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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)

    (info) API documentation:

  2. Create the scope for the customer

    1. Go to UsersScopes

    2. Click the + add button

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    1. Create a scope for a customerImage Added


      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

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    1. Select entities the customer can accessImage Added

      (info) API documentation: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/ScopesResource.html#create-a-scope

  1. Create the customer enterprise

    (info) General how-to: Create tenants via API

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

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


  2. On the Datacenters tab, drag providers into the Allowed list. For example, Amazon. Select and edit providers (or regions) and datacenters to set the default VDC role for each provider for the enterprise.
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    This is a separate request in the API. For each region or datacenter, create a datacenter limit.
    (info) API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterpriseLimitsByDatacentersResource.html#create-a-datacenter-limit


  3. 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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      See Abiquo Broker Enterprise Properties.
      For properties that apply to Reseller enterprises, see Abiquo broker enterprise properties for resellers.

      (info) 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

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  1. In earlier versions of Abiquo, add the customer enterprise to the customer scope

    1. Go to Users → Scopes --> select the customer scope

    2. Click the pencil button to edit

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    1. Add the customer enterprise to the customer scopeImage Added
    2. Select the customer enterprise in the Enterprises list

      (info) 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

  1. Create a pricing template

    1. Go to Pricing → Pricing models

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    1. Create a pricing templateImage Added
    2. Click + add and enter details,
      (info) API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/PricingTemplatesResource.html#create-a-pricing-template

  1. API step Get the enterprise

  2. Assign the pricing model to the enterprise. 

    1. Go to Pricing → Enterprise associations

    2. Find the enterprise in the list and select the pricing model from the list beside the enterprise name

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  1. Assign the pricing template to the enterpriseImage Added

    (info) 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

  2. Create a customer administrator user

    1. Go to Users → Select enterprise → Users

    2. Click the + add button to add a user
      (Note the screenshot does not show the enterprise filter)

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    1. Add a user to the customer enterpriseImage Added
    2. On the General tab, select the following values

      1. Role: CUSTOMER_ADMIN

      2. Scope: Customer scope (enterprise scope)

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    1. Create a customer admin userImage Added

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


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