BitNami GoGrid Images Guide

How to start a BitNami GoGrid Image

To make it even easier to get started, GoGrid is offering a generous $100 service credit to BitNami users. That will give you hundreds of hours of free cloud computing time to test out GoGrid and make sure it meets your needs. To take advantage of this offer, follow this link or visit www.gogrid.com, create an account and enter the code 'CPBitNami' when prompted.

Create an GoGrid Account

(if you already have one, skip to the next step)

  1. Go to http://www.gogrid.com/signUp.
  2. Create an GoGrid Account.
    Gogrid_signup_page


GoGrid Management Console

  1. Sign in to the GoGrid Management Console: my.gogrid.com
    Gogrid_login_page

  2. Add the server.
    Gogrid_add_server

  3. Find all BitNami MyGSI GoGrid Server Images filling in the filter field with "BitNami" string. Click the image of your choice (Drupal in our example) and press Next.
    Gogrid_choose_image

  4. Enter the name for your server, choose one of the available public ip and click Save.
    Gogrid_server_properties

  5. Wait until your server is ready. This could take up to 15 minutes in some cases.
    Gogrid_waiting_for_machine Gogrid_server_ready

  6. Enter your machine IP in the web browser window. You should be able to see the BitNami Application start page. Click Access Bitnami [application name] link.
    Gogrid_browser1


  7. You can find default login and password for the application on http://bitnami.com/stack/<<stack_name>> page. In Drupal's case it is user / bitnami taken from http://bitnami.com/stack/drupal
    Gogrid_browser2

  8. Click Login and you will be presented with the BitNami application.
    Gogrid_browser3