Getting Started With Parallels¶

Parallels Cloud Server is a product by Parallels that delivers a cloud hosting
solution. The PARALLELS module for Salt Cloud enables you to manage instances
hosted using PCS. Further information can be found at:

• Using the old format, set up the cloud configuration at :

# Set up the location of the salt master


     

# Set the PARALLELS access credentials (see below)

 
 

# Set the access URL for your PARALLELS host

 

• Using the new format, set up the cloud configuration at
  or
  :

  # Set up the location of the salt master
  
  
     

  # Set the PARALLELS access credentials (see below)
  
   
   

  # Set the access URL for your PARALLELS provider
  
   
   

Changed in version 2015.8.0.

The parameter in cloud provider definitions was renamed to . This
change was made to avoid confusion with the parameter that is used in cloud profile
definitions. Cloud provider definitions now use to refer to the Salt cloud module that
provides the underlying functionality to connect to a cloud host, while cloud profiles continue
to use to refer to provider configurations that you define.

Parallels Cloud Server is a product by Parallels that delivers a cloud hosting
solution. The PARALLELS module for Salt Cloud enables you to manage instances
hosted using PCS. Further information can be found at:

• Using the old format, set up the cloud configuration at :

# Set up the location of the salt master


     

# Set the PARALLELS access credentials (see below)

 
 

# Set the access URL for your PARALLELS host

 

• Using the new format, set up the cloud configuration at
  or
  :

  # Set up the location of the salt master
  
  
     

  # Set the PARALLELS access credentials (see below)
  
   
   

  # Set the access URL for your PARALLELS provider
  
   
   

Changed in version 2015.8.0.

The parameter in cloud provider definitions was renamed to . This
change was made to avoid confusion with the parameter that is used in cloud profile
definitions. Cloud provider definitions now use to refer to the Salt cloud module that
provides the underlying functionality to connect to a cloud host, while cloud profiles continue
to use to refer to provider configurations that you define.

Parallels Cloud Server is a product by Parallels that delivers a cloud hosting
solution. The PARALLELS module for Salt Cloud enables you to manage instances
hosted using PCS. Further information can be found at:

• Using the old format, set up the cloud configuration at :

# Set up the location of the salt master


     

# Set the PARALLELS access credentials (see below)

 
 

# Set the access URL for your PARALLELS host

 

• Using the new format, set up the cloud configuration at
  or
  :

  # Set up the location of the salt master
  
  
     

  # Set the PARALLELS access credentials (see below)
  
   
   

  # Set the access URL for your PARALLELS provider
  
   
   

Changed in version 2015.8.0.

The parameter in cloud provider definitions was renamed to . This
change was made to avoid confusion with the parameter that is used in cloud profile
definitions. Cloud provider definitions now use to refer to the Salt cloud module that
provides the underlying functionality to connect to a cloud host, while cloud profiles continue
to use to refer to provider configurations that you define.

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   August 13th, 2008

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   1. root password problem
   2. Re: root password problem
   3. Re: root password problem
   4. Re: root password problem
   5. Re: root password problem
   6. Re: root password problem
   7. Optional Settings¶
   8. Cloud Profiles¶
   9. Optional Settings¶
   10. Optional Settings¶
   11. Required Settings¶
   12. Required Settings¶
   13. Required Settings¶
   14. Cloud Profiles¶
   15. Cloud Profiles¶

   root password problem
   

   Hi all,

   Sorry if this has already been covered, but I couldn’t locate a thread on it anywhere.

   I have just installed Ubuntu on to my Apple MacBook Pro through Parallels. It has installed without any problems, but it has not asked me to set up a root password and I need to log in as root to install some software.

   I tryed to log in as root and leave the password field blank, but that didn’t work.

   Any ideas would be most welcomed.

2. 

   August 13th, 2008

   Re: root password problem
   

   By default, root is password-less and can’t be logged into. This is for security, and the vast, vast majority of Ubuntu users will never have to log in as root.

   example; to install something from the repositories:

   sudo apt-get install 

   It will ask for a password, you type in your administrator account’s password (it will not give feedback), and it then runs the command as root.

   Jill has left these forums due to ongoing double-standards in rule enforcement.

3. 

