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Creating Your First Cloud Service

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descriptionProvides a screenshot walkthrough for creating a virtual machine and connecting via a public IP.

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Introduction

Welcome to your first cloud service! This guide provides a straightforward screenshot walkthrough to help you create a Virtual Machine (VM) and connect to it using a public IP address.

Logging into the Atlas Cloud Platform

Begin by securely logging into your Atlas Cloud Platform account using your credentials.

Creating your first network resource

Before deploying your virtual machine, you’ll need to set up a network resource. This will provide the necessary connectivity for your VM.

Creating your first Virtual Machine

This section guides you through the process of provisioning your very first Virtual Machine. Follow the screenshots to configure its settings.

Creating NAT and Firewall Rules

To enable external access to your Virtual Machine, you’ll need to configure Network Address Translation (NAT) and establish appropriate Firewall Rules.

Configuring Egress Rules

By default, your network may block outbound (egress) traffic. Without egress rules, your VM cannot reach the internet for package updates, DNS resolution, or fetching external resources.

To configure egress rules:

  1. Go to Network > Guest Networks and click on your network.
  2. Select the Egress rules tab.
  3. Add the following rules to allow outbound traffic:
    • TCP port 80 to 0.0.0.0/0 (HTTP, for package downloads)
    • TCP port 443 to 0.0.0.0/0 (HTTPS, for secure downloads)
    • UDP port 53 to 0.0.0.0/0 (DNS resolution)
    • TCP port 53 to 0.0.0.0/0 (DNS resolution)

Connecting to your Virtual Machine

Once your virtual machine is set up and network rules are in place, you can proceed to connect to it using the provided credentials or methods.

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