the time it takes to create the volume.

• Click on “Yes” to “Delete Volume on Instance Delete”

• Click either “Next” or “Flavor”

Step 5: Select the Flavor you want to use.

• In this example: I choose U200.2

• NOTE: Total Disk you provided on the Source Tab overrides the Total Disk space provided by the Flavor chosen.

• Click either “Next” or “Networks”

Step 6: Select the “*_local” from the networks provided.

• In almost every case, you should select the local network to start your instance.

  • Other networks/ports can be added after the instance has been started

STEP 7: This step applies if you planning to login to the instance using SSH and must be completed when the instance is created.

• Select Key Pair

  • Ensure a key pair is added to the instance. You can create one in the GUI or upload one.

  • Note: You will not be able to SSH into most instances without adding an SSH Key at launch or manually adding an SSH key in the OS. Cloud images disable password authentication over SSH and require the usage of SSH keys

Step 8: Verify both the instance and the associated Volume were created before launching the instance.

Step 9: Launch the Instance (See Getting Started section of the manual: “Launching your Instance from the GUI”

Step 10: Verify the instance resources from the Terminal Emulator window

NOTE: The remaining options are for advanced configuration and are explained in other sections of this manual:

• Network Ports

  • Security Groups

  • Configuration

  • Server Groups

  • Scheduler Hints

  • Metadata

• Click “Launch Instance”