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Creating an Environment from a CloudShare Template

Create an environment from one of CloudShare's pre-designed templates.

From the Infrastructure menu, click Create New Environment. The Create Environment page opens with a creation wizard of three to four steps, depending on your account settings, permissions, and selections:

  • General
  • VMs/Templates
  • External Resources
  • Save

General 

  1. Select CloudShare Environment Templates from the radio button options that appear in the General section:
  2. Select values for the following fields:
  • Project: The project that will be associated with this environment. 
  • Environment Owner: If it appears, assign an owner that will be responsible for this environment, or leave it as yourself.
  • Policy: Select the policy that will govern the life cycle of the new environment. The policy determines how long the environment will be available for use, when it will be deleted, and what will happen to it during periods of inactivity. If needed, you can click the link provided to create a new policy.
  • Choose CloudShare Cloud/Region: If your project has access to more than one CloudShare region, select where the environment will be created.
Note: The blueprint may need to be copied to the selected regions.

3. When finished, click the Select Template next step. The VMs/Templates section is displayed.

VM/Template 

Select the desired CloudShare's pre-designed template from the list to the environment. To see a detailed configuration summary for a template, click the + plus icon to the left of its name.

After adding the desired template or VMs, check the settings on the right side of the page. Check to ensure that the details are correct before proceeding.

Click External Resources to proceed. 

  • If the account is enabled to use external resources and you have permission to define them, the External Resources next step is displayed.
  • If the account is not enabled to use external resources, the Add Details & Save next step is displayed.

External Resources

You can use this panel to optionally add external cloud platform resources to your environment. For additional information, see Using External Cloud Resources.

Saving the Environment

  1. Review the environment details - project, policy, region, and resources.
  2. Add a name and description for your environment.
  3. Click Confirm/Save Environment.
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