Exercises¶

Assignment A: Prerequisite¶

A.1) Get account on futuresystems.org or any other cloud you have access to. In case you take a class that uses cloudmesh and futuresystems, make sure to be in a valid project. Communicate with your teacher who will let you know.
A.2) Why do you need to start assignment A.1 today and can not wait with it till the day before the due date?

A.1) Is prerequisite
B.1) Install cloudmesh on local machine (we recommend a virtual box)
B.2) Start and stop vms on the kilo cloud
B.3) Why do i need to shut down my VM?
B.4) Can I leave my VM simply running?
B.5) What will happen to your VM when there is a power outage that shuts down the cloud?
B.6) Assume you create 2 VMs. How do you log in securely from one to the other VM. What needs to be done?

A.1) Is prerequisite
C.1) Install cloudmesh on local machine (we recommend a virtual box)
C.2) Develop automated script for the installation
C.3) Generate an image on kilo cloud that uses the automated script and install s cloudmesh in the image
C.4) Develop an ansible script that generates an image that has cloudmesh installed in it
C.5) Bonus: use docopt to select from a command that you develop which OS is used and conduct the ansible install for the OS

that you chose.

D.1) What is an RSA key?
D.2) Where are such keys stored in a user environment?
D.3) Describe the procedures needed to use the default key (rsa) in Openstack with the openstack client commands.
D.4) Describe the procedures to use the default key (rsa) in cloudmesh client
D.5) do B.6 How can this be generalized to n virtual machines. Can you write a script?