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This page describes how to create a customer tenant under a reseller in the cloud broker.

1. To create a scope in the API, get public cloud regions and datacenters (as required)

   Tip
   API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/PublicCloudRegionsResource.html#list-public-cloud-regions https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/DatacentersResource.html#list-datacenters

   
   

2. Create the scope for the customer
   1. Go to Users → Scopes
   2. Click the + button
      
      
      1. Enter the Name, which will be the customer name
      2. As the Parent scope, select the BU scope
      3. In the Datacenters column, select the providers or regions as required

      

      Tip
      API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/ScopesResource.html#create-a-scope

      
      

3. Create the customer enterprise

   Tip
   General how-to: Create Tenants via API

   At the top of the Enterprises list, click the + button to add an enterprise
   
   On the General tab

   1. Enter the customer name
   2. As the Default scope, set the customer scope
   3. For the customer headquarters, select Key node

   Tip
   API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#create-an-enterprise

   
   

4. On the Datacenters tab, drag and drop providers. For example, Amazon. Select and edit providers (or regions) and datacenters to set the default VDC role for each provider for the enterprise.
   

   Tip
   This is a separate request in the API. For each region or datacenter, create a datacenter limit. API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterpriseLimitsByDatacentersResource.html#create-a-datacenter-limit

   
   

5. On the Properties tab, enter the appropriate properties for the customer type as described in the following tables
   1. For each property, enter a Key and Value, and click Add

   2. When you have finished editing the tenant, click Save
      
      

      Cloud provider reseller or CSP

      
      

      Customer of CSP and reseller

      Provider	Property

      key
      Example valueUsed byProviderNotesOfferDurableID

      Description
      Azure	CSP_

      ID_4caba317Billing dashboard
      Azure
      Must match the CSP tenant key value in the billing script configuration fileCSP_discount0.15CurrencyUSDLocaleen-USRegionInfoUSbilling_bucketreseller_4a7a3850Billing dashboardAmazonMust match the reseller tenant key value in the billing script configuration fileazurecompute-arm_discount0.2Price list synchronizationAzureThe value returned by the provider already has the discount appliedamazon_discount0Price list synchronizationAmazon

      Customer of reseller or CSP

      Property keyExample valueUsed byProviderNotesCSP_PriceFactor1Billing dashboardAzureAWS_PriceFactor1Billing dashboardAmazonAccount_idX123456789ABCResellerazurecompute-arm_price_factor1.25Price list synchronizationAzure

      amazon_price_factor

      1.17Price list synchronizationAmazon

      Standard customer

      Property keyExample valueUsed byProviderNotesOfferDurableIDMS-AZR-0003PBilling dashboardAzureCurrencyUSDLocaleen-USRegionInfoUSbilling_bucketprogrammaticbillingBilling dashboardAmazon

      PriceFactor	For customer of CSP, used to calculate the user invoice
      Azure	Azurecomputer-arm_price_factor	For customer of CSP, used to calculate the user pricing. For retrieving hardware profile prices from the provider
      AWS	AWS_PriceFactor	Used to calculate the user invoice, for customer of reseller
      AWS	amazon_price_factor	For customer of reseller, used to calculate the user pricing. For retrieving hardware profile prices from the provider
      ALL	Account_id	Internal customer identifier

      
      

      Standard customer

      Provider	Property	Description
      Azure	OfferDurableId	For standard customer (not a CSP customer), use value from Azure account.
      Azure	Currency	For standard customer, default is USD
      Azure	Locale	For standard customer, default is en-US
      Azure	RegionInfo	For standard customer, default is “US”. Two digit ISO code representing the country where you purchased the subscription
      AWS	billing_bucket	Identify the bucket with the billing data files. For standard customer, use billing bucket name.
      ALL	Account_id	Internal customer identifier

      
      

      Tip
      This is a separate request in the API. When you update properties you will overwrite any existing properties API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#update-enterprise-properties

      
      

6. Add the customer enterprise to the customer scope
   1. Go to Users → Scopes --> select the scope
   2. Click the pencil button to edit
      

   3. Select the customer enterprise in the Enterprises list

      Tip
      API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/ScopesResource.html#update-a-scope Add a basic link to the scope with a "rel" value of "ENTERPRISE".

      
      

7. Create a pricing template
   1. Go to Pricing → Pricing models
      

   2. Click + and enter details
      

      Tip
      API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/PricingTemplatesResource.html#create-a-pricing-template

      
      

8. API step Get the enterprise
9. Assign the pricing model to the enterprise. 
   1. Go to Pricing → Enterprise associations
   2. Select the pricing model
   3. Find the enterprise in the list and select the pricing model from the pull-down list beside the enterprise name

   

   Tip
   API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#upate-an-enterprise Update the enterprise to add a link to the pricing model with a "rel" value of "pricingtemplate".

   
   

10. Create a customer administrator user
    1. Go to Users → Select enterprise → Users
    2. Click the + button to add a user
       (Note the screenshot does not show the enterprise filter)
       
    3. On the General tab, select the following values
       1. Role: CUSTOMER_ADMIN
       2. Scope: Customer scope (enterprise scope)

       

       Tip
       API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/UsersResource.html#create-a-user-in-an-enterprise

       
       

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