Getting Started

Prerequisites

1. Metacentrum membership — You must be a member of MetaCentrum to access PaaS Cloud.
   • Register or renew your membership: https://metavo.metacentrum.cz/cs/application/index.html
2. A modern web browser — The dashboard is fully web-based.

Sign In

The PaaS Cloud dashboard is available at:

dashboard.chloe.platform.cloud.e-infra.cz

Steps:

1. Click Sign In.
2. Select your identity provider (e.g., institutional login or EGI Check-in when available).
3. Authenticate using your institutional or federated credentials.
4. Wait to be redirected back to the dashboard.

First Steps in the Dashboard

After logging in, the dashboard shows a high-level overview of your projects and resources.

1. Select or Create a Tenant/Project

PaaS Cloud is multi-tenant. Most resources belong to a tenant (also called a project). Make sure you are working inside the correct one.

• If you already have a tenant assigned, select it from the top menu.
• If you need a new tenant and have the required permissions, use the tenant creation flow.

2. Explore the Application Marketplace

• Navigate to the Marketplace / Catalog.
• Browse available services: databases, registries, messaging, virtual machines, monitoring, and more.
• Click an application to see available configuration options, including parameter schemas and resource presets, before deployment.

3. Check Your Resource Quota

• Open your tenant’s Quota or Resources page.
• Review limits for CPU, memory, and storage.
• Contact the cloud team if your project needs more resources.

4. Deploy Your First Application

Typical first deployments:

• A managed database (e.g., PostgreSQL or Redis) for your application.
• A Virtual Machine (vm-instance) with an attached vm-disk if you need a traditional compute instance. Choose an instance type (e.g., u1.medium) and an instance profile (e.g., ubuntu) to define resources and guest OS preferences.
• A TCPBalancer or HTTPCache to expose services externally.

Refer to the How-to Guides section for step-by-step guides.

CLI Access

Advanced users can install virtctl (the KubeVirt client tool) and kubectl to interact with VMs and tenant resources from the command line:

• virtctl — Access VM console, VNC, SSH, and upload disk images. See Using virtctl.
• kubectl — Manage Kubernetes resources directly. See Using kubectl for setup instructions.

Next Steps

• Use Cases — Understand why teams choose PaaS.
• Deploying Applications — Learn how to deploy from the marketplace.
• Technical Reference — See how the platform is implemented.