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Welcome to the '''bwCloud-OS Wiki''' — the central knowledge base for using the multi-region '''O'''pen'''S'''tack cloud shared across the state of '''B'''aden-'''W'''ürttemberg, Germany. | Welcome to the '''bwCloud-OS User Wiki''' — the central knowledge base for using the multi-region '''O'''pen'''S'''tack cloud shared across the state of '''B'''aden-'''W'''ürttemberg, Germany. | ||
The cloud is jointly operated by the universities of '''Freiburg''', '''Karlsruhe''', '''Mannheim''', and '''Ulm''', and is available for use by '''all participating educational institutions''' throughout the state. | The cloud is jointly operated by the universities of '''Freiburg''', '''Karlsruhe''', '''Mannheim''', and '''Ulm''', and is available for use by '''all participating educational institutions''' throughout the state. | ||
General information about the bwCloud-OS service and the bwCloud3 project is available on our [https://bwcloud-os.de/ website]. Technical support is available on the [https://bw-support.scc.kit.edu state support portal]. | |||
= Quickstart = | = Quickstart = | ||
Revision as of 15:15, 8 October 2025
bwCloud-OS wiki
Welcome to the bwCloud-OS User Wiki — the central knowledge base for using the multi-region OpenStack cloud shared across the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The cloud is jointly operated by the universities of Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, and Ulm, and is available for use by all participating educational institutions throughout the state.
General information about the bwCloud-OS service and the bwCloud3 project is available on our website. Technical support is available on the state support portal.
Quickstart
Create VM
- Log in to the bwCloud-OS Dashboard and select the desired Region in the top left corner.
- Under Compute → Key Pairs, make sure you have a key uploaded or create a new key pair.
- Go to Compute → Instances → Launch Instance and fill out the tabs one by one:
- Details: Assign a name.
- Source: Choose an Image (e.g. Debian 12).
- Flavor: Select a Hardware Flavor (e.g.
m1.small). - Networks: Select the appropriate network.
- Key Pairs: Choose your SSH key pair.
- Click Launch.
- Connect:
ssh -i /path/to/private-key <user>@<IP-address>(for Debian/Ubuntu: userdebianorubuntu). Username overview here.
Theme-Hub
- Registration
- entitlements, region
- Instances (VMs)
- start VMs, connect (SSH), images/flavors, snapshots
- Network & Security
- floating-IP, security groups, networks/router, DNS/FQDN
- Storage
- volumes, performance, backups
- (Group-)Projects & Quota
- apply, roles, entitlements, group projects
- Automation & Tools
- Ansible, API-access
Other Notes
- Network/Ports
- see Reference: Network – blocked/allowed ports..
- Support
- Support: open ticket
- Terms
- Glossary