When you've created a cloud, you can add hosts from physical sources or Amazon EC2 sources.
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On the Manage Clouds page, click a cloud name and select
Admin.
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Add a cloud source using either of these options:
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To add a physical host source, select one from the dropdown and click
Add Host.
Physical hosts can be partitioned into virtual machines that can be allocated into different projects on the site.
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To add an Amazon EC2 source, click Add EC2 Source.
- Add a description for the source.
- Specify the maximum number of hosts that may exist at any given time from the set of EC2 credentials specified on this page.
- Fill in the EC2 credentials from the information in your Amazon Web Services account.
See Set up Amazon EC2 credentials for details on how to get this information - you'll need to provide the API Key, API Secret, and the Keypair Name and Keypair Value (your RSA private key).
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Click Save.
When you add an EC2 source, make sure that one or both EC2 profiles - Amazon_EC2_FC4_base_i386, Amazon_EC2_FC8_base_i386 - are enabled for your Lab Management projects.