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Public Cloud powered by VMware: a quick start
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Public Cloud powered by VMware: a quick start

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

You can watch public cloud connectivity video.

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

1. Top up⁠

Before you start setting up the public cloud, top-up balance.

2. Create an organization⁠

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

  1. In Control Panel, go to Cloud powered by VMware → Public Cloud.
  2. Click Create Organization.
  3. Select region.
  4. Click Create Organization.

3. Create a virtual data center⁠

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

  1. In Control Panel, go to Cloud powered by VMware → Virtual Data Centers.

  2. Click Create a virtual data center.

  3. 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 cost-optimized performance 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.

  4. If you selected the GOLD-1 cluster, select availability 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 based on data centers Dubrovka-3 and Tsvetnaya-2) — placement in two availability zones within catastrophe-resilient cluster.

  5. Click Create a virtual data center.

4. Create an additional user⁠

For more information about users, see the Manage virtual data center users instructions.

  1. From Control Panel, open the Cloud Director panel: Cloud powered by VMware → Cloud Director.
  2. Log in to Cloud Director with an administrator account. You can view the administrator details and reset the password in Control Panel under Cloud powered by VMware → Users.
  3. Open the Administration tab.
  4. Go to Access Control → Users.
  5. Press 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. Press Save. The new user will appear in control panel under the Users tab.

5. Grant user access to the virtual data center⁠

  1. In Control Panel, go to Cloud powered by VMware → Users.
  2. In the user card, open the Access to Virtual Data Centers tab.
  3. 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 to solve a specific task, see the Manage vApp and virtual machines instructions for more details.

  1. From Control Panel, open the Cloud Director panel: Cloud powered by VMware → Cloud Director.
  2. Open the virtual data center page.
  3. Go to Compute → vApps.
  4. Press 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, select From Template in the Type field.
  9. Optional: to power on the virtual machine immediately after creation, check the Power on checkbox.
  10. Select the OS image.
  11. Select Storage Policy (network volume type).
  12. Press OK.
  13. Optional: add additional virtual machines. If needed, you can add them to the created vApp later.
  14. Press 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:

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

For more information about networks, see the Public Cloud Networks instructions.

  1. From Control Panel, open the Cloud Director panel: Cloud powered by VMware → Cloud Director.
  2. Open the virtual data center page.
  3. Go to Compute → vApps.
  4. From the ACTIONS menu of the desired vApp, select Add → Add Network.
  5. Select the Routed network type.
  6. Select pre-configured-private-default_net LAN and click Add.
  7. Go to Virtual Machines.
  8. In the block of the desired virtual machine, click Details.
  9. Go to Hardware → NICs.
  10. Press Edit. If there is no network adapter, press New.
  11. In the Network column, select the default_net network.
  12. In the Connected column, check the checkbox.
  13. Press Save.

8. Configure SSH/RDP access to the virtual machine⁠

  1. Configure Firewall.

  2. Configure DNAT rule. NAT will not work with the Firewall turned off or with a deny rule in place. When configuring NAT:

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