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Manage hardware profiles with the API

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API Documentation

For the Abiquo API documentation of this feature, see Abiquo API Resources and the page for this resource HardwareProfilesDatacenterResource.

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By default, for each enterprise with credentials, the hardware profiles mode is enabled. By default, all hardware profiles are available to all enterprises. 

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Classify hardware profiles in private cloud

To help users to easily select the right hardware profile for their VMs, providers usually classify hardware profiles by family and type.

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Create a hardware profile type

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Create a hardware profile

You can create Abiquo hardware profiles in private cloud datacenters and for public cloud providers that do not have provider hardware profiles, such as vCloud Director clouds.

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  1. Create cost codes. See Pricing view#Create a new cost code

    1. For the Type select Hardware profiles or All

  2. Set cost code prices. See Pricing view#Create a new pricing model

  3. When you create or edit a hardware profile:

    1. Go to Cost codes

    2. Click +add and select a cost code

    3. Click Add

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  1. For dynamic hardware profiles, the platform will also use the prices for CPU and RAM.

  2. You can set prices in a pricing model for individual hardware profiles in each datacenter.

  3. To onboard and synchronize prices from public cloud, see Synchronize public cloud price lists.

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