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A Remote Template Repository can provide VM templates that are ready to download. These VM templates use the OVF the OVF standard. A Remote Template Repository contains an index of VM Templates. This index can be published on the Internet for public access or on the Intranet of your company for controlled and secured access. This system allows VM template creators to share their templates with many Abiquo users. Abiquo supplies some sample templates in a Remote Repository hosted on Amazon S3. You can download some of these templates for testing.

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  1. Configure the Abiquo server to use LDAP authentication. See LDAP and active directory integration. Please review the documentation as you will need to manually edit the configuration files.

  2. Assign the LDAP groups or OpenID groups to User roles as external roles. A user in matching groups will be assigned the Abiquo Role

    • Example for OpenID:

      • id=admins,ou=group,o=qa,ou=services,dc=openam,dc=forgerock,dc=org

    • Examples for LDAP:

      • ldap_group_01

      • ldap_group_02

  3. Log in to Abiquo using the credentials of an LDAP or OpenID user in the Abiquo group.

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Prerequisites

  • A working Cloud Management Platform (CMP) and populated Catalogue

Steps:

  1. To create an extra charge with a cost code for resource pricing

    1. Go to Pricing → Extra charges

    2. Click the + add button

    3. Enter the details and initial prices

  2. Configure a VM template in the Catalogue

  3. Edit the VM template and go to the Extra charges tab

  4. Select the appropriate Extra charges for the VM template


    When you create or edit a hardware profile, you can also assign an extra charge.

  5. When you create a VM you can also assign extra charges

  6. You can use the extra charge with a cost code to track a VM or hardware profile in the Abiquo database either for licensing or charge back.

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