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In version 5.2, Abiquo introduces support for Google Cloud Platform dashboards and Abiquo has integrated the public cloud billing dashboards into the core platform.

As part of the upgrade process:

The upgrade will automatically rename the following enterprise properties

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amazon_bucket

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(warning) Replaces billing_bucket
(minus) Changed value for resellers

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Name of the S3 bucket where Amazon stores billing data. For resellers, copy the billing bucket name from the configuration files.

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(warning) Replaces report_name

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Part of the path: amazon_bucket/amazon_bucket_prefix/amazon_report_name/file.csv

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Part of the path: amazon_bucket/amazon_bucket_prefix/amazon_report_name/file.csv

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  • Required for all Azure accounts for billing dashboards
  • USD (three character currency code of the bill) (WARNING! Different from currency_code used for conversion factor) (All accounts)

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  • Required for all Azure accounts for billing dashboards
  • Only used for standard subscriptions, two character country code of the bill

Edit the abiquo.properties file, and assign default values for these properties, using the prefix/format abiquo.*?

You can also assign enterprise properties for specific enterprises.

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azurecompute-arm_discount

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  • Provider discount value
  • Previously only required for reseller accounts
  • Can be set to 0 for standard accounts

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  • USD (three character currency code of the bill) (WARNING! Different from currency_code used for conversion factor)

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  • Two character country code of the bill
  • Only used for standard subscriptions,

Add the following new enterprise properties as part of the upgrade process

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amazon_billing_compress_format

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dataset_id

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Remove the following enterprise properties that are deprecated as part of the upgrade

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To configure the cron job to regularly obtain billing data, by default, every 2 hours

Code Block
abiquo.billing.task.cron = 0 0 0/2 ? * * *

To configure the number of months to obtain billing data for. By default get data for 4 months

Code Block
abiquo.enterprise.property.billing.monthoffset=4

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  • Note: When you Pricing credentials to an enterprise with a pricing model, this will also activate price list synchronization to onboard hardware profile prices from Amazon and Azure.
    See Import hardware profile prices.

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To display Google Cloud Platform billing data in the Abiquo multi-cloud platform:

  1. Obtain your Google Cloud Platform credentials. See Obtain Google Cloud Platform credentials 
  2. Allow the Abiquo platform to access and display your billing data. See Display Google Cloud Platform billing data and Configure dashboard display

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