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nameSynchronize hardware profiles with a provider

In public cloud providers with hardware profiles, when you create a public cloud region and add credentials for an enterprise, Abiquo will automatically retrieve the hardware profiles for the public cloud region.

  • Provider hardware profiles are locked and you cannot edit them

  • In public cloud regions with provider hardware profiles that also support CPU and RAM, you can deactivate hardware profiles mode

  • The platform also registers if a hardware profile is Active and if it belongs to the Current generation

To synchronize hardware profiles: 

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Privileges: Access infrastructure view and PCRs, View public cloud region details, Manage enterprises

  1. Go to Infrastructure → Public

  2. Select Public cloud region

  3. Go to Servers view → Hardware profiles

  4. At the top right of the Hardware profiles section, select an enterprise with a public cloud account

  5. Click the round arrows refresh button

Hardware profiles in infrastructure view

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

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nameClassify 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.

The platform contains one set of default families that are available in both public and private cloud.

In private cloud and in public cloud regions without native hardware profiles, you can also create your own hardware profile families and types that will be available in all of these locations.

To classify hardware profiles, first create families, then create types.

To create a hardware profile family or type:

  1. Go to Infrastructure → Private andselect a datacenter
    OR Go to Infrastructure → Public → select a region without native hardware profiles

  2. Go to Hardware profiles 

  3. At the bottom of the Types list, click the + add button and select Family or Type

  4. Complete the dialog as shown below and click Save

Create a hardware profile family

Create a hardware profile family

  

Create a hardware profile type

Create a hardware profile type

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Create a hardware profile

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nameCreate 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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Privileges: Access infrastructure view and private DCs, View datacenter details, Manage datacenter infrastructure elements

To create a hardware profile:

  1. Go to Infrastructure → Private or Public

  2. Select a location and go to Hardware profiles

  3. Click the + add button

  4. Enter the details of the hardware profile

  5. Click Save

Create hardware profile

Field

Value

Family

Select a family to classify the hardware profile. The family can help users understand the main purpose of the hardware profile

Type

Select a type to classify the hardware profile. The type can help users understand the performance specifications of the hardware profile

Name

Enter a unique name for the hardware profile. Identify it to users who will select it for their VMs.

CPU

The number of virtual CPUs to assign to VMs using this hardware profile. The combination of CPU and RAM must be unique in the datacenter. For dynamic hardware profiles this is the default value.

Cores per socket

The number of cores per socket to use for supported hypervisors such as VMware. The number of CPUs must be divisible by this value. For dynamic hardware profiles this is the default value.

RAM

The amount of virtual RAM to assign to VMs using this hardware profile. The combination of CPU and RAM must be unique in the datacenter. Select RAM units of MB, GB or TB. For dynamic hardware profiles, this is the default value.

Dynamic

To allow the user to enter CPU and/or RAM values, select the Dynamic option/s. Pricing and billing of dynamic hardware profiles will include cost codes, and CPU and RAM usage pricing.

Extra charges

For pricing and billing, select extra charges for the hardware profile. See Create a new cost code for an extra charge in Pricing view.

Active

Select this checkbox to activate or deactivate the hardware profile.
The platform will only display active hardware profiles to make available to an enterprise but inactive hardware profiles may be shown if they were previously selected when active.
The platform will only display active hardware profiles for selecting the recommended profiles for a template.
Users can only work with active hardware profiles.

Current generation

Select this checkbox to mark that the hardware profile is compatible with current VM templates

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