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In the Infrastructure view, on the Private tab, you can incorporate your datacenter's compute, storage, and network resources into the Abiquo platform. You can also create allocation rules to control the use of these resources.

Private cloud

Compute

In Abiquo datacenters, compute resources are servers that can run one of the supported hypervisors or container servers. The Cloud Admin adds compute resources to logical groups on Abiquo racks with similar hypervisors or hardware. For a standard networking configuration, you would usually align the Abiquo rack to the top of rack network switch. The Abiquo rack is also the level where you enable High Availability, so you can align VMWare clusters with Abiquo racks.

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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Create allocation rules

 

To create allocation rules

  1. Select the Data Center and edit. Select the Allocation Rules tab
  2. Add a new 'DATACENTER' rule on the right pane with the + icon. Select the Rule type such as 'Compute load level' as below. This rule can be used for oversubscription of CPU. For example, in a test system with small VM templates, you could set RAM to 100% and CPU to 400%. You can also set a storage load level rule for datastore usage.
    Add a compute load level rule for a cluster


Public cloud

On the Public tab, the Infrastructure view displays the public cloud regions and the tenants that can these regions. Each tenant will also require their own set of public cloud credentials that will enable them to use the API of the cloud provider. 

Abiquo offers some basic guides on how to Obtain public cloud credentials.

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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Add public cloud credentials for the current tenant

To add credentials for the current enterprise:

  1. In the top right-hand corner of the screen, click on the user icon.
  2. From the dropdown menu, select Edit credentials
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  3. Select the cloud provider
  4. Enter the Access key ID and the Secret access key
  5. Click Add account
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  6. Click Close

The credentials will be added to the tenant's account