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3.10.1

New privileges that were introduced in Abiquo 3.10.1

  • Relocate a VM to a compatible host

4.0.0

New privileges in Abiquo 4.0

  • Manage workflow for scaling groups

  • Attach NICs in restricted networks
  • Detach NICs from restricted networks
  • Manage scaling groups

4.0.4

Privileges removed in Abiquo 4.0.4

  • Specify LDAP group

4.2.0

New privileges in Abiquo 4.2

  • Manage virtual machine ISO disks
  • Specify allocation of template disks
  • Modify allocation when attaching a disk

4.23

New privileges in Abiquo 4.2.3

  • View bills 
  • Manage bills 
  • Display optimization dashboard tab 
  • Display hybrid dashboard tab 
  • Display VM cost view widget (hybrid tab)

4.4.0

New privileges in Abiquo 4.4.0

  • Manage NAT IPs
  • Manage VPNs
  • Manage restricted VApps and VMs
  • View restricted VApps and VMs
  • Restrict VM
  • Manage enterprise reseller
  • Manage enterprise key node

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 4.4.0

These privileges previously referenced VMs. Note that the API privilege names have also changed to remove references to VM.

  • Access metrics
  • Access alarms section
  • Manage alarms
  • Access action plans and task schedules views
  • Manage action plans and task schedules
  • Allow user to push own metrics
  • Access alerts section
  • Manage alerts

4.6.0

New privileges in Abiquo 4.6.0

  • Manage public cloud regions
  • Access infrastructure view and PCRs
  • View public cloud region details
  • Manage pricing credentials

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 4.6.0

  • Access Infrastructure view → Access infrastructure view and private DCs
  • Manage infrastructure elements → Manage datacenter infrastructure elements

4.6.1

New privileges in Abiquo 4.6.1

  • Manage private IP reservations
  • Manage default virtual datacenter firewall
  • Move VMs
  • Retrieve virtual machine initial password

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 4.6.1

  • Retrieve default VM credentials → Retrieve default template credentials

4.6.2

No changes to privileges

4.6.3

New privileges in Abiquo 4.6.3

  • Manage VDC default roles
  • Manage enterprise properties

4.6.4

No changes to privileges

4.6.5

No changes to privileges

4.6.6

No changes to privileges

4.6.7

No changes to privileges

4.7.0

New privileges in Abiquo 4.7.0

  • Access public network tab

  • Manage public network elements
  • Access external network tab
  • Manage external network elements
  • Assign public IPs to VMs
  • Assign external IPs to VMs
  • Manage virtual datacenter roles
  • Access budgets section
  • Manage budgets
  • Manage user allowed CIDRs
  • View enterprise hierarchy

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 4.7.0

  • Attach NICs in restricted networks → Attach NICs in restricted networks to VMs
  • Detach NICs from restricted networks → Detach NICs in restricted networks from VMs

4.7.1

Default role removed: OUTBOUND_API

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 4.7.1

  • Manage VDC default roles → Manage enterprise datacenter default roles  

4.7.2

New privileges in Abiquo 4.7.2

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6.2.x

6.2.0

Removed privileges in Abiquo 6.2.0

  • Removed workflow feature

    • Manage workflow tasks

    • Manage workflow for scaling groups

  • Removed reports feature

    • Allow access to reports

New privileges in Abiquo 6.2.0

  • Script templates

    • Manage script templates

    • Add a script template to a virtual machine template

  • Manage organizational units

  • Cost usage reports

    • Manage cost usage report files

    • Manage cost usage report filters

    • Schedule to generate cost usage CSV files

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 6.2.0

  • In the UI, budgets privileges have moved from Users privileges to Control privileges

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6.1.x

6.1.0

Removed privileges in Abiquo 6.1.0

  • Modify enterprise theme

New privileges in Abiquo 6.1.0

  • Manage default themes

  • Manage reseller themes

  • View price factors

  • Manage price factors

  • Manage enterprise products

  • View enterprise products

  • View hardware profile extra charges

  • View virtual machine extra charges

  • View virtual machine template extra charges

Abiquo 6.1 has the following privileges for extra charges.

