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In the Infrastructure view, on the Private tab, you can incorporate your datacenter's compute, storage, and network resources into the Abiquo platform.
You can also create allocation rules to control the use of these resources.
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Private cloud
Compute
In Abiquo datacenters, compute resources are servers that can run one of the supported hypervisors or container servers.
The Cloud Admin adds compute resources to logical groups on Abiquo racks with similar hypervisors or hardware.
For a standard networking configuration, you would usually align the Abiquo rack to the top of rack network switch.
The Abiquo rack is also the level where you enable High Availability, so you can align VMWare clusters with Abiquo racks.
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title | Click here to show/hide the task: Create a rack |
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To create a rack: Open the Infrastructure view and select Private and the datacenter name. If you are not on the Infrastructure details tab (with Servers, Network, etc.), open it by clicking the server button in the top right corner of the screen. At the top of the DATACENTERS list, click the plus button Enter details of the Rack
Image RemovedImage AddedClick Network and enter details for your switch and environment. The platform will use these settings to create a pool of VLAN tags to assign to private networks
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When you add hypervisor datastores to Abiquo, you can present them to the Cloud users in datastore tiers.
Tiers enable you to provide multiple storage types with different performance, features and price points.
They also enable cloud users to select the tier that is suitable for their requirements or their price point.
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title | Click here to show/hide the task: Create datastore tiers |
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To create datastore tiers In the Infrastructure view, click the Datastore tiers tab, and click + Add add to create a datastore tier.tiers Image RemovedImage AddedOn the Enterprise access tab, allow all enterprises to access the tier.
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title | Click here to show/hide the task: Add a physical machine |
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Task: Add a physical machine Use the + button to create a new physical machine. For example, for vCenter.
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Select the hosts to add to Abiquo and configure them as described here.
For each hypervisor host, you must enable a network interface (by assigning a Network Service Type). This is the network interface that is listening on VLANs.
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For each hypervisor host, you must enable at least one datastore (mark the checkbox). Do not enable the vm_repository for use as a datastore.
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Repeat the process of adding the physical machine for additional hypervisor hosts. Add the datastores to a datastore tier.
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The platform can import VMs that were deployed before the machine was added to Abiquo.
You can capture these VMs and manage them with Abiquo.
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title | Click here to show/hide the task: Create a public network |
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To create a public network and IPs From the Infrastructure side, select Datacenter, Network tab, and select the "Public" sub-tab. Click the + icon to add a VLAN Fill in the necessary information and click Save
Image RemovedImage AddedCreate IPs as required. Click Accept Review the list of available IPs and make unavailable any IPs that are required for administration purposes. Use the arrow button to move one or more IPs from available to unavailable If you hear that a specific Public IP might have been misused, you can quarantine it can be quarantined. A quarantined IP cannot be used by any enterprise to provision to . Enterprise tenants cannot use quarantined IPs when they provision their VMs. Click the quarantine button to make an IP unavailable to enterprises in the 'PUBLIC IPS' table.
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title | Click here to show/hide the task: Create allocation rules |
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To create allocation rules Select the data center and edit. Select the Allocation Rules tab
Image RemovedImage AddedAdd To add a new DATACENTER datacenter rule, on the right pane with the + icon. , click the + add button to. Select the Rule type such as 'Compute load level' as below. This rule can be used for oversubscription of CPU in a test system. For example, in a test system with small VM templates, you could set RAM to 100% and CPU to 400%. You can also set a storage load level rule for datastore usage.
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Public cloud
On the Public tab, the Infrastructure view displays the public cloud regions and the tenants that can use these regions.
Each tenant will also require their own set of public cloud credentials that will enable them to use the API of the cloud provider.
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title | Click here to show/hide the task: Add public cloud credentials for the current tenant |
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To add credentials for the current enterprise: In the top rightbottom left-hand corner of the screen, click on the user icon. From the dropdown menu, select Edit credentials
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The credentials will be added to the tenant's accountyour tenant in Abiquo. |