.. _first_steps:

Post-installation Tasks
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After you have successfully installed your first compute node, you should log in into the central web management portal and configure at least some settings to customize your *Danube Cloud* installation to your needs:

- Update the ``admin's`` :ref:`user profile<user_profile>`: add your SSH public key and update other information.
    - To access profile settings for your current user click the :guilabel:`Profile` button at the top of the page.

- Adjust the compute node's :ref:`CPU, RAM <compute_node_settings>` and :ref:`node storage <node_storage_settings>` coefficients.
    - Go to :guilabel:`Nodes` item in the Main menu, select a node, then click on the :guilabel:`node's hostname` to change settings. Coefficients can be edited by clicking on the :guilabel:`Show advanced settings` button.

- Update :ref:`virtual data center settings <dc_settings>` for the *main* virtual data center.
    - Go to :guilabel:`Datacenter` in the Main menu and select :guilabel:`Settings` item in the :guilabel:`Datacenter` menu, to start editing settings.

- Check and/or :ref:`create some networks and IP addresses <networks>`.
    - NIC tags can be :ref:`configured or changed manually on the compute node <network_nictag>`.
    - :guilabel:`Networks` can be found under the :guilabel:`Datacenter` item in the Main menu.

- You may also want to :ref:`import some server images <images>` before you create your first virtual server.
    - :guilabel:`Images` can be found under the :guilabel:`Datacenter` item in the Main menu.

- Virtual servers should be logically grouped into virtual data centers so you should :ref:`create a virtual data center <dcs>` for each project, customer, etc.
    - Go to :guilabel:`Datacenter -> Datacenters` and start creating/managing virtual data centers.


You, the *Danube Cloud* administrator, should make yourself familiar with the `command-line client es <https://docs.danube.cloud/api-reference/es.html>`__, which can be used to perform some administrative tasks, e.g.:

    - :ref:`Updating Danube Cloud <update_esdc>`.
    - :ref:`Changing SSL certificate <change_ssl>` for the *Danube Cloud* web management console.