Navigate the Dashboard

The dashboard is your starting point for using the Eucalyptus console. From the Dashboard, you can access landing pages for instances, storage items (volumes, and snapshots), and networking and security objects (key pairs, security groups, and IP addresses).

Basic Dashboard Navigation

You can navigate to specific resource management dialogs in two ways: using the navigation icons at the top of the screen or clicking directly on a resource label or count in the Dashboard screen.

  1. You can click on one of the icons at the top of the dashboard to navigate directly to a resource management screen or back to the main console screen.
  2. You can also navigate to a resource management screen by clicking directly on a resource label or count in the main dashboard window.

Instances

The Instances section allows you to see how many instances are running and access the Manage Instances screen.

  1. Click the Running or Stopped labels or counts in the Instances section of the dashboard to display the Manage Instances screen.
    Note: Your initial view in the Manage instances screen will be filtered by running or stopped instances, depending on which label you clicked. To see all running and stopped instances, be sure to change the the value of the Filter by drop-down list on the Manage instances screen to All instances.
  2. You can filter the instances list by availability zone by selecting an availability zone in the drop-down list box.
  3. You can launch a new instance by clicking the Launch instance link to display the Create new instance screen.

Storage

The Storage section allows you to see at a glance how many storage objects are running and access the various storage object management screens.

  1. To access the Manage Volumes screen, click the Volumes label or count.
  2. To access the Manage Snapshots screen, click the Snapshots label or count.

Network and Security

The Network and Security section allows you to see at a glance the number of security groups, key pairs, and IP addresses in your Eucalyptus cloud, and to navigate to management screens for each type of object.

  1. To access the Manage Security Groups screen, click the Security Groups label or count.
  2. To access the Manage Key Pairs screen, click the Key Pairs label or count.
  3. To access the Manage IP Addresses screen, click the IP Addresses label or count.