https://gridpack.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php?title=GridPACK_On_Cloud&feed=atom&action=historyGridPACK On Cloud - Revision history2024-03-28T15:47:17ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.27.3https://gridpack.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php?title=GridPACK_On_Cloud&diff=3990&oldid=prevBjpalmer at 15:11, 27 July 20202020-07-27T15:11:36Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This page will list a variety of AWS services available to users. Before doing anything else, you need to make sure that you are using the correct service area. In the upper right hand side of the page on the service bar there is a pull down-menu with a location on it (a state, e.g. "Ohio" or possibly a city, e.g. "Tokyo"). Make sure that this is set to</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This page will list a variety of AWS services available to users. Before doing anything else, you need to make sure that you are using the correct service area. In the upper right hand side of the page on the service bar there is a pull down-menu with a location on it (a state, e.g. "Ohio" or possibly a city, e.g. "Tokyo"). Make sure that this is set to</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Once an instance has been created, you can start and stop it repeatedly by selecting the instance, going to the "Actions" menu and clicking "Start" or "Stop" under the "Instance State" submenu.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Once an instance has been created, you can start and stop it repeatedly by selecting the instance, going to the "Actions" menu and clicking "Start" or "Stop" under the "Instance State" submenu<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Any files that you create on a running instance will be retained if you stop the instance and will be available the next time you restart it</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you want to get rid of an instance entirely, you can select "Terminate". This will completely remove the instance and destroy all files, so make sure that anything that needs to be saved has been pushed to a repository or has been copied to another system.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you want to get rid of an instance entirely, you can select "Terminate". This will completely remove the instance and destroy all files, so make sure that anything that needs to be saved has been pushed to a repository or has been copied to another system.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you selected a public subnet when configuring the instance, then each time you start an instance, a machine name appears in the "Pubic DNS" field or and IP address appears in the "Public IP" field for that instance. Either the machine name or the IP address can be used to SSH into the running instance from some other computer. (If you use a private subnet, you may only see a private IP address). Note that every time you restart an existing instance, you will get a new IP address. Once an instance is running and has an IP address, it can be accessed from another computer just like any Linux workstation or cluster. When you first create an instance, it will always have an account called "ec2-user". This user name can be used <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be </del>to log into the instance. You can use your privileges as superuser to add other user accounts, if desired. If you are using your instance to develop your own applications and decide that you want to use a different <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">size </del>instance, or perhaps you want to share it with others, you can save your instance as an AMI and then create a new instance from it on a different sized virtual machine. You can also create AMIs as a way to save your work, although you should also want to look at tools such as git and svn to make a permanent record of your code development.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you selected a public subnet when configuring the instance, then each time you start an instance, a machine name appears in the "Pubic DNS" field or and IP address appears in the "Public IP" field for that instance. Either the machine name or the IP address can be used to SSH into the running instance from some other computer. (If you use a private subnet, you may only see a private IP address). Note that every time you restart an existing instance, you will get a new IP address. Once an instance is running and has an IP address, it can be accessed from another computer just like any Linux workstation or cluster. When you first create an instance, it will always have an account called "ec2-user". This user name can be used to log into the instance. You can use your privileges as superuser to add other user accounts, if desired. If you are using your instance to develop your own applications and decide that you want to use a different <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sized </ins>instance, or perhaps you want to share it with others, you can save your instance as an AMI and then create a new instance from it on a different sized virtual machine. You can also create AMIs as a way to save your work, although you should also want to look at tools such as git and svn to make a permanent record of your code development.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a number of ways to access an instance once it is running. A few are listed below.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a number of ways to access an instance once it is running. A few are listed below.</div></td></tr>
</table>Bjpalmerhttps://gridpack.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php?title=GridPACK_On_Cloud&diff=3989&oldid=prevBjpalmer at 20:13, 15 July 20202020-07-15T20:13:47Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you selected a public subnet when configuring the instance, then each time you start an instance, a machine name appears in the "Pubic DNS" field or and IP address appears in the "Public IP" field for that instance. Either the machine name or the IP address can be used to SSH into the running instance from some other computer. Note that every time you restart an existing instance, you will get a new IP address. Once an instance is running and has an IP address, it can be accessed from another computer just like any Linux workstation or cluster. When you first create an instance, it will always have an account called "ec2-user". This user name can be used be to log into the instance. You can use your privileges as superuser to add other user accounts, if desired. If you are using your instance to develop your own applications and decide that you want to use a different size instance, or perhaps you want to share it with others, you can save your instance as an AMI and then create a new instance from it on a different sized virtual machine. You can also create AMIs as a way to save your work, although you should also want to look at tools such as git and svn to make a permanent record of your code development.