Context

Action

Cost code and extra charges privileges

Create, Edit or Capture a VM

Display Extra charges tab

The tab displays if the user has the privilege to View virtual machine extra charges

When Hardware Profiles are in use and they have cost codes, the Extra charges tab may display even if the user does not have privileges to view extra charges

Modify Extra charges

Manage virtual machine extra charges

Edit a VM

Change the hardware profile of a VM

View virtual machine extra charges

Edit the number of user licenses of an extra charge

Manage virtual machine extra charges

Create a VM template

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You cannot add extra charges when you create a template

Edit a VM template

Display Extra charges tab

View virtual machine template extra charges

Edit extra charges

Manage virtual machine template extra charges

Edit a hardware profile

Display Extra charges tab

View hardware profile extra charges

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6.1.1

New privileges in Abiquo 6.1.1

  • Remove one-time extra charges from entities

6.1.2

No changes to privileges in Abiquo 6.1.2.

6.1.3

New privileges in Abiquo 6.1.3

  • Manage theme login configuration


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6.0.x

6.0.0

New privileges in Abiquo 6.0.0

New privileges for Services (XaaS)

  • Use default services

  • Manage default services

  • Use enterprise services

  • Manage enterprise services

  • Use user services

  • Manage user services

  • Use datacenter services

  • Manage datacenter services

  • Use public cloud region services

  • Manage public cloud region services

  • Use location services

  • Manage location services

  • Use virtual datacenter services

  • Manage virtual datacenter services

  • Use virtual appliance services

  • Manage virtual appliance services

  • Use virtual machine services

  • Manage virtual machine services

  • Run actions on usable services

New privileges for Virtual Appliances for VM snapshots

  • Manage VM snapshots

  • View enterprise snapshots list

  • Manage snapshot auto delete function

  • Manage snapshot auto delete expire date

New privileges for Control view for Tag policies

  • Access tag policies view

  • Manage tag policies


Changes to privileges in Abiquo 6.0.0

Change from Apps library to Catalogue

  • Access Catalogue view (Change of name, requires change of description)

  • Manage VM templates from Catalogue (Change of name, requires change of description)

  • Upload virtual machine template (change of description)

6.0.1

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 6.0.1

  • To manage cost codes on any entity (VM template, hardware profile, VM) requires the following privileges

    • Add a cost code when editing a VM template

    • Access pricing view

6.0.2

No changes to privileges in 6.0.2

6.0.3

New privileges in Abiquo 6.0.3

  • Manage hardware profile extra charges

  • Manage virtual machine extra charges

  • Manage virtual machine template extra charges

Removed privileges in Abiquo 6.0.3

  • Add a cost code when editing a VM template

Modifications to privileges in Abiquo 6.0.3

Action

Privileges required

Edit a VM to change the hardware profile

No additional privileges required

Modify extra charges when you create, edit, or capture a VM

Manage virtual machine extra charges

In a VM, edit the number of user licenses of an extra charge

Manage virtual machine extra charges

Edit a VM template

Manage virtual machine template extra charges

Create a VM template

No additional privileges required. You cannot add extra charges when you create a template

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5.0.0

Change to default role ENTERPRISE_VIEWER: Added privilege "Display enterprise statistics"

  with tag ENTERPRISE

  with tag ENTERPRISE_RESOURCE_SUMMARY_ENT to list VMs in grid on dashboard

New privileges in Abiquo 5.0.0

  • Manage availability sets 

  • Assign availability set to VM 

  • Manage bandwidth limit NAT

  • Reset VM guest password

  • Manage mail server for reseller

5.0.1

New privileges in Abiquo 5.0.1

  • Accept virtual machine template terms of use

  • Manage user creation in provider

5.1.0

New privileges in Abiquo 5.1.0

  • Manage hardware profile types and family

  • Manage the bandwidth limit for public IPs

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 5.1.0

  • Manage bandwidth limit NAT → Manage the bandwidth limit for NAT. Description also changed to "This privilege allows a user to manage (the) bandwidth limit (for) NAT" with words in parenthesis added

  • Manage virtual machine hard disks → This privilege is now assigned to the enterprise admin by default

5.1.1

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 5.1.1

  • Manage user allowed CIDRs → Change in the order of the list on the Privileges tab 

5.2.0

New privileges in Abiquo 5.2.0

  • View and manage protection managers

  • Manage resource groups

  • Delete resource groups

  • Manage VM disaster recovery protection

  • Access resource tags tabs and resource tags management view

  • Manage tags for compatible resources

  • Manage global networks → API only

5.2.1

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 5.2.1

  • Manage global networks → added to the UI

5.3.0

Privileges removed in Abiquo 5.3.0

  • Display optimization dashboard tab

  • Display hybrid dashboard tab

  • Display VM cost view widget on Hybrid dashboard tab

New privileges in Abiquo 5.3.0

  • Access user metadata (dashboards)

  • Manage user metadata (dashboards)

  • Access enterprise metadata (dashboards)

  • Manage enterprise metadata (dashboards)

  • Manage default dashboards

  • Generate billing

5.3.1

No changes to privileges in 5.3.1

5.4.0

No changes to privileges in 5.4.0

5.4.1

New privileges in Abiquo 5.4.1

  • Update MAC of private IP

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 5.4.1

  • Restore virtual machine backups 

    • This privilege is now required to restore a VM backup

    • The standard cloud user role does not have this privilege by default.

