Welcome to our "Zero to Cloud in 5 Minutes" series. We will be providing you with easy step-by-step pictorials (tutorials with images) helping you use your vnCloud. To begin we will be showing you how to register and deploy your vnCloud. Before we begin let’s talk a little bit about vnCloud. vnCloud is a cloud platform designed, built, and managed by Vault Networks which allows our customers to build virtual machines in a matter of minutes. vnCloud’s platform provides statistics allowing you to see both what resources you currently have and your usage of those resources. The vnCloud platform is also designed to make it easy for customers to adjust their resources as needed, which allows customers to scale up or down as needed, saving money in the long run. Now that you know what the vnCloud you may be asking yourself, how do I register for vnCloud? That’s simple! Just follow the steps provided below:
- You can either go to https://cloud.vaultnetworks.com/login and click “Register” as shown below, or go directly to https://cloud.vaultnetworks.com/register
- You should see a registration form like the one shown below. Enter your desired username, first and last name, email, and desired password. Once you have filled out the form read the terms and conditions, check the box next to “I accept the Terms & Conditions. Sign me up!” and then click “Register”
- Once you have registered for vnCloud you will be brought to a page that offers you 2 options. You can either “Select the resources that you will use to build your cloud servers” or “Configure your first cloud server and determine your total resources later.” In this example we will be selecting the first option, but if you would like to select the 2nd option you can use this video tutorial ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjLO0jZ7B9w ) to help you through those steps. To select the first options click “I know the total resources I need”
- You will be brought into a page where you will be able to purchase your resources. Here you need to adjust the resources based on your needs. The resources you will need to adjust include CPU cores, memory, disk storage, disk SATA storage, IPs, templates/backups, and bandwidth. Once you have adjusted the resources click “Next”
- Now that you have selected your resources it’s time to put your billing information. Be sure to enter accurate information including your full name, billing address, phone number, CC number, expiration date, and your CVV (Card Verification Value), then click “Next”
- You will be led to a summary of the resources you are purchasing. Here you can put in any coupon codes you may have
- Once you have confirmed that the resource levels shown are correct click “submit”
- Now that you have finished registering for vnCloud and purchasing resources you can pat yourself on the back! Congratulations and welcome to our Vault Networks vnCloud! You can now deploy a VM (virtual machine) using the resources you have just purchased.
