Accessing CloudStack
Accessing Apache CloudStack
Section titled “Accessing Apache CloudStack”Your private cloud’s CloudStack management interface is the primary control plane for your infrastructure.
Management UI
Section titled “Management UI”The CloudStack UI is available at the URL provided in your credentials document, typically:
http://<management-server-ip>:8080/clientor over HTTPS if TLS is configured:
https://<management-server-hostname>/clientLog in with the admin credentials from your handover document.
Change the admin password
Section titled “Change the admin password”Immediately after first login:
- Click the Account icon (top right)
- Select Change Password
- Set a strong password and save it securely
API access
Section titled “API access”CloudStack exposes a native API:
http://<management-server-ip>:8080/client/apiSee the Apache CloudStack API documentation for the full reference.
Supported clients
Section titled “Supported clients”- CloudStack UI: web browser, no installation required
- cmk: CloudStack management CLI (Go binary v6.5.0): see Apache CloudStack reference for install and configure steps
- Terraform: via the CloudStack provider
- Ansible: via the CloudStack collection