    • This functionality was previously controlled by the privilege to Manage virtual machine backup configuration, which was only assigned to the cloud administrator by default.

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4.0.0

New privileges

in Abiquo 6.0.0

New privileges for Services (XaaS)

  • Use default services
  • Manage default services
  • Use enterprise services
  • Manage enterprise services
  • Use user services
  • Manage user services
  • Use datacenter services
  • Manage datacenter services
  • Use public cloud region services
  • Manage public cloud region services
  • Use location services
  • Manage location services
  • Use virtual datacenter services
  • Manage virtual datacenter services
  • Use virtual appliance services
  • Manage virtual appliance services
  • Use virtual machine services
  • Manage virtual machine services
  • Run actions on usable services

New privileges for Virtual Appliances for VM snapshots

  • Manage VM snapshots
  • View enterprise snapshots list
  • Manage snapshot auto delete function
  • Manage snapshot auto delete expire date

New privileges for Control view for Tag policies

  • Access tag policies view

  • Manage tag policies

 

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 6.0.0

Change from Apps library to Catalogue

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in Abiquo 4.0

  • Manage workflow for scaling groups

  • Attach NICs in restricted networks

  • Detach NICs from restricted networks

  • Manage scaling groups

4.0.4

Privileges removed in Abiquo 4.0.4

  • Specify LDAP group

4.2.0

New privileges in Abiquo 4.2

  • Manage virtual machine ISO disks

  • Specify allocation of template disks

  • Modify allocation when attaching a disk

4.23

New privileges in Abiquo 4.2.3

  • View bills 

  • Manage bills 

  • Display optimization dashboard tab 

  • Display hybrid dashboard tab 

  • Display VM cost view widget (hybrid tab)

4.4.0

New privileges in Abiquo 4.4.0

  • Manage NAT IPs

  • Manage VPNs

  • Manage restricted VApps and VMs

  • View restricted VApps and VMs

  • Restrict VM

  • Manage enterprise reseller

  • Manage enterprise key node

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 4.4.0

These privileges previously referenced VMs. Note that the API privilege names have also changed to remove references to VM.

  • Access metrics

  • Access alarms section

  • Manage alarms

  • Access action plans and task schedules views

  • Manage action plans and task schedules

  • Allow user to push own metrics

  • Access alerts section

  • Manage alerts

4.6.0

New privileges in Abiquo 4.6.0

  • Manage public cloud regions

  • Access infrastructure view and PCRs

  • View public cloud region details

  • Manage pricing credentials

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 4.6.0

  • Access Infrastructure view → Access infrastructure view and private DCs

  • Manage infrastructure elements → Manage datacenter infrastructure elements

4.6.1

New privileges in Abiquo 4.6.1

  • Manage private IP reservations

  • Manage default virtual datacenter firewall

  • Move VMs

  • Retrieve virtual machine initial password

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 4.6.1

  • Retrieve default VM credentials → Retrieve default template credentials

4.6.2

No changes to privileges

4.6.3

New privileges in Abiquo 4.6.3

  • Manage VDC default roles

  • Manage enterprise properties

4.6.4

No changes to privileges

4.6.5

No changes to privileges

4.6.6

No changes to privileges

4.6.7

No changes to privileges

4.7.0

New privileges in Abiquo 4.7.0

  • Access public network tab

  • Manage public network elements

  • Access external network tab

  • Manage external network elements

  • Assign public IPs to VMs

  • Assign external IPs to VMs

  • Manage virtual datacenter roles

  • Access budgets section

  • Manage budgets

  • Manage user allowed CIDRs

  • View enterprise hierarchy

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 4.7.0

  • Attach NICs in restricted networks → Attach NICs in restricted networks to VMs

  • Detach NICs from restricted networks → Detach NICs in restricted networks from VMs

4.7.1

Default role removed: OUTBOUND_API

Changes to privileges in Abiquo 4.7.1

  • Manage VDC default roles → Manage enterprise datacenter default roles  

4.7.2

New privileges in Abiquo 4.7.2

  • Manage role and scope allowed CIDRs  

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3.10.1

New privileges that were introduced in Abiquo 3.10.1

  • Relocate a VM to a compatible host