How-to Upload an ISO image to VSS
ITS Private Cloud Portal
Login to https://vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca
Upload the ISO file you wish to mount.
Login to https://vss-portal.eis.utoronto.ca with your VSS Credentials.
Click on the top right corner circle:
Click on "Synchronize Images":
Toggle which image type to synchronize and click Synchronize. In this case ISO images:
Follow up the task status by going to the ITS Private Cloud Portal tab or email.
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
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
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
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
Submit a request to mount/connect ISO:
For more information, please refer to Manage Floppy, ISOs and OVA/OVF Images.
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