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3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="cloud-using-cloud-profile-manager">
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4 | <title>Using the Cloud Profile Manager</title>
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5 |
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6 | <body>
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7 | <p>
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8 | This section describes how to use the Cloud Profile Manager to
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9 | create a cloud profile.
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10 | </p>
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11 | <p>
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12 | To open the Cloud Profile Manager click
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13 | <b outputclass="bold">File</b>,
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14 | <b outputclass="bold">Cloud Profile Manager</b> in
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15 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>.
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16 | </p>
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17 | <fig id="fig-cloud-profile-manager">
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18 | <title>The Cloud Profile Manager</title>
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19 | <xref href="images/cloud-profile-manager.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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20 | <image href="images/cloud-profile-manager.png" width="12cm" placement="break">
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21 | <alt>The Cloud Profile Manager</alt>
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22 | </image>
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23 | </xref>
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24 | <image href="images/cloud-profile-manager.png" width="12cm" placement="break" platform="ohc">
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25 | <alt>The Cloud Profile Manager</alt>
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26 | </image>
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27 | </fig>
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28 | <p>
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29 | You can use the Cloud Profile Manager in the following ways:
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30 | </p>
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31 | <ul>
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32 | <li>
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33 | <p>
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34 | To create a new cloud profile automatically
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35 | </p>
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36 | </li>
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37 | <li>
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38 | <p>
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39 | To create a cloud profile by importing settings from your
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40 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> configuration file.
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41 | </p>
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42 | </li>
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43 | </ul>
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44 | <p>
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45 | Perform the following steps to create a new cloud profile
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46 | automatically, using the Cloud Profile Manager:
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47 | </p>
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48 | <ol>
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49 | <li>
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50 | <p>
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51 | Click the <b outputclass="bold">Add</b> icon and
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52 | specify a <b outputclass="bold">Name</b> for the
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53 | profile.
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54 | </p>
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55 | </li>
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56 | <li>
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57 | <p>
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58 | Click <b outputclass="bold">Properties</b> and
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59 | specify the following property values for the profile:
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60 | </p>
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61 | <ul>
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62 | <li>
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63 | <p>
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64 | Compartment OCID
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65 | </p>
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66 | </li>
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67 | <li>
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68 | <p>
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69 | Fingerprint of the public key
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70 | </p>
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71 | </li>
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72 | <li>
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73 | <p>
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74 | Location of the private key on the client device
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75 | </p>
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76 | </li>
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77 | <li>
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78 | <p>
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79 | Region OCID
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80 | </p>
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81 | </li>
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82 | <li>
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83 | <p>
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84 | Tenancy OCID
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85 | </p>
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86 | </li>
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87 | <li>
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88 | <p>
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89 | User OCID
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90 | </p>
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91 | </li>
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92 | </ul>
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93 | <p>
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94 | Some of these are settings for your <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> account, which you
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95 | can view from the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> Console.
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96 | </p>
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97 | </li>
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98 | <li>
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99 | <p>
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100 | (Optional) If you are using the cloud profile to connect to
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101 | cloud virtual machines, select the
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102 | <b outputclass="bold">Show VMs</b> check box.
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103 | </p>
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104 | <p>
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105 | This creates a new subgroup of the
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106 | <b outputclass="bold">OCI</b> group in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>.
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107 | See <xref href="cloud-vm-oci-group.dita#cloud-vm-oci-group"/>.
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108 | </p>
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109 | </li>
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110 | <li>
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111 | <p>
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112 | Click <b outputclass="bold">Apply</b> to save your
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113 | changes.
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114 | </p>
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115 | <p>
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116 | The cloud profile settings are saved to the
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117 | <filepath>oci_config</filepath> file in your <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>
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118 | global settings directory.
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119 | </p>
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120 | </li>
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121 | </ol>
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122 | <p>
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123 | Perform the following steps to import an existing <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>
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124 | configuration file into the Cloud Profile Manager:
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125 | </p>
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126 | <ol>
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127 | <li>
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128 | <p>
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129 | Ensure that a <filepath>config</filepath> file is present in
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130 | your <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> configuration directory. For example, this is
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131 | <filepath>$HOME/.oci/config</filepath> on a Linux host.
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132 | </p>
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133 | </li>
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134 | <li>
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135 | <p>
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136 | Click the <b outputclass="bold">Import</b> icon to
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137 | open a dialog that prompts you to import cloud profiles from
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138 | external files.
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139 | </p>
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140 | <note type="attention">
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141 | <p>
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142 | This action overwrites any cloud profiles that are in your
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143 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> global settings directory.
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144 | </p>
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145 | </note>
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146 | </li>
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147 | <li>
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148 | <p>
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149 | Click <b outputclass="bold">Import</b>.
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150 | </p>
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151 | <p>
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152 | Your cloud profile settings are saved to the
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153 | <filepath>oci_config</filepath> file in your <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>
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154 | global settings directory.
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155 | </p>
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156 | </li>
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157 | <li>
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158 | <p>
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159 | Click <b outputclass="bold">Properties</b> to show
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160 | the cloud profile settings.
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161 | </p>
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162 | <p>
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163 | Double-click on the appropriate field to change the value.
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164 | </p>
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165 | </li>
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166 | <li>
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167 | <p>
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168 | Click <b outputclass="bold">Apply</b> to save your
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169 | changes.
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170 | </p>
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171 | </li>
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172 | </ol>
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173 | </body>
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174 |
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175 | </topic>
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