Get Started

Sign up for Intel® Tiber™ AI Cloud. Sign in. Launch a compute instance.

Tip

To explore the compute platform in a learning node only, try Quick Start.

Create Account, Sign In

  1. Visit the Intel® Tiber™ AI Cloud Console.

  2. Choose Create an Account or Sign in.

    Create an account with your email address. This becomes the account ID.

    1. Click Create an Account.

    2. Follow instructions in the dialog and complete required fields.

    3. Sign in with the email address you used to register your account.

Initiate Instance

  1. Log in to Intel® Tiber™ AI Cloud.

  2. In the left side menu, click Compute -> Instances.

  3. In the Instances tab, click Launch instance.

Launch Instance

Next, complete a form named Launch a compute instance.

  1. From Instance family, select your choice.

  2. From Instance Type, select your choice.

    Note

    Optionally, select Compare instance types to compare instances’ specifications.

  3. From Machine image, select your choice.

    Tip

    This option may be pre-selected based on your choice of Instance family.

  4. In Instance name, enter a name in lowercase. Optional: Use hyphens.

  5. You may use One-Click connection. If yes, skip to the next step.

    1. Continue below if you wish to upload an SSH Key.

    2. Under Public Keys, select the checkbox for your public key.

      Tip

      If you wish to connect using SSH public keys, follow the instructions below.

  6. One-Click connection. Select the radio button to enable single-click access for future use.

    Note

    Selecting One-Click connection is only performed once. You cannot add or remove this functionality after you launch an instance.

  7. Click Launch.

  8. Continue in next section.

Connect to Instance

  1. View your instance in the Instances tab.

  2. Assure your instance State shows Ready.

    Tip

    See Instance States for more details.

  3. Choose a method to connect to your instance:

One-Click Connection

Using this method, you connect to your instance in a JupyterLab environment.

  1. Navigate to the Instances tab.

  2. Wait until your instance name shows Ready.

  3. Click on your instance name.

  4. Click Connect.

    1. Optional: Click on the Connect button in the row where your instance appears. A JupyterLab environment will launch.

    Tip

    You must select “One-Click connection” before launching an instance for this option to be available.

  5. Select the Terminal icon to access your instance.

  6. You’re all set. Start exploring.

Set Up SSH Keys

Configure SSH keys in two steps. First, create an SSH key locally. Second, upload it to your account. Setting up an SSH Key is a one-time task.

Warning

Never share your private keys with anyone. Never create a SSH Private key without a passphrase.

Create an SSH Key

Launch a Terminal on your system to generate an SSH Key. For MacOS* systems, follow the Linux OS instructions.

Click the tab for your operating system (OS).

  1. Launch a Terminal on your local system.

  2. To generate an SSH key, copy and paste the following to your Terminal.

    ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa

  3. If you’re prompted to overwrite, select No.

  4. Click the copy icon. Then paste this command in your Terminal to show the generated SSH key.

    cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

  5. Continue below.

Upload an SSH Key

  1. In the Intel® Tiber™ AI Cloud, click on Compute > Keys.

  2. In the Keys tab, click Upload.

  3. Enter a name for your key in Key name.

  4. Paste the contents of your SSH key in Key contents.

  5. Select Upload.

  6. Verify that your SSH key appears in the table.

Local Terminal Connection

  1. Connect via Terminal from your local machine.

    1. Under Instance Name, click on your instance name.

    2. Select How to Connect via SSH.

    3. A new pop-up dialog appears:”How to connect to your instance”.

    4. Continue in next section.

  2. Follow the onscreen instructions in the dialog.

    1. Select your operating system (OS).

    2. Follow instructions.

    3. Copy the command shown to connect to your instance.

    4. Open a Terminal.

  3. In the Terminal, paste the command you copied and press enter.

  4. If prompted to add your public key, select Yes.

  5. After launching instance, run command to confirm Ubuntu 22.04 (or other).

    cat /etc/os-release

Next Steps

Optional Steps

Access via Corporate Network

If you’re connecting to Intel® Tiber™ AI Cloud from your company Corporate Network, you’ll need to update SSH config file.

Note

If you connect using PowerShell on Microsoft Windows Operating System, you must install gitforwindows.

  1. SSH Configuration is an one-time task.

  2. Your SSH configuration file is in a folder named .ssh under your user’s home folder. If the file is not present, create one.

  3. Copy and paste the following to SSH config file:

    ~/.ssh/config

    Host 146.152.*.*
ProxyCommand /usr/bin/nc -x PROXYSERVER:PROXYSPORT %h %p

  4. From your Lab Administrator, get PROXYSERVER and PROXYPORT in your Corporate Network for SSH, NOT for HTTP/HTTPS Proxy.

  5. Replace PROXYSERVER and PROXYPORT with the information you received from your lab administrator and save the SSH Config file.