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This document is part of the Abiquo walkthrough and it descrbes virtual datacenters.
The previous page in the walkthrough is Infrastructure and the next page is Catalogue

Abiquo users will consume their cloud resources and provision new virtual environments in the virtual datacenters (VDCs) that belong to their tenant.
Each VDC is a separate cloud environment in a datacenter or public cloud region.

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

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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.


  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.
If you make changes directly in the provider, you can update them 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: Create firewall policies in AWS


  1. Go to Virtual datacenters → select a virtual datacenter → Network → Firewalls

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

  3. Click the + button and enter firewall general information

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

  5. 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.

Note: cloud users will require appropriate privileges to use firewalls

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titleClick here to show/hide the task: Create a load balancer

  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

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  3. Create routing rules

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

  5. Assign a firewall if required

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  6. Assign nodes

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  7. Click Save

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

Note: cloud users will require appropriate privileges to use load balancers.

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