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This page describes how to create a customer tenant under a reseller in the cloud broker.

1. To create a scope in the API, get public cloud regions and datacenters (as required)

   Tip
   API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/PublicCloudRegionsResource.html#list-public-cloud-regions https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/DatacentersResource.html#list-datacenters

   
   

2. Create the scope for the customer
   1. Go to Users → Scopes
   2. Click the + button
      
      
      1. Enter the Name, which will be the customer name
      2. As the Parent scope, select the BU scope
      3. In the Datacenters column, select the providers or regions as required

      

      Tip
      API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/ScopesResource.html#create-a-scope

      
      

3. Create the customer enterprise

   Tip
   General how-to: Create tenants via API

   At the top of the Enterprises list, click the + button to add an enterprise
   
   On the General tab

   1. Enter the customer name
   2. As the Default scope, set the customer scope
   3. For the customer headquarters, select Key node

   Tip
   API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#create-an-enterprise

   
   

4. On the Datacenters tab, drag and drop providers. For example, Amazon. Select and edit providers (or regions) and datacenters to set the default VDC role for each provider for the enterprise.
   

   Tip
   This is a separate request in the API. For each region or datacenter, create a datacenter limit. API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterpriseLimitsByDatacentersResource.html#create-a-datacenter-limit

   
   

5. On the Properties tab, enter the appropriate properties for the customer type as described in the following tables
   1. For each property, enter a Key and Value, and click Add

   2. When you have finished editing the tenant, click Save
      
      

      
      

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      Abiquo Broker Enterprise Properties Abiquo Broker Enterprise Properties

      
      
      For properties that apply to Reseller enterprises, see Abiquo broker enterprise properties for resellers.

      Tip
      This is a separate request in the API. When you update properties you will overwrite any existing properties API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#update-enterprise-properties

      
      

6. Add the customer enterprise to the customer scope
   1. Go to Users → Scopes --> select the scope
   2. Click the pencil button to edit
      

   3. Select the customer enterprise in the Enterprises list

      Tip
      API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/ScopesResource.html#update-a-scope Add a basic link to the scope with a "rel" value of "ENTERPRISE".

      
      

7. Create a pricing template
   1. Go to Pricing → Pricing models
      

   2. Click + and enter details
      
      

      Tip
      API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/PricingTemplatesResource.html#create-a-pricing-template

      
      

8. API step Get the enterprise
9. Assign the pricing model to the enterprise. 
   1. Go to Pricing → Enterprise associations
   2. Select the pricing model
   3. Find the enterprise in the list and select the pricing model from the pull-down list beside the enterprise name

   

   Tip
   API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#upate-an-enterprise Update the enterprise to add a link to the pricing model with a "rel" value of "pricingtemplate".

   
   

10. Create a customer administrator user
    1. Go to Users → Select enterprise → Users
    2. Click the + button to add a user
       (Note the screenshot does not show the enterprise filter)
       
    3. On the General tab, select the following values
       1. Role: CUSTOMER_ADMIN
       2. Scope: Customer scope (enterprise scope)

       

       Tip
       API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/UsersResource.html#create-a-user-in-an-enterprise

       
       

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