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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Set allocation limits for the virtual datacenter

To define allocation limits for a VDC

  1. Select the virtual datacenter and edit. 

  2. Select the Allocation Rules tab

  3. To allow your users unlimited resources, set the limits to 0.
    Note that you cannot have a hard limit only, and that soft limits must always be less than or equal to hard limits.

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Within the VDC, cloud users can take advantage of self service. With the appropriate privileges, for example, they can create their own networking configuration and storage. Users create their applications within Virtual Appliances (VApps). VApps are like folders where cloud users can create groups of VMs using the templates from the Apps Library.

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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Create a virtual appliance

To create a virtual appliance:

  1. Click the Cloud icon to open "Virtual datacenters" view

  2. Go to Virtual appliances and click on the + icon

  3. Fill in necessary info

  4. Click "Save".

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The platform will create a virtual appliance for the enterprise and users can create and deploy VMs within it.

To create new VMs, the cloud user simply clicks the Create virtual machine button and selects the required templates. 


The cloud user then configures that VM to meet their needs. For example, configuring CPU and memory, and adding additional network interfaces or storage. If the tenant has a Chef server configured, the user can also select Chef recipes to automatically configure the VMs at deployment time.
 
When the configuration is complete, the cloud user deploys, which launches the VMs to the hypervisor. The platform copies the VM disks and configuration from the Apps Library (NFS storage within the datacenter) to a hypervisor datastore.
 
Once deployed, the cloud user is able to Start/Stop/Reset individual VMs through the Abiquo UI. They can also launch a console onto the VM and perform any other configuration or administration tasks that may be required for their application.

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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Onboard from public cloud

  1. Go to Virtual datacenters view. Click the + add button and select synchronize from public cloud from the dropdown menu.

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  2. Select the public cloud region

  3. Select the virtual datacenter to synchronize from the list.

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  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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