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">If you want to get rid of an instance entirely, you can select "Terminate". This will completely remove the instance and destroy all files, so make sure that anything that needs to be saved has been pushed to a repository or has been copied to another system.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you selected a public subnet when configuring the instance, then each time you start an instance, a machine name appears in the "Pubic DNS" field or and IP address appears in the "Public IP" field for that instance. Either the machine name or the IP address can be used to SSH into the running instance from some other computer<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. (If you use a private subnet, you may only see a private IP address)</ins>. Note that every time you restart an existing instance, you will get a new IP address. Once an instance is running and has an IP address, it can be accessed from another computer just like any Linux workstation or cluster. When you first create an instance, it will always have an account called "ec2-user". This user name can be used be to log into the instance. You can use your privileges as superuser to add other user accounts, if desired. If you are using your instance to develop your own applications and decide that you want to use a different size instance, or perhaps you want to share it with others, you can save your instance as an AMI and then create a new instance from it on a different sized virtual machine. You can also create AMIs as a way to save your work, although you should also want to look at tools such as git and svn to make a permanent record of your code development.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a number of ways to access an instance once it is running. A few are listed below.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a number of ways to access an instance once it is running. A few are listed below.</div></td></tr>
</table>Bjpalmerhttps://gridpack.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php?title=GridPACK_On_Cloud&diff=3988&oldid=prevBjpalmer at 20:09, 15 July 20202020-07-15T20:09:58Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The different hardware configurations offer different numbers of processors, different amounts of memory and different speeds for network communication. Generally, the more CPUs (vCPUs) and the higher the network performance, the more expensive it should be. The t2.micro configuration is free, but we have found that it is too small to work with. The default amount of memory for smaller instances is generally inadequate for GridPACK and should be increased significantly. This can be done when configuring the system.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The different hardware configurations offer different numbers of processors, different amounts of memory and different speeds for network communication. Generally, the more CPUs (vCPUs) and the higher the network performance, the more expensive it should be. The t2.micro configuration is free, but we have found that it is too small to work with. The default amount of memory for smaller instances is generally inadequate for GridPACK and should be increased significantly. This can be done when configuring the system.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the configuration, click the "Next: Configure Instance Details" button at the bottom of the page. This page can be left as is, as long as a network appears in the Network block. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Go </del>to the bottom of the page and click on the "Next: Add Storage" button. Set the "Size (GiB)" field to at least 30 GiB. Then click on "Review and Launch" at the bottom of the page. Next click on the "Launch" button at the bottom of the page.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the configuration, click the "Next: Configure Instance Details" button at the bottom of the page. This page can be left as is, as long as a network appears in the Network block. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Depending on how your account is configured, there may be more than one network or subnet available. We have both private and public subnets available. This example will use a public subnet.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After selecting a network, go </ins>to the bottom of the page and click on the "Next: Add Storage" button. Set the "Size (GiB)" field to at least 30 GiB. Then click on "Review and Launch" at the bottom of the page. Next click on the "Launch" button at the bottom of the page.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Once an instance has been created, you can start and stop it repeatedly by selecting the instance, going to the "Actions" menu and clicking "Start" or "Stop" under the "Instance State" submenu.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Once an instance has been created, you can start and stop it repeatedly by selecting the instance, going to the "Actions" menu and clicking "Start" or "Stop" under the "Instance State" submenu.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Each </del>time you start an instance, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an </del>IP address <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">should appear </del>in the "Public IP" field for that instance. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This </del>address can be used to SSH into the running instance from some other computer. Note that every time you restart an existing instance, you will get a new IP address. Once an instance is running and has an IP address, it can be accessed from another computer just like any Linux workstation or cluster. When you first create an instance, it will always have an account called "ec2-user". This user name can be used be to log into the instance. You can use your privileges as superuser to add other user accounts, if desired. If you are using your instance to develop your own applications and decide that you want to use a different size instance, or perhaps you want to share it with others, you can save your instance as an AMI and then create a new instance from it on a different <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">size </del>virtual machine. You can also create AMIs as a way to save your work, although you should also want to look at tools such as git and svn to make a permanent record of your code development.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">If you selected a public subnet when configuring the instance, then each </ins>time you start an instance, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a machine name appears in the "Pubic DNS" field or and </ins>IP address <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">appears </ins>in the "Public IP" field for that instance. