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Note: For 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.
   

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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.

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.

To add credentials for the current enterprise:

1. In the bottom left-hand corner of the screen, click on the user icon.

2. From the menu, select Edit credentials

3. Select the cloud provider

4. Enter the Access key ID and the Secret access key

5. Click Add account

6. Click Close

The credentials will be added to the tenant's account

1. Go to Virtual datacenters view. Click the + Add button and select Synchronize from public cloud.
   

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2. Select the public cloud region

3. Select the virtual datacenter to synchronize from the list

4. Abiquo will import this virtual infrastructure from the provider. Note that Abiquo will detect network configuration but it will not enforce a standard configuration.

Imported virtual infrastructure is now managed by Abiquo and is available to virtual datacenter users. Changes made directly in the provider can be updated in Abiquo by clicking the synchronize button beside the virtual datacenter name in the VDC list.

To restrict virtual resources in public cloud, do these steps:

1. When creating or editing the VDC, enter Allocation limits

An allocation limit will be defined for the virtual datacenter. Users should see a popup as they exceed the soft limit and will be prevented from surpassing the hard limit.

1. In the virtual datacenter, go to the network tab and open the Public page. Synchronize public IPs.

2. Click the + button and add a public IP. Then click Add to VDC.

The public IP is now ready for adding to a VM. Remember to check check how your cloud provider charges for public IPs. For example, they may charge for public IPs when they are not attached to deployed VMs. Remember to release the public IP after you have finished working with it. See Manage Public Cloud Networks

1. Select the location or the virtual datacenter and click the double-arrow synchronize button in the top right-hand corner of the page

2. Click the + button and enter firewall general information

3. Click the synchronize button to synchronize firewall rules. You will probably see a default rule to allow all outbound traffic.

4. Click the pencil edit button to edit firewall rules. Enter firewall rules, for example, to allow SSH

Firewall policies are created for the virtual datacenter. As always, check your provider documentation for specific information about security group functionality. See Manage Firewalls

1. Select the location or the virtual datacenter and synchronize (or synchronize the individual elements: firewalls (where applicable) and load balancers).

2. Click the + button and enter load balancer general information

3. Create routing rules

4. Enter a health check if required - AWS will automatically create one if you do not enter one

5. Assign a firewall if required

6. Assign nodes by dragging VMs

7. Click Save

A load balancer is created. As always, check your provider documentation for pricing and functionality. For more information about load balancers in Abiquo, see Manage load balancers.