After your nodes have successfully installed, verify that you can login to them via the site_admin account by referring to Logging in as Site Admin. If you cannot login to them, check their consoles for error messages and contact PlanetLab Support for assistance if necessary.

Be aware that many of the long-running services on PlanetLab actively probe for new nodes, and that your nodes may see use almost immediately after they install. You may use a variety of monitoring and administrative tools to track the usage of your nodes, see Node Management.