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Either the machine name or the IP </ins>address can be used to SSH into the running instance from some other computer. Note that every time you restart an existing instance, you will get a new IP address. Once an instance is running and has an IP address, it can be accessed from another computer just like any Linux workstation or cluster. When you first create an instance, it will always have an account called "ec2-user". This user name can be used be to log into the instance. You can use your privileges as superuser to add other user accounts, if desired. If you are using your instance to develop your own applications and decide that you want to use a different size instance, or perhaps you want to share it with others, you can save your instance as an AMI and then create a new instance from it on a different <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sized </ins>virtual machine. You can also create AMIs as a way to save your work, although you should also want to look at tools such as git and svn to make a permanent record of your code development.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a number of ways to access an instance once it is running. A few are listed below.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a number of ways to access an instance once it is running. A few are listed below.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Bjpalmerhttps://gridpack.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php?title=GridPACK_On_Cloud&diff=3987&oldid=prevBjpalmer at 19:59, 15 July 20202020-07-15T19:59:09Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Once an instance has been created, you can start and stop it repeatedly by selecting the instance, going to the "Actions" menu and clicking "Start" or "Stop" under the "Instance State" submenu. Each time you start an instance, an IP address should appear in the "Public IP" field for that instance. This address can be used to SSH into the running instance from some other computer. Note that every time you restart an existing instance, you will get a new IP address. Once an instance is running and has an IP address, it can be accessed from another computer just like any Linux workstation or cluster. When you first create an instance, it will always have an account called "ec2-user". This user name can be used be to log into the instance. You can use your privileges as superuser to add other user accounts, if desired. If you are using your instance to develop your own applications and decide that you want to use a different size instance, or perhaps you want to share it with others, you can save your instance as an AMI and then create a new instance from it on a different size virtual machine. You can also create AMIs as a way to save your work, although you should also want to look at tools such as git and svn to make a permanent record of your code development.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Once an instance has been created, you can start and stop it repeatedly by selecting the instance, going to the "Actions" menu and clicking "Start" or "Stop" under the "Instance State" submenu.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Each time you start an instance, an IP address should appear in the "Public IP" field for that instance. This address can be used to SSH into the running instance from some other computer. Note that every time you restart an existing instance, you will get a new IP address. Once an instance is running and has an IP address, it can be accessed from another computer just like any Linux workstation or cluster. When you first create an instance, it will always have an account called "ec2-user". This user name can be used be to log into the instance. You can use your privileges as superuser to add other user accounts, if desired. If you are using your instance to develop your own applications and decide that you want to use a different size instance, or perhaps you want to share it with others, you can save your instance as an AMI and then create a new instance from it on a different size virtual machine. You can also create AMIs as a way to save your work, although you should also want to look at tools such as git and svn to make a permanent record of your code development.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a number of ways to access an instance once it is running. A few are listed below.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a number of ways to access an instance once it is running. A few are listed below.</div></td></tr>
</table>Bjpalmerhttps://gridpack.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php?title=GridPACK_On_Cloud&diff=3985&oldid=prevBjpalmer at 20:32, 14 July 20202020-07-14T20:32:27Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you have used AWS in the past, you may already have a key file available. If so you can go to the "Select a key pair menu" and choose one of them. Otherwise, you will need to select the "Create a new key pair" option in the upper menu and follow the instructions for creating a key file. Make sure to store the resulting .pem file where it won't get lost or deleted, otherwise you will not be able to access your instance. Once the key file has been selected, check the box acknowledging that you have access to the key file and then click on the "Launch Instances" button and then go to the bottom of the page and click on the "View Instances" button. This will take you to a page listing your instances.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you have used AWS in the past, you may already have a key file available. If so you can go to the "Select a key pair menu" and choose one of them. Otherwise, you will need to select the "Create a new key pair" option in the upper menu and follow the instructions for creating a key file. Make sure to store the resulting .pem file where it won't get lost or deleted, otherwise you will not be able to access your instance. Once the key file has been selected, check the box acknowledging that you have access to the key file and then click on the "Launch Instances" button and then go to the bottom of the page and click on the "View Instances" button. This will take you to a page listing your instances.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Your newly created instance should show on this </ins>page. