Connecting to the cloud manager for SoftLayer
To run a cloud schedule, first, you must establish a connection to the cloud manager. By
connecting to the cloud manager, you specify properties for the workbench and agent machines on
cloud such as location of data center, type of operation system, and type of host manager.
Before you begin
- Ensure that you have an IBM ID.
- Ensure that you have a promotional code or a subscription ID. See About Promotional code and Subscription ID.
- If the workbench computer is behind a firewall and you use a proxy computer with HTTP protocol
and NTLM authentication to connect to the Cloud Manager, you must add the following arguments to the
eclipse.ini file and then
connect.
-Dhttps.proxyDomain=DomainName -Dhttps.proxyWorkstation=WorkbenchHostName