{"id":8722,"date":"2024-11-12T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=8722"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:26:09","slug":"connecting-to-an-instance-using-the-openstack-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2024\/connecting-to-an-instance-using-the-openstack-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting to an Instance Using the Openstack Console"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"#openstack-console-security-warning\">Openstack Console &#8211; Security Warning<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#openstack-console-connection\">Connect to an Openstack Instance Using the Openstack Console<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article explains how to connect to an openstack web console using a web browser.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"openstack-console-security-warning\">Openstack Console &#8211; Security Warning<\/h2>\n<p><strong style=\"color: red;\">SECURITY WARNING:<\/strong> <em>It is important to remember than ANY user logged into an openstack project can view the console for any openstack instance, so make sure you set a strong password, and only use the console when the other options below do not work:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Connect remotely (ssh terminal &#8211; putty)<\/strong> &#8211; <a title=\"Connect Remotely via a putty terminal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PEWtyfbj0Sk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2021\/connecting-to-an-openstack-instance-using-ssh-putty\/\">text<\/a><br \/>\nConnect remotely to the instance using an ssh terminal (examples uses the <a title=\"putty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.putty.org\/\">putty<\/a> ssh tool)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Connect remotely (desktop &#8211; x2go)<\/strong> &#8211; <a title=\"Connect to Remote Desktop (via x2go)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CxPyKZNVCRI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2021\/ssh-connection-with-x2go-remote-desktop-client\/\">text<\/a><br \/>\nConnect remotely to the instance using a remote desktop tool (examples uses the <a title=\"x2go\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.x2go.org\/doku.php\/download:start\">x2go<\/a> tool)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other openstack project users can observe activities taking place on the console.  It is no different if they were watching over your shoulder on a real computer screen connected to your instance.  Once you have logged into the console, other users can use your account, opening applications, running commands, etc.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"openstack-console-connection\">Connect to an Openstack Instance Using the Openstack Console<\/h2>\n<p>See a demo video of these instructions here: <a title=\"Connect via Openstack Console Video\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uOY3ePcjOGI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connect via Openstack Console (Video)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Use the following settings to login to the console<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Some of your settings may be different<\/em> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>username<\/strong>: <strong style=\"color:red\">student<\/strong> &#8211; <em>default for most of our openstack images<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>password<\/strong>: <strong style=\"color:red\">student<\/strong> &#8211; <em>default for most of our openstack images<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 1 &#8211; Go into your instances&#8217; details page:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Make sure you are in your course project (<strong><span style=\"color:#00bb00;\">green box<\/span><\/strong> in the image below)<\/li>\n<li>Click on the instances&#8217; tab (<strong><span style=\"color:#bbbb00;\">Yellow Box<\/span><\/strong> in the image below)<\/li>\n<li>Click on instances&#8217; link (<strong><span style=\"color:red;\">red box<\/span><\/strong> in the image below)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance.png\" alt=\"SCS Openstack Instance\" width=\"889\" height=\"410\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance.png 889w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-240x111.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-400x184.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-160x74.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-360x166.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2 &#8211; Open the console:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In the instances details page, click on the <strong>Console<\/strong> tab (<strong><span style=\"color:#00bb00;\">green box<\/span><\/strong> in the image below)<\/li>\n<li>Click on the link <strong>Click here to show only console<\/strong> (<strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">red box<\/span><\/strong> in the image below)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-console-tab.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"412\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-console-tab.png 918w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-console-tab-240x108.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-console-tab-400x180.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-console-tab-160x72.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-console-tab-768x345.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/scs-openstack-instance-console-tab-360x162.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3 &#8211; Login to the Instance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will now be on the console screen and you can login using your account<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/instance-console.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/instance-console.png 1920w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/instance-console-240x135.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/instance-console-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/instance-console-160x90.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/instance-console-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/instance-console-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/instance-console-360x203.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Openstack Console &#8211; Security Warning Connect to an Openstack Instance Using the Openstack Console This article explains how to connect to an openstack web console using a web browser. 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