How-to update your contact information on a Virtual Machine

If you are an administrator of a virtual machine in the ITS Private Cloud, it is important to ensure that your contact information is up-to-date to receive updates in a timely manner.

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to update your contact information, specifically your email address.

 Instructions

There are two ways to modify administrator information:

Using VSS-CLI commands

1. To view a list of virtual machines with administrator information, 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

    

2. To update the contact information of the admin, provide the ID of the virtual machine you wish to edit. (moref column) vm-55231
   
   format:

   example:

   output:

    

3. Verify the changes have been successfully applied to the virtual machine.
   format:

   example:

   output:

    

4. 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

1. Open a web browser and log into the VSS Cloud Portal
   
   

   Open

   

    

2. Select the virtual machine you wish to update by clicking on the edit icon.
   
   

   Open

   

   
   
   

3. Navigate to the ADMIN tab and proceed to update the email address in the Admin email text field.

4. Click UPDATE button.
   
   

    

5. Click CONFIRM button to apply and save the changes.
   
   

    

6. 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.

Bulk update

Bulk update can be achieved with the vss-cli and bash as follows:

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