ARDC Nectar Research Cloud Tutorials

Get started in the Nectar Research Cloud with this tutorial series. Learn how easy it is to launch VMs, to connect and to try something new.

Take the next step to discover some of the more advanced Nectar Research Cloud topics.

Become a Cloud Expert and learn about the advanced topics and services available on the Nectar Research Cloud.

Understand, manage and maintain an allocation in the Nectar Research Cloud

Learn to quick deploy an application environment from our catalog with this R-Studio example.

Making changes to existing instances. Learn to reboot, resize, rebuild and delete instances.

Find your way around your instance from the command line. Learn to use admin privileges and install and maintain software.

Access your Virtual Machine's command line using your Terminal and SSH and web-based VNC console.

Understanding Public-Private Keypairs in the Nectar Research Cloud.

Launching a virtual machine using the Nectar dashboard and the launch dialog

Learn some basic ways of copying data to and from your Nectar instance.

A tutorial for absolute beginners who haven't used or interacted with the Cloud before

Get ready to launch with the bare minimum ssh Security Group for your Nectar instance.

Learn about some of the essential practices for being secure on Nectar

Learn how to deploy a Docker Container using our application service!

Learn to use Snapshot to make a copy or backup of a Nectar instance.

Learn how to use the Nectar Virtual Desktop service

Learn to use Volume Storage: Nectar's virtual USB-sticks.

Learn to manage your domain name records in Nectar

Learn to use advanced security groups in Nectar Research Cloud.

Learn to use X11 Forwarding to run graphical applications on virtual machines.

Learn to use Application Credentials to authenticate your application in Nectar Cloud.

Learn how to create and administer your own Kubernetes cluster using the Nectar Orchestration service.

Learn to use Nectar Object Storage.

A basic introduction to Nectar Cloud OpenStack command line interfaces (CLI).

Share your VM securely by adding keys and/or adding a new user account

A basic tutorial to learn how to use the database as a service in Nectar Research Cloud.

How to migrate various cloud resources, including volume, normal instance, legacy instance, databases & more.

Explore the power of the Orchestration service for creating template driven cloud architectures.

Learn to implement some advanced networking concepts in your Nectar Research Cloud project

Using loadbalancing for scalable, fault-tolerant cloud architectures.