Abiquo concepts
The Abiquo platform is a true hybrid cloud system that manages multiple private data centers and public clouds through a single user interface. Abiquo offers the building blocks for a customized cloud service, with functionality delivered through the Abiquo UI and integration points.
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Abiquo meters all operations, which means that it measures and tracks all resources allocated or consumed. This enables accounting and billing of the cloud service usage.
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What do Cloud Administrators do with Abiquo?
Cloud Administrators register physical resources and public cloud services in the platform. Administrators grant virtual resources to users, allowing them controlled self-service in the cloud. Administrators remain in control of the physical resources and public cloud services, and they can offer cloud resources with abstracted resource locations.
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Administrators create pricing models, entering pricing information for billing that also enables them to offer pricing estimates to users.
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What do cloud users do with Abiquo?
Abiquo users can log in to the user interface and easily consume virtual resources through their virtual datacenters. Users take advantage of self-service to create their own virtual appliances (VApps) within the VDCs. VApps are groups (like folders) with one or more virtual machines (VMs). Users can build their own configurations or take advantage of application blueprints to deploy ready-made configurations.
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