NCSA Nebula OpenStack User Guide

Nebula is an OpenStack system available to LSST DM developers. OpenStack allows you to work in a cloud environment with flexible compute instances and storage.

To request an account on the Nebula system, file a JIRA ticket in the IT Helpdesk Support (IHS) project. Include the following in the request:

• First and last name

• Email

• Phone number

• Mailing address

• Sponsoring LSST manager

• LSST Team or project

• Introduction to Starting a Nebula Instance
  • Getting Started
• Start an Instance using a base snapshot with the LSST Stack
  • Launching from a Snapshot
  • Associating a Floating IP
  • Logging in and Loading the Stack
  • Attaching Storage