https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/ 2026-04-24T14:21:29+00:00 https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/ https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2025-06-11T12:27:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/iaas/adddisk?rev=1749644846&do=diff First turn OFF the VM :!: :!: The status need to be OFF :!: :!: To add a disk Open your vm and click on the Storage tab Click on attach disk On the new windows select volatile disk and enter the size The status of the vm will be : Saving image text/html 2025-06-11T12:27:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/iaas/createsshkey?rev=1749644846&do=diff Go to <https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html> Download the last release of putty : Start install of putty : In the start menu you have multiple new applications under PuTTY folder : First step is tho genereate the SSH key. For this run the PuTTYgen Click on Generate button text/html 2025-06-11T12:27:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/iaas/createvm?rev=1749644846&do=diff On the Dashboard page click on the + button Select the template for the VM. For the Linux make sure you have the ssh public key configured on yout account Enter a name for the vm Select Hardware resources. If you don't know what to allocate, start with low resources (default values) you can still upgrade afterwards text/html 2025-06-11T12:27:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/iaas/firstlogin?rev=1749644846&do=diff First you need to have and SSH key pair If you don't have ssh key pair you can follow the procedure to create a new pair (windows) Connect to : <https://cloud.unige.ch> And login with you ISIS Account : After the first login et before deploying a virtual machine, you need to configure your SSH Key text/html 2025-06-11T12:27:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/iaas/modifyvmcpuram?rev=1749644846&do=diff Open your vm The resize is not available when the vm is ON Before changing hardware configuration you need to turn of the VM You can turn off by using SSH or the web interface : Turn off option : * “Send the power off signal” will send a signal to the VM to do a proper shutdown text/html 2025-06-11T12:27:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/iaas/modifyvmdisk?rev=1749644846&do=diff Go to the VM Check if you have snapshots on the VM Go to the snapshot tab and check is the status is “No snapshots to show” You can't extend disk if snapshot are present you need to delete the snapshot first ! The resize is not available when the vm is ON text/html 2025-06-11T12:27:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/iaas/snapshot?rev=1749644846&do=diff Important information. The VM need to be powerON For performances and space use all snapshot are removed after 10 days Open your VM and click on the snapshot tab On the new tab click on take a snapshot : Write a description for your snapshot text/html 2025-06-11T12:27:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/iaas/start?rev=1749644846&do=diff IAAS platform of Geneva University documentation First Login Account setup Operation on VM Create new VM Modify CPU or RAM configuration Modify Disk size Snaphots Add a Disk text/html 2025-06-11T12:27:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://doc.eresearch.unige.ch/iaas/useprivatekey?rev=1749644846&do=diff Launch Pagent form the folder putty in the start menu   The first time nothing append it's normal !   Just go to the right bottom of you screen. You will see the pagent icon Do a right click on the icon And select Add Key Select you private key (.pkk file)