How-to Upload an ISO image to VSS

ITS Private Cloud Portal

1. Login to https://vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca 

2. Upload the ISO file you wish to mount.

3. Login to https://vss-portal.eis.utoronto.ca  with your VSS Credentials.

4. Click on the top right corner circle:

   Open

   

5. Click on "Synchronize Images":

   Open

   

6. Toggle which image type to synchronize and click Synchronize. In this case ISO images:

7. Follow up the task status by going to the ITS Private Cloud Portal  tab or email.

8. When complete, can follow any of the following methods to load the ISO image.

Command-Line Interface

Using local VSS CLI install or https://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca

1. Upload iso to personal stor via https://vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca or the following VSS CLI command.

   vss-cli stor ul ~/Downloads/debian-live-8.5.0-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso

2. Synchronize ISO images stored in your personal VSKEY-STOR space. Once  processed it should be listed with the ls command.

   vss-cli compute iso personal sync

    

3. Get ISO path attribute to mount (optional):

   vss-cli compute iso personal ls ID PATH NAME ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- 269 [vssUser-xfers] jm/isos/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1804.iso CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1804.iso 270 [vssUser-xfers] jm/isos/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1804.iso CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1804.iso

    

4.  Submit a request to mount/connect ISO:

    

For more information, please refer to Manage Floppy, ISOs and OVA/OVF Images.

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