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# OneLearn Lab on Demand Help Welcome to the OneLearn Lab on Demand platform! ## Authoring lab instructions - [**IDLx Activities**](/lod/activities.md) - Activities fall into two broad categories: Questions and Automated. Questions are simply multiple choice or short answer questions. Automated Activities have a script configured to run against a cloud subscription or Windows-based virtual machines running on Hyper-V in the lab. - [**IDLx Authoring Guide**](/guides/idl2/idlv2-authoring-guide-and-best-practice.md) - This document covers Markdown, lab instruction editor interface, uploading files into your lab, and many other topics to assist with authoring your IDLx lab. - [**IDLx Instruction Editor Overview**](/lod/idlx-lab-instruction-editor.md) - This document is an overview of the lab instruction editor, and an explanation of the various functions available. - [**IDLx Lab Development Best Practices**](/lod/idlx-development-best-practices.md) - This document covers best practices for IDLx lab development, to assist in creating a rich learning experience. - [**IDLx Lab Interface Overview**](/lod/idlx-lab-interface-overview.md) - This document is an overview of the lab interface, and an explanation of the various functions available. - [**IDLx Lab Variables**](/lod/variables.md) - Variables are used to store information that is not known at the time of lab instruction authoring. Variables store information and then that information can be recalled in later lab steps using a Replacement Token. This document covers how to use Variables in your IDLx lab. - [**Markdown User Guide**](/guides/idl2/markdown-user-guide.md) - This document covers Markdown in detail, including syntax for all supported Markdown. - [**Replacement Tokens**](/lod/feature-focus/cloud-resource-templates/replacement-tokens.md) - Replacement tokens use the syntax @lab.replacementTokenName. You can see the list of all @lab replacement tokens available to your lab by simply editing the instructions, and clicking on the @lab button. - [**Upgrade IDL (legacy) to IDLx**](/lod/idlx-migration-guide.md) - This document asists in upgrading an IDL (legacy) lab to IDLx. ## Cloud * [**Cloud Slice Setup Guide**](/guides/cloud-slice/cloud-slice.md) - Comprehensive setup guide for configuring a Cloud Slice lab with Lab on Demand and Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services. * [**Amazon Web Services API Capabilities**](/lod/aws-capabilities.md) - A list of supported and planned support Amazon Web Services (AWS) APIs. Each service name has a link to the AWS API implementation documentation. Below the table is a brief description for each service name. * [**Azure Capacity Limitations**](/guides/cloud-slice/microsoft-azure/azure-capacity-limitations.md) - Azure resource capacity limitations, how to avoid them, and what to do if you run into capacity limitations with your Azure subsription. * [**Azure Resource Providers**](/guides/cloud-slice/microsoft-azure/azure-resource-providers.md) - Azure Resource Providers, and how to get the resources you need for your lab. * [**Azure Resource Templates**](/guides/cloud-slice/microsoft-azure/cloud-slice-find-resource-templates.md) - How to find Azure Resource Manager templates for use with Microsoft Azure. * [**Azure Resource Template - Best Practices**](/lod/feature-focus/cloud-resource-templates/recommendations-and-best-practices.md) - Recommendations and best practices for Azure Resource templates * [**Create a Cloud Subscription Pool**](/lod/create-cloud-subscription-pool.md) - Create a Cloud Subscription Pool to load balance labs across your cloud subscriptions. * [**Create a an Azure Resource Template and Resource Group Configuration**](/lod/create-a-resource-template-and-configure-it-into-a-resource-group.md) - Create a Resource Template and Configure it into a Resource Group * [**Create an Azure Restriction Policy**](/lod/create-a-restriction-policy.md) - Create a Cloud Restriction Policy * [**Replacement Tokens**](/lod/feature-focus/cloud-resource-templates/replacement-tokens.md) - Replacement tokens use the syntax @lab.replacementTokenName. You can see the list of all @ replacement tokens available to your lab by simply editing the instructions, and clicking on the @lab button. ## Lab on Demand * [**Create a Lab Profile**](/lod/feature-focus/lab-profiles/create.md) - Lab profile creation, and explanation of lab profile configuration. * [**Create a Lab Series**](/lod/create-lab-series.md) - Lab Series creation. * [**Create Removeable Media**](/lod/create-removeable-media.md) - Removeable Media to be used with virtual machines. * [**Custom CSS**](/lod/feature-focus/lab-profiles/custom-css.md) - Customize CSS of your lab. * [**Differencing Disk Rollback**](/lod/differencing-disks.md) - Rollback differencing disks to a previous configuration or add differencing disks back to a disk chain after they have been removed. * [**Introduction to Lab on Demand UI**](/lod/feature-focus/lod-experience.md) - Explanation of Lab on Demand UI. * [**GitHub Integration**](/guides/github-integration/github-integration.md) - Integrate lab instructions from a GitHub repository into your lab profile. * [**Lab Interface Frequently Asked Questions**](/lod/lab-interface-faq.md) - Frequently asked questions about the Lab on Demand lab interface. * [**Lab on Demand API Documentation**](/lod/lod-api/lod-api-main.md) - Documentation on how and when to use the Lab on Demand API. * [**LTI Integration**](/lod/lab-on-demand-lti-integration.md) - Documentation on how to configure LTI on a lab profile, and integrate with popular LMS systems. * [**How to use an API Consumer**](/lod/how-to-use-api-consumer.md) - Guides through the steps to configure an API Consumer in LOD. * [**Lab on Demand edX Integration**](/guides/lti/lod-lti.md) - Integrate edX into your lab profile. * [**Life Cycle Actions**](/lod/life-cycle-actions.md) - Define actions to occur at certain times within the lab's life cycle, such as calling an external service when the lab builds, or sending a notification to the user when the lab is resumed. * [**Shared Labs (a.k.a. Cyber-Range)**](/guides/sl/sharedlabs.md) - Configure a Shared Lab environment * [**Virtual Machine Based Lab Development - Best Practices**](/lod/vm-based-lab-build-best-practices.md) - Recommendations and best practices for cloud-hosted and datacenter-hosted virtual machines. - [**Custom UUID on VMware Virtual Machines**](uuid.md) - Assign a custom unique ID to a virtual machine hosted on a VMware host. > ### Looking for more information? > >If you've already read through all of the documentation that is available on a topic, and you are still looking for more information, or have questions, check out the resources available to you on our [Contact Us](/contact-us.md) page.