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VMware-based public cloud: a quick start
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VMware-based public cloud: a quick start

You can work with the public cloud through the VMware Cloud Director® dashboard or through the VMware Cloud Director API.

You can see public cloud connection video.

  1. Top up.
  2. Create an organization.
  3. Create a virtual data center (vDC).
  4. Optional: create an additional user.
  5. Optional: grant the user access to the virtual data center.
  6. Create a vApp container.
  7. Connect the virtual machine to the Internet.
  8. If you have created a Routed network, configure SSH/RDP access to the virtual machine.

1. Refill the balance⁠

Before you start configuring the public cloud top up.

2. Create an organization⁠

An organization is a unit of administration that includes users, virtual data centers, networks, and virtual machines. For more information about working with organizations, see the instructions Create an organization.

  1. in control panels from the top menu, press Products and select VMware-based cloud.
  2. Click Create an organization.
  3. Select region.
  4. Click Create an organization.

3. Create a virtual data center⁠

A virtual data center is a collection of virtual cloud computing resources (processors, memory, disk capacity, networks). Read more about virtual data centers in the instruction manual Create a virtual data center.

  1. in control panels from the top menu, press Products and select VMware-based cloud.

  2. Go to the section Virtual data centers.

  3. Click Create a virtual data center.

  4. Select cluster type:

    • GOLD-1 is a cluster with fast storage suitable for hosting high-load applications and databases;
    • SILVER-1 is a cluster with versatile storage and optimized cost, suitable for most applications;
    • PLATINUM-1 (only in Moscow region) — a cluster on processors with high base frequency and fast storage, suitable for hosting applications demanding CPU frequency and disk subsystem speed.

  5. If you have selected a GOLD-1 cluster, select accessibility zone:

    • DUB3 (availability zone based on Dubrovka-3 data center) — placement in one availability zone (similar to SILVER-1 and PLATINUM-1 clusters);
    • CVT2 + DUB3 (availability zones on the basis of data centers Dubrovka-3 and Tsvetnaya-2) — placement in two availability zones under disaster-resistant cluster.

  6. Click Create a virtual data center.

4. Create an additional user⁠

More information about users in the manual Manage virtual data center users.

  1. From control panels open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu, click Products → VMware-based cloud → section Cloud Director.
  2. Log in to Cloud Director with an administrator account. To view the administrator credentials and reset the password, go to control panels under VMware-based cloud → Users.
  3. Open the tab Administration.
  4. Go to the section Access Control → Users.
  5. Click New.
  6. Enter the user's name, password, and role. A user with the Organization Administrator role always has access to all data centers in the organization.
  7. Click Save. The new user is displayed in control panels on the tab Users.

5. Grant the user access to the virtual data center⁠

  1. in control panels from the top menu, press Products and select VMware-based cloud.
  2. Go to the section Users.
  3. In the user card, open the tab Access to virtual data centers.
  4. In the row with the virtual data center you want to grant access to, turn on the toggle switch.

6. Create a vApp container⁠

A vApp is a container in Cloud Director with virtual machines grouped together and solving a specific task, see the instructions for more details Manage vApps and virtual machines.

  1. From control panels open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu, click Products → VMware-based cloud → section Cloud Director.
  2. Open the virtual data center page.
  3. Go to the section Compute → vApps.
  4. Click NEW → New vApp.
  5. Enter the name of the vApp.
  6. Click Add virtual machine.
  7. Enter Name and Computer Name.
  8. If you are creating a virtual machine from a ready-made template, in the field Type select From Template.
  9. Optional: to enable the virtual machine immediately after creation, check the checkbox Power on.
  10. Select the OS image.
  11. Select Storage Policy (network disk type).
  12. Click OK.
  13. Optional: add additional virtual machines. If necessary, you can add them to the created vApp later.
  14. Click Create. Creating a virtual machine will take time.

7. Connect the virtual machine to the Internet⁠

You can connect the virtual machine to the Internet:

  • with a Routed network through the local Edge router. Firewall and NAT configuration will be required;
  • using Direct Connected subnets directly to the virtual machine.

Read more about nets in the manual Public cloud networks.

  1. From control panels open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu, click Products → VMware-based cloud → section Cloud Director.
  2. Open the virtual data center page.
  3. Go to the section Compute → vApps.
  4. On the menu ACTIONS of the desired vApp, select Add → Add Network.
  5. Select the type of network Routed.
  6. Select default_net preconfigured local network and press Add.
  7. Go to the section Virtual Machines.
  8. In the block of the desired virtual machine, click Details.
  9. Go to the section Hardware → NICs.
  10. Click Edit. If there is no network adapter, press New.
  11. In the column Network select a network default_net.
  12. In the column Connected check the checkbox.
  13. Click Save.

8. Configure SSH/RDP access to the virtual machine⁠

  1. Configure the Firewall.

  2. Configure the DNAT rule. NAT will not work with the Firewall disabled or if there is a deny rule. When configuring NAT:

    • SSH: Open port 22 by creating a DNAT rule;
    • On RDP: Open port 3389 by creating a DNAT rule.