docs/docs/index.md

Welcome to the CSC Cloud!

The CSC cloud is a collection of compute, network and storage services available to CSC members.

This service was made possible thanks to hardware donations and funding from:

• the Mathematics Endowment Fund (MEF)
• the Student Life Endowment Fund (SLEF)
• the Computer Science Computing Facility (CSCF)

Available services

• CloudStack - Virtual machines on demand.
• Virtual hosting - Domain name routing for websites.
• Kubernetes - Easily deploy your Dockerized apps.
• Registry - A place to store your Docker images.

Getting Started

First, make sure that you are a CSC member and that your membership has not expired.

Here is a list of general-use CSC machines which you may SSH into after becoming a member: https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Machine_List

If you wish to see the terms for which your membership is valid, you can run the following command from any general-use machine:

ceo members get <your_username>

!!! warning

When your membership expires, all of your cloud resources will be **permanently deleted**,
so make sure that you buy enough membership terms in advance.

To start creating your own virtual machines, please see the CloudStack page for more details.