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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Create a datacenter

Customers wish to leverage existing virtualized infrastructure. Abiquo can mange a pool of IT resources (servers, networking and storage) that are in the same physical location on the same Local Area Network (LAN).

To create a new private cloud datacenter:

  1. Go to Infrastructure view, on the Private tab, and click the + button
  2. Enter the name of the datacenter and the location
    Create a datacenter adding basic details
  3. Enter the IP address of the monolithic Abiquo server, and click Duplicate IP addresses to copy the remote service locations
  4. Click the "Accept" button to use this remote services configuration for the datacenter.
    Create a datacenter and add remote services

A new Datacenter is created with all available resources managed by Abiquo.


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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Create a public cloud region

Note: For OpenStack and vCloud Director, you must enter public cloud credentials in order to retrieve the public cloud regions (for example, in vCloud this is equivalent to a Provider or Org VDC).

  1. Create a new public cloud region from the + button in Infrastructure view.
  2. Enter the name for the region, select the public cloud provider and mark the checkboxes for the region(s) you wish to use. Click next.
    Create a public cloud region entering general informationImage Added
  3. Enter the first digits of the IP address of the monolithic Abiquo server, select it from the dropdown list and click Duplicate IP addresses to copy remote service location, ports, and components
  4. Click the "Accept" button to use this remote services configuration for the datacenter.
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Abiquo creates new public cloud region(s) with all available resources managed by Abiquo. New public cloud regions are named first with the name that the user enters, and then with this name and a suffix of _1, _2, for example, AWS, AWS_1, AWS_2, and so on.


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