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Customers wish to offer convenient public cloud services with the same easy user interface. In addition to local data centers, Abiquo can manage public cloud resources.
To perform the tasks in this walkthrough, the user must be logged into Abiquo as the Cloud Operator and have network access to the public cloud providers. Each
And each tenant will require their own set of public cloud credentials.


To manage public cloud, Abiquo creates public cloud regions, which are similar to data centers, for public cloud providers, and clouds managed by platforms such as vCloud Director. 

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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Create a public cloud region

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

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  2. Click Duplicate IP addresses to copy remote service location, ports, and components

  3. 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 work with public cloud, each tenant requires a set of credentials for working with the cloud provider API. The cloud administrator can edit an enterprise to enter the credentials. Or a tenant administrator can enter the credentials for their own enterprise, if they have the appropriate privileges. Abiquo offers some basic guides on how to Obtain public cloud credentials.

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  1. Go to myCloud view → Virtual datacenters view.
    Click the + Addadd 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.

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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Obtain public IP addresses

  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 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

Abiquo tenant administrators can create firewalls (security groups) in public cloud providers that support them, such as AWS.

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  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

Abiquo tenant administrators can create load balancers in public cloud providers that support them, such as AWS, or Azure. Abiquo has a consistent interface for load balancers that incorporates different provider functionality. 

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