cloud-vms

Scripts for launching large numbers of VMs on CyVerse Atmosphere and XSEDE Jetstream

scripts and code written by Julian Pistorius

Contents

launch_ .py

Run this script to launch on the given cloud provider; here we are supporting IU (Indiana) TACC (Texas Advanced Computing Center), Marana (CyVerse).

clouds.yaml

This .yaml file has the parameter values for each cloud service - you will need to update your username, project and password information.

Your username and project are the same; use your CyVerse or Jetstream usernames.

For the password, get your API Credentials from your cloud provider.

Jetstream API Credentials

Atmosphere API Credentials

Select the hashed value from the "value" field:

"key": "secret",
"value": "dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx2"

cleanup_servers.py

This script is for deleting the instances when you're done using them.