mCLOUD HELIX TUTORIAL VIDEOS
These short video clips add detail to the content in our Knowledge Base. We recommend that new users view the tutorials in the order presented on this page. Each topic also includes suggested reading to supplement the videos.
Introduction to mCloud
A brief background of mCloud and description of the feature set. If you are familiar with the mCloud Dashboard, and just want a refresher on a certain aspect of it, skip to the video of interest. You may also want to review: mCloud Products.
Running Time: 2 min 08 sec
Morphlabs Knowledge Base Resources:
* Introduction to the mCloud Dashboard
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Use Case
* Morphlabs Terminology
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Creating a Project
A definition of Projects in mCloud as well as how to create one.
Running Time: 2 min 17 sec
Morphlabs Knowledge Base Resources:
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Logging In
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Projects
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Adding Users
A demonstration of how to add users and assign roles to each.
Running Time: 2 min
Morphlabs Knowledge Base Resources:
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Users
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About Security Groups
An explanation of security groups as well as how to add, modify and delete them.
Running Time: 2 min 37 sec
Morphlabs Knowledge Base Resources:
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Create a Security Group
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Using Keypairs
A description of how to create or import a key pair for SSH.
Running Time: 1 min 57 sec
Morphlabs Knowledge Base Resources:
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Keypairs
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Adding and Configuring Instances
Discusses how to add, configure and launch instances.
Running Time: 4 min 10 sec
Morphlabs Knowledge Base Resources:
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Instances
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Using Floating IPs
Introduces Floating IP concepts and discusses how to set up externally accessible IP addresses as well as how to associate them with specific instances.
Running Time: 1 min 36 sec
Morphlabs Knowledge Base Resources:
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Add a Floating IP Address
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Managing Volumes
Describes what a volume is, how to create a volume, and how to attach it to an instance. Explains how to partition and mount volumes from an instance.
Running Time: 3 min 06 sec
Morphlabs Knowledge Base Resources:
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Adding Volumes to a Project
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Attaching a Volume
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – VNC Console
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Mounting Storage from an Instance
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Creating Snapshots
Explains how to take a snapshot of a volume, clone and attach it to an instance. Also describes how to take a snapshot of an instance, then launch an instance from the snapshot image.
Running Time: 6 min 40 sec
Morphlabs Knowledge Base Resources:
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Snapshot an Instance
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Launching Instance Snapshot
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Snapshot a Volume
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Launching a Volume Snapshot
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Monitoring and Usage Reports
Describes how to use the monitoring and usage tabs.
Running Time: 3 min 50 sec
Morphlabs Knowledge Base Resources:
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Monitoring
* Morphlabs mCloud Dashboard User Guide – Usage Reports
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