   August 13th, 2008

   Re: root password problem
   

   With Ubuntu, it’s more common to use «sudo» for any commands that require root privileges than it is to log in to the «root» account.

4. 

   August 13th, 2008

   Re: root password problem
   

   I lost a «z». Anyone seen it around here?

5. 

   August 13th, 2008

   Re: root password problem
   

   Well, sometimes when I have installed it has not asked me either. Go into the user and group settings and manually set the root password. Make sure you also enable root login. This is done in the login window manager in the administration tab in gnome.

6. 

   August 13th, 2008

   Re: root password problem
   

   Originally Posted by taseedorf
   

   Well, sometimes when I have installed it has not asked me either.

   Ubuntu never prompts you to setup the root account and password. By default, Ubuntu relies entirely on the sudo system and doesn’t use the root account.

   Originally Posted by taseedorf
   

   There really isn’t a good reason to have to do this. It does nothing more than circumvent the sudo system that is in place on the box. Prefacing your commands with sudo will take care of everything that you need root access for. Plus, it caches the password for 5 minutes…so if you have a string of commands that you are using, it won’t prompt you each and everytime for the password. Most things within the GUI will prompt when root access is needed.

   Desktop: Ubuntu 9.04, AMD64 X2 4600+, Asus M2NPV-VM, 4GB RAM, Nvidia 7600GT

   Laptop: Ubuntu 9.04, Dell Latitude E6400, Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 4GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro 160M, Dell 1397 Wireless.

Optional Settings¶

# Description of the instance. Defaults to the instance name.
 

# How many CPU cores, and how fast they are (in MHz)
 
 

# How many megabytes of RAM
 

# Bandwidth available, in kbps
 

# How many public IPs will be assigned to this instance
 

# Size of the instance disk (in GiB)
 


 
 <value from PARALLELS.password>

# The name of the image, from ``salt-cloud --list-images parallels``
 

Cloud Profiles¶

Set up an initial profile at or
:

The profile can be realized now with a salt command:

# salt-cloud -p parallels-ubuntu myubuntu

This will create an instance named on the cloud host. The
minion that is installed on this instance will have an of .
If the command was executed on the salt-master, its Salt key will automatically
be signed on the master.

Once the instance has been created with salt-minion installed, connectivity to
it can be verified with Salt:

# salt myubuntu test.version

Optional Settings¶

# Description of the instance. Defaults to the instance name.
 

# How many CPU cores, and how fast they are (in MHz)
 
 

# How many megabytes of RAM
 

# Bandwidth available, in kbps
 

# How many public IPs will be assigned to this instance
 

# Size of the instance disk (in GiB)
 


 
 <value from PARALLELS.password>

# The name of the image, from ``salt-cloud --list-images parallels``
 

Optional Settings¶

# Description of the instance. Defaults to the instance name.
 

# How many CPU cores, and how fast they are (in MHz)
 
 

# How many megabytes of RAM
 

# Bandwidth available, in kbps
 

# How many public IPs will be assigned to this instance
 

# Size of the instance disk (in GiB)
 


 
 <value from PARALLELS.password>

# The name of the image, from ``salt-cloud --list-images parallels``
 

Required Settings¶

• Using the old cloud configuration format:

• Using the new cloud configuration format:

Required Settings¶

• Using the old cloud configuration format:

• Using the new cloud configuration format:

Required Settings¶

• Using the old cloud configuration format:

• Using the new cloud configuration format:

Cloud Profiles¶

Set up an initial profile at or
:

The profile can be realized now with a salt command:

# salt-cloud -p parallels-ubuntu myubuntu

This will create an instance named on the cloud host. The
minion that is installed on this instance will have an of .
If the command was executed on the salt-master, its Salt key will automatically
be signed on the master.

Once the instance has been created with salt-minion installed, connectivity to
it can be verified with Salt:

# salt myubuntu test.version

Cloud Profiles¶

Set up an initial profile at or
:

The profile can be realized now with a salt command:

# salt-cloud -p parallels-ubuntu myubuntu

This will create an instance named on the cloud host. The
minion that is installed on this instance will have an of .
If the command was executed on the salt-master, its Salt key will automatically
be signed on the master.

Once the instance has been created with salt-minion installed, connectivity to
it can be verified with Salt:

# salt myubuntu test.version