Using the Wizard
The Wizard interface walks you through the steps to set up Merkato to obtain bandwidth. You can use the Wizard to set up bidding from your PC or from the Garage. (See “Note: Bidding From the Garage or From the Desktop” on page 10.)
If you launch the Wizard from the Merkato portal it will configure an agent in the garage.
If you start the Desktop interface and launch the Wizard, it configures the desktop interface.
To access the Wizard from the Merkato portal, select it from the portal user interface menu, as shown below.
The Wizard takes you step-by-step through configuration of your Merkato spot-market agent. It provides detailed help on each page.
When you finish using the Wizard, you have:
· Specified the bandwidth resource which you would like to obtain
· Selected units for display of currency, bandwidth quantity, and time
· Set a minimum amount of bandwidth that you would like to obtain
· Set a maximum amount of bandwidth that you would like to obtain
· Set a budget that you do not want to exceed when bidding for bandwidth between your minimum and maximum thresholds
- Configured an agent
The final Wizard screen lets you confirm your choices. It gives you the option to begin bidding after it applies configuration changes are applied to your agent.
To begin obtaining bandwidth in the spot market immediately, do the following:
- Select “Apply the settings and start bidding” from the pull-down list.
- Click Apply at the bottom of the screen.
· If you launched the Wizard from the Merkato Desktop, the Desktop agent is active and bidding.
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If you launched
the Wizard from the Merkato portal:
§ In the confirmation window, click Yes to indicate that you want to quit the Wizard and apply the settings.
§ Select “Express” from the pull-down interface selection list.
The results of your configuration appear in the Express interface, shown below.
The Status in the Express interface indicates that the Agent is active, showing that the Agent is currently bidding.