If you're an administrator of a virtual machine in the ITS Private Cloud Portal, it's important to ensure that your contact information is up-to-date. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to update your contact information, specifically your email address.
Having a valid email address is crucial because the ITS Private Cloud Portal sends important emails periodically, and it's essential to receive these updates in a timely manner.
Please follow the steps in this tutorial to ensure that your virtual machine's contact information is accurate and up-to-date. If you have any questions or encounter any issues, please don't hesitate to contact us for assistance.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, and we appreciate your cooperation in keeping our system up-to-date and secure.
\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions
There are two ways to modify administrator information:
Through the VSS-CLI commands
VSS Cloud Portal
Using VSS-CLI commands
For this example we will use the of test.user
To display a list of virtual machines that contain administrator information, please enter the following command:
format:vss-cli --columns moref,name,folder.path,admin,inform compute vm ls -f admin=<EMAIL OR ID>
example:
vss-cli --columns moref,name,folder.path,admin,inform compute vm ls -f admin=test.user
output:
moref name folder.path admin inform --------- --------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------ vm-552331 2206Z-BLA-Dev TEST > 123 > Services > Dev Test User 1:815-948-1399:test.user@utoronto.ca test.user.2@utoronto.ca vm-829984 2107Y-TEST123 TEST > 123 > Services > DEV Test User 1:815-948-1399:test.user@utoronto.ca test.user.2@utoronto.ca vm-449021 2206X-XYZ-Dev2 TEST > 123 > Services > Dev Test User 1:815-948-1399:test.user@utoronto.ca test.user.2@utoronto.ca
To edit the contact information of the admin you will need the id of the virtual machine. In this case we will update the virtual machine (moref column) vm-55231
format:vss-cli compute vm set <Virtual_Machine_ID> admin "<COMPLETE_NAME>" <EMAIL> <PHONE_NUMER:XXX-XXX-XXXX>
example:
vss-cli compute vm set vm-55231 admin "Test User X" test.user.5@utoronto.ca 419-341-2341
output:
id : 41063 status : SUBMITTED task_id : dfefdd03-d5c4-4b73-8030-193315f8be38 message : Request has been accepted for processing
Verify the changed have been applied to the virtual machine
format:vss-cli compute vm get <Virtual_Machine_ID> admin
example:
vss-cli compute vm get vm-55231 admin
output:
name : Test User X email : test.user.5@utoronto.ca phone : 419-341-2341
To update the email addresses of other virtual machines, simply repeat the steps outlined above for each machine that requires an update. This will ensure that all virtual machines have up-to-date contact information and are receiving important updates from the ITS Private Cloud Portal.
Using VSS Cloud Portal
Open a web browser and log into the VSS Cloud Portal
Select the virtual machine you would like to update by click in the edit icon
Go to the ADMIN tab and update the Admin email text field
Click UPDATE button.
Click CONFIRM button to update the changes.
To update the email addresses of other virtual machines, simply repeat the steps outlined above for each machine that requires an update. This will ensure that all virtual machines have up-to-date contact information and are receiving important updates from the ITS Private Cloud Portal.