Quick Start Guide

Follow these steps to register and launch a compute instance.

  1. Register for an account. Sign up at Intel® Tiber™ AI Cloud Console.

  2. Sign in: Use your credentials to log into your account.

  3. Add coupon credit: Follow Cloud Credits and Coupons to add credits.

  4. Optional: Premium and Enterprise users, follow Billing and usage, based on your account type.

Cloud Credits and Coupons

  1. Select the User Profile pull-down menu.

  2. Select Cloud credits.

  3. Cloud Credits details will appear.

Redeem Coupon

To obtain cloud credits in your account:

  1. Follow step one of previous section.

  2. Click on Redeem coupon.

  3. Enter a coupon code.

  4. After the coupon is validated, Cloud Credits shows cloud credits details.

Tip

Due to latency, the code may require a few minutes to appear.

Set Up SSH Keys

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 private keys with anyone. Always create an SSH Private key with 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.

Deploy an instance

In this section, you launch an instance from the hardware catalog.

Note

Uploading an SSH key is required.

Launch a compute instance

  1. In the left side menu, click Catalog > Hardware.

  2. In the Hardware tab, select an instance from the options.

Choose processor family for instance

Select options from pull-down menus to configure your instance.

  1. From Instance family, select your choice.

  2. From Instance Type, select your choice.

    Tip

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

  3. From Machine image, select your choice.

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

  5. Under Public Keys, select checkbox for SSH public keys added previously.

  6. Optional: Quick Connect. Select the radio button enable single-click access.

    Note

    Currently, Quick Connect is only available in selected regions.

    Selecting Quick Connect is performed once. You cannot add or remove this functionality after you launch an instance.

  7. Click on Launch to launch an instance.

  8. View the column State.

  9. Wait for for State to show Ready.

Continue at Connect to an Instance.

Next Steps

Continue at Tutorials.

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.