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">You </ins>can <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">give </ins>the instance a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">name by mousing over </ins>the instance <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">name field </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">clicking </ins>on the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pencil icon</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The instance may </ins>take a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">few minutes </ins>to start up but <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">eventually it </ins>should show <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as running </ins>in the "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Instance status</ins>" <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">field</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">At this point </ins>it is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ready </ins>for use. Once you have created an instance, you <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cannot change its size without first saving it as </ins>an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">AMI </ins>and then <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">starting a new </ins>instance <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from that AMI</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After selecting the GridPACK AMI, go to the top of the </del>page<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and click the "Launch" button</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This will bring you to a page called "Step 2: Choose an Instance Type". The page will display a table of different virtual machines that you </del>can <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">select to run GridPACK on. The page also feature information on </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">properties of the different </del>instance <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(e.g. number of cores, memory, etc.). The t2.micro instance is free, but is too small to do much with. Charges apply for larger instances so you may want to start with </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">relatively small instance and increase the size as needed. It is also worth noting that you cannot change </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">size of an </del>instance <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">once you have created it, without first saving it as an AMI </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">then starting a new instance from that AMI.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Once you have decided what type of instance you want to use, select the square corresponding to that instance on the left hand side of the page and then click the "Review and Launch" button </del>on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lower right hand side of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">page</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This will </del>take <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">you to </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">page labeled "Step 7: Review Instance Launch". You can directly hit the "Launch" button </del>to start up <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an instance, </del>but <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">before doing that you should increase the amount of disk space associated with the instance. This can be done by clicking on the "Edit Storage" link on the right hand side of the page, near the bottom. This will allow you to modify the amount of disk available to this instance. After setting the storage amount, click on "Review and Launch" at the bottom of the page. This will return you to the "Review Instance Launch" page. Click on the "Launch" button at the bottom of the page.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">When you launch the instance, a dialog box appears labeled "Select an existing key pair or create a new key pair". If you have used AWS instances previously, then a key pair file </del>should show <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">up </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the selection menu, otherwise you will need to create a new one. You can also create a new key pair even if some old ones are available. To create a new key pair, select </del>the "<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Create a new key pair</del>" <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">option in the menu list and type in a name for the key pair file</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The dialog will warn you to make sure that you save the key pair file after you create </del>it<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. After typing in the key pair file name, click the "Download Key Pair" button. The key file will now be in your download area with the name filename.pem, where "filename" </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the name you put in the name field </del>for <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the key file. You will need to copy this file to whatever platform you are planning to </del>use <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to access your AWS instance</del>. Once you have created <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the key file, click on the "Launch Instance" button. This will take you to the "Launch Status" page. At the bottom right of the page, click on the "View Instances" button. You will then be taken to the EC2 Dashboard page, except that now you will see the "Instances" that you have access to. You can also get to this page by going directly to the EC2 Dashboard page and clicking on the "Instances" link under the "Instances" tab. You should see a new instance appear and after a minute or two, it should have the status "Running". Note that once </del>an instance <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is "Running"</del>, you <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are being charged for whatever resources are required by the instance. You can stop </del>an <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">instance by going to "Actions" menu at the top of the page, selecting "Instance State", </del>and then <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">selecting "Stop" under the submenu. This will halt the </del>instance<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and you will only be charged for storage</del>.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Once an instance has been created, you can start and stop it repeatedly by selecting the instance, going to the "Actions" menu and clicking "Start" or "Stop" under the "Instance State" submenu. Each time you start an instance, an IP address should appear in the "Public IP" field for that instance. This address can be used to SSH into the running instance from some other computer. Note that every time you restart an existing instance, you will get a new IP address. Once an instance is running and has an IP address, it can be accessed from another computer just like any Linux workstation or cluster. When you first create an instance, it will always have an account called "ec2-user". This user name can be used be to log into the instance. You can use your privileges as superuser to add other user accounts, if desired. If you are using your instance to develop your own applications and decide that you want to use a different size instance, or perhaps you want to share it with others, you can save your instance as an AMI and then create a new instance from it on a different size virtual machine. You can also create AMIs as a way to save your work, although you should also want to look at tools such as git and svn to make a permanent record of your code development.