OpenStack Essentials - Second Edition

Launching an instance using the web interface

Now that we've booted an instance on the command line, let's take a look at doing the same thing in the web interface:

1. Go ahead and log in to the web interface as the non-administrative user you created in Chapter 2, Identity Management.
2. Under the Compute menu, select Instances and then click on the Launch Instance button.
3. In the Launch Instance dialog, start by filling in a name for the instance, as shown in the following screenshot. Also, note that there are blue asterisks next to Source, Flavor, and Networks. These are the required sections of the dialog to visit:
   
4. Click the Next button to get to the ...