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This page is a guide for cloud administrators to provision tenants (enterprises) in private cloud.

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This flow chart describes the basic process for provisioning enterprise tenants. 

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  1. Go to Users and at the bottom of the Enterprises list, click the + add button

  2. On the General tab for the Default scope select the tenant's scope.
    Abiquo will automatically add the enterprise to its Default scope

  3. Optionally, if the enterprise represents the tenant headquarters or similar, select Key node

    Edit enterprise basic enterprise

  4. Go to Allocation limits and set resource usage limits for the enterprise. Reference: Limit resource usage with allocation limits.

    Set allocation limits for the enterpriseImage Modified

  5. On the Datacenters tab, to allow the tenant's users to work in locations, drag providers, datacenters, or regions into Allowed datacenters

    Allow the enterprise to access datacentersImage Modified

  6. To configure the tenant in each allowed datacenter or public cloud region, see Configure an enterprise in a cloud location

  7. Optionally, add Credentials for public cloud. See Add credentials for public cloud

  8. On the Properties tab, for each tenant metadata property, enter a Key and Value, and click Add.
    See Enterprise properties general table and Display cloud provider billing data
    To inject the tenant details into VM metadata, see https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/327581812/Manage+enterprise+credentials+and+properties#Inject-enterprise-properties-as-VM-variables

  9. Optionally, on the Pricing tab, select a pricing model

  10. Click Save.
    The platform will create the enterprise and filter to display this enterprise ONLY. 
    (warning) To display other enterprises, click the x beside the enterprise Name in the filter box at the top of the Enterprises list.

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  1. Go to Users → Users

  2. If the tenant enterprise is not selected, select it

  3. At the bottom of the Users tab, click + add

  4. For the Full name, enter the user’s first name and family name

  5. For the Role: select ENTERPRISE_ADMIN or similar

  6. For the Scope, select the user’s enterprise scope

  7. For the Username,enter the name that the user will log in with, which will display in the system

  8. For the E-mail, enter the address of the user for platform messages, including password reset. The platform will display the Gravatar icon associated with this address as the user icon

    Create an enterprise administrator with general informationImage Modified

  9. For Phone number, enter the mobile cell phone number of the user to receive SMS messages if you use this option for two factor authentication

  10. Go to Advanced and enter the user’s Public key, which is required for SSH access

  11. Optionally, enter Allowed CIDRs from which the user can access the platform

  12. We recommend that you select Reset password on next login

  13. Optionally, deselect Activated to prevent the user from logging in until this option is selected

    Create user - advanced

    Replace screenshot as enterprise administrator has No VDC restriction, so Limit access to VDCs will not display for this user

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