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Once an instance has been created, you can start and stop it repeatedly by selecting the instance, going to the "Actions" menu and clicking "Start" or "Stop" under the "Instance State" submenu. Each time you start an instance, an IP address should appear in the "Public IP" field for that instance. This address can be used to SSH into the running instance from some other computer. Note that every time you restart an existing instance, you will get a new IP address. Once an instance is running and has an IP address, it can be accessed from another computer just like any Linux workstation or cluster. When you first create an instance, it will always have an account called "ec2-user". This user name can be used be to log into the instance. You can use your privileges as superuser to add other user accounts, if desired. If you are using your instance to develop your own applications and decide that you want to use a different size instance, or perhaps you want to share it with others, you can save your instance as an AMI and then create a new instance from it on a different size virtual machine. You can also create AMIs as a way to save your work, although you should also want to look at tools such as git and svn to make a permanent record of your code development.</div></td></tr>
</table>Bjpalmerhttps://gridpack.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php?title=GridPACK_On_Cloud&diff=3984&oldid=prevBjpalmer at 20:15, 14 July 20202020-07-14T20:15:13Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After choosing </del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">EC2</del>", you will <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be taken </del>to the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">EC2 page. On the left hand side of the page is </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">column labeled "EC2 Dashboard</del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. In </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">middle of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">page is </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">block labeled "Resources". The lower portion of this block has a partition labeled "Service Health" and under this is a field called "Service Status"</del>. Make sure <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that this is set </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"US West (Oregon)"</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">If </del>it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </del>not, go to the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">upper right hand corner </del>of the page<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, which should have a pull-down menu currently set </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">either </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">US state (e.g. Ohio) or some country (e.g. Tokyo). Select "US West (Oregon)"</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">If </ins>you <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">have used AWS in </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">past, you may already have a key file available. If so </ins>you can <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">go to the </ins>"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Select a key pair menu</ins>" <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and choose one of them. Otherwise</ins>, you will <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">need </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">select </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Create </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">new key pair</ins>" <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">option in </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">upper menu and follow </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">instructions for creating </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">key file</ins>. Make sure to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">store the resulting </ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pem file where </ins>it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">won't get lost or deleted, otherwise you will </ins>not <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be able to access your instance. Once the key file has been selected</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">check the box acknowledging that you have access to the key file and then click on the "Launch Instances" button and then </ins>go to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bottom </ins>of the page <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and click on the "View Instances" button. This will take you </ins>to a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">page listing your instances</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Once you have verified that you have selected the correct cloud network, you can create your own instance from the GridPACK image. Under the EC2 Dashboard column, go to the "Images" tab and select "AMIs". This will bring up the AMI page, which lists any AMIs that you may have created. At the top of this page is a search field. The label to the left of this search field is "Owned by me". Type "gridpack" or "gridpack_aws" into the search field. An AMI with the name "GridPACK_AWS_vX", where "X" is an integer, should appear in the list of AMIs. Choose this AMI by clicking on the square icon to the left of the AMI name. If more than one AMI shows up, select the one with the highest value of X.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the GridPACK AMI, go to the top of the page, and click the "Launch" button. This will bring you to a page called "Step 2: Choose an Instance Type". The page will display a table of different virtual machines that you can select to run GridPACK on. The page also feature information on the properties of the different instance (e.g. number of cores, memory, etc.). The t2.micro instance is free, but is too small to do much with. Charges apply for larger instances so you may want to start with a relatively small instance and increase the size as needed. It is also worth noting that you cannot change the size of an instance once you have created it, without first saving it as an AMI and then starting a new instance from that AMI.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the GridPACK AMI, go to the top of the page, and click the "Launch" button. This will bring you to a page called "Step 2: Choose an Instance Type". The page will display a table of different virtual machines that you can select to run GridPACK on. The page also feature information on the properties of the different instance (e.g. number of cores, memory, etc.). The t2.micro instance is free, but is too small to do much with. Charges apply for larger instances so you may want to start with a relatively small instance and increase the size as needed. It is also worth noting that you cannot change the size of an instance once you have created it, without first saving it as an AMI and then starting a new instance from that AMI.</div></td></tr>
