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This document describes how to create a public cloud region. |
A public cloud region represents a region of a cloud provider in Abiquo, to enable users to have compute access: to use virtual resources and deploy VMs in the cloud, and/or billing access: to display cloud billing data on the dashboard.
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Privileges: Access Infrastructure view and PCRs, Manage public cloud regions |
Before you begin:
To create a public cloud region for a For vCloud Director cloud, obtain credentials for the Administrator or Organization. For more details , see VMware vCloud Director integration.
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Go to Infrastructure → Public
Click the + add button at the bottom of the public Public cloud regions list. The list
On the Create public cloud region dialog will open. Enter , enter the base Name and select the Provider.
Select the Regions
The platform will create the first a region with the with Name you enter and the others with a suffix of "_1", "_2", and so on. If for some reason and its location
If the platform cannot create a region, it will move on go to the next region on the list
Click Next
In For the Virtualization manager, in the remote services IP address field for the Virtualization manager, enter the first letters of the domain name of the remote services server and select it from the selection list.
You can share the remote services with multiple public cloud regions or private cloud.
You can select the remote services from the suggestion list, and click Duplicate IP address
We recommend that you Check the remote services before you save your regions
Click Save
The platform will create your public cloud region.
To allow users to deploy in the public cloud region, edit your enterprises
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Add the new region to the Allowed datacenters list
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Add Credentials for the cloud provider API
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. See Obtain public cloud credentials
You will require one separate account for each enterprise using a public cloud region, i.e. one account per enterprise
For certain regions, such as those in China, you will require separate credentials, which you can enter separately with the appropriate provider (e.g. Amazon CHINA)
For vCloud Director, you will require Organization and Administrator credentials
To allow administrators to manage the public cloud region, edit your
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user scopes and add the new region