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Commit 414d117b authored by Delia Passalacqua's avatar Delia Passalacqua
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add instructions to move instances between projects

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......@@ -420,6 +420,28 @@ A recommended procedure for cloning an instance is to perform the following oper
- verify that the snapshot is indeed among the images of the current project
- launch a new VM, selecting "instance snapshot" as "boot source" and then selecting the above-created snapshot
How can I move an instance from a project to another one?
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- Shut down the instance to move
- Create a snapshot of the primary volume (vda) of the instance above
- Create a volume from the snapshot just created
- Create transfer from the volume just created
- Download transfer credential that you will be asked to use later
- Go to the destination project, in the `Volumes` tab and click on `Accept Transfer`
- Complete the fields with `Transfer ID` and `Authorization Key`, then click on `Accept Volume Transfer`
- On the just transfered volume select `Launch as Instance` and create the new instance
To transfer other volumes mounted on the instance
- Detach them
- Create transfer from the volume
- Download transfer credential that you will be asked to use later
- Go to the destination project, in the `Volumes` tab and click on `Accept Transfer`
- Complete the fields with `Transfer ID` and `Authorization Key`, then click on `Accept Volume Transfer`
- Attach the volume to the instance clicking on `Manage Attachments`
- ssh in the instance and mount the volume with `sudo mount -t xfs /dev/vdb <your_dir>`
After have checked that your instance is working properly, you can delete it, and all the associated volumes, from the original project.
Architecture
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