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After clicking '''Launch Instance''', you will be presented with a series of options: | After clicking '''Launch Instance''', you will be presented with a series of options: | ||
#''Details Tab'' | #''Details Tab'' | ||
#*''Instance Name'': Enter a name for your virtual machine. Do not include spaces or special characters in your instance name. For more details | #*''Instance Name'': Enter a name for your virtual machine. Do not include spaces or special characters in your instance name. For more details on naming rules see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname restrictions on valid host names]. | ||
#*''Availability Zone'': The default is '''Any Availability Zone'''; do not change this. | #*''Availability Zone'': The default is '''Any Availability Zone'''; do not change this. | ||
#*''Instance Count'': This indicates the number of virtual machines to create. Unless you have specifically planned for multiple machines leave this set at 1.[[File:Source tab.png|500px|thumb]]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> | #*''Instance Count'': This indicates the number of virtual machines to create. Unless you have specifically planned for multiple machines leave this set at 1.[[File:Source tab.png|500px|thumb]]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> | ||
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* ''Details'' tab | * ''Details'' tab | ||
** ''Availability Zone'': There is only one zone; do not change its name. | ** ''Availability Zone'': There is only one zone; do not change its name. | ||
** ''Instance Name'': Enter a name for your virtual machine. | ** ''Instance Name'': Enter a name for your virtual machine. For details on naming rules see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname restrictions on valid host names]. | ||
** ''Flavor'': The flavor defines virtual machine hardware specifications; choose the 'p2-3gb' flavor.<p>The Windows image is quite large and requires a large bootable drive. C-flavors, as described [[Virtual_machine_flavors|here]], only have root drives of 20 GB, choosing a "p" flavor allows for larger root volumes. The smallest "p" flavor has 1.5 GB of RAM and from experience this is too little to run Windows well. Choosing a slightly larger flavor, such as "p2-3gb", improves the performance of the VM.</p> | ** ''Flavor'': The flavor defines virtual machine hardware specifications; choose the 'p2-3gb' flavor.<p>The Windows image is quite large and requires a large bootable drive. C-flavors, as described [[Virtual_machine_flavors|here]], only have root drives of 20 GB, choosing a "p" flavor allows for larger root volumes. The smallest "p" flavor has 1.5 GB of RAM and from experience this is too little to run Windows well. Choosing a slightly larger flavor, such as "p2-3gb", improves the performance of the VM.</p> | ||
** ''Instance Count'': Number of virtual machines to create. | ** ''Instance Count'': Number of virtual machines to create. | ||