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• Images uploaded to the Image service.
• Image that you have copied to a persistent volume. The instance launches from the volume, which is provided by the cinder-volume API through iSCSI.
• Instance snapshot that you took.

Launch an instance

1. Log in to the dashboard.
2. Select the appropriate project from the drop down menu at the top left.
3. On the Project tab, open the Compute tab and click Instances category.
   The dashboard shows the instances with its name, its private and floating IP addresses, size, status, task, power state, and so on.
4. Click Launch Instance.
5. In the Launch Instance dialog box, specify the following values:

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Note: If you did not provide a key pair, security groups, or rules, users can access the instance only from inside the cloud through VNC. Even pinging the instance is not possible without an ICMP rule configured.

 Connect to your instance by using SSH

To use SSH to connect to your instance, use the downloaded keypair file.

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It is also possible to SSH into an instance without an SSH keypair, if the administrator has enabled root password injection. For more information about root password injection, see Injecting the administrator password in the OpenStack Administrator official Guide.

Track usage for instances

You can track usage for instances for each project. You can track costs per month by showing meters like number of vCPUs, disks, RAM, and uptime for all your instances.

1. Log in to the dashboard.
2. Select the appropriate project from the drop down menu at the top left.
3. On the Project tab, open the Compute tab and click Overview category.
4. To query the instance usage for a month, select a month and click Submit (at the bottom of the page).
5. To download a summary, click Download CSV Summary.

Create an instance snapshot

1. Log in to the dashboard.
2. Select the appropriate project from the drop down menu at the top left.
3. On the Project tab, open the Compute tab and click the Instances category.
4. Select the instance from which to create a snapshot.
5. In the actions column, click Create Snapshot.
6. In the Create Snapshot dialog box, enter a name for the snapshot, and click Create Snapshot.

The Images category shows the instance snapshot. To launch an instance from the snapshot, select the snapshot and click Launch. Proceed with launching an instance.

Manage an instance

1. Log in to the dashboard.
2. Select the appropriate project from the drop down menu at the top left.
3. On the Project tab, open the Compute tab and click Instances category.
4. Select an instance.
5. In the menu list in the actions column, select the state.
   

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