</table>Bjpalmerhttps://gridpack.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php?title=GridPACK_On_Cloud&diff=3982&oldid=prevBjpalmer at 19:56, 14 July 20202020-07-14T19:56:54Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the configuration, click the "Next: Configure Instance Details" button at the bottom of the page. This page can be left as is, as long as a network appears in the Network block. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the "Next: Add Storage" button. Set the "Size (GiB)" field to at least 30 GiB. Then click on "Review and Launch" at the bottom of the page. Next click on the "Launch" button at the bottom of the page.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the configuration, click the "Next: Configure Instance Details" button at the bottom of the page. This page can be left as is, as long as a network appears in the Network block. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the "Next: Add Storage" button. Set the "Size (GiB)" field to at least 30 GiB. Then click on "Review and Launch" at the bottom of the page. Next click on the "Launch" button at the bottom of the page.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Bjpalmerhttps://gridpack.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php?title=GridPACK_On_Cloud&diff=3980&oldid=prevBjpalmer at 18:11, 14 July 20202020-07-14T18:11:38Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the configuration, click the "Next: Configure Instance Details" button at the bottom of the page. This page can be left as is, as long as a network appears in the Network block. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the "Next: Add Storage" button. Set the "Size (GiB)" field to at least 30 GiB. Then click on "Review and Launch" at the bottom of the page. Next click on the "Launch" button at the bottom of the page.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the configuration, click the "Next: Configure Instance Details" button at the bottom of the page. This page can be left as is, as long as a network appears in the Network block. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the "Next: Add Storage" button. Set the "Size (GiB)" field to at least 30 GiB. Then click on "Review and Launch" at the bottom of the page. Next click on the "Launch" button at the bottom of the page.</div></td></tr>
</table>Bjpalmerhttps://gridpack.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php?title=GridPACK_On_Cloud&diff=3977&oldid=prevBjpalmer at 18:03, 14 July 20202020-07-14T18:03:50Z<p></p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Generally, the more CPUs (vCPUs) and the higher the network performance, the more expensive it should be. The t2.micro configuration is free, but we have found that it is too small to work with. The default amount of memory for all of the instances is generally inadequate for GridPACK and should be increased significantly.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the configuration, click the "Next: Configure Instance Details" button at the bottom of the page. This page can be left as is, as long as a network appears in the Network block. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the "Next: Add Storage" button. Set the "Size (GiB)" field to at least 30 GiB. Then click on "Review and Launch" at the bottom of the page. Next click on the "Launch" button at the bottom of the page.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the configuration, click the "Next: Configure Instance Details" button at the bottom of the page. This page can be left as is, as long as a network appears in the Network block. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the "Next: Add Storage" button. Set the "Size (GiB)" field to at least 30 GiB. Then click on "Review and Launch" at the bottom of the page. Next click on the "Launch" button at the bottom of the page.</div></td></tr>
</table>Bjpalmerhttps://gridpack.pnnl.gov/wiki/index.php?title=GridPACK_On_Cloud&diff=3975&oldid=prevBjpalmer at 18:00, 14 July 20202020-07-14T18:00:41Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This page will list a variety of AWS services available to users. Before doing anything else, you need to make sure that you are using the correct service area. In the upper right hand side of the page on the service bar there is a pull down-menu with a location on it (a state, e.g. "Ohio" or possibly a city, e.g. "Tokyo"). Make sure that this is set to</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This page will list a variety of AWS services available to users. Before doing anything else, you need to make sure that you are using the correct service area. In the upper right hand side of the page on the service bar there is a pull down-menu with a location on it (a state, e.g. "Ohio" or possibly a city, e.g. "Tokyo"). Make sure that this is set to</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>You should see a link show up for some number of results in Community AMIs. Select one of these images. The main difference between the different images is the operating system they represent. Generally, the more CPUs (vCPUs) and the higher the network performance, the more expensive it should be. The t2.micro configuration is free, but we have found that it is too small to work with. The default amount of memory for all of the instances is generally inadequate for GridPACK and should be increased significantly.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the configuration, click the "Next: Configure Instance Details" button at the bottom of the page. This page can be left as is, as long as a network appears in the Network block. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the "Next: Add Storage" button. Set the "Size (GiB)" field to at least 30 GiB. Then click on "Review and Launch" at the bottom of the page. Next click on the "Launch" button at the bottom of the page.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After selecting the configuration, click the "Next: Configure Instance Details" button at the bottom of the page. This page can be left as is, as long as a network appears in the Network block. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the "Next: Add Storage" button. Set the "Size (GiB)" field to at least 30 GiB. Then click on "Review and Launch" at the bottom of the page. Next click on the "Launch" button at the bottom of the page.</div></td></tr>
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