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By default, the platform will process all items in the CSV file, so the partner discount (SppDiscount) value can be visible on customer dashboards. To discard items from the CSV file, on the Remote Services server, edit the abiquo.properties file and add the following property with any items to discard.
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To configure Abiquo properties for billing
By default, the platform will retrieve billing data for the last two months. To change this value, on the Abiquo Server, edit the abiquo.properties file and add the following property with the number of months to retrieve:
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Changes to AWS billing
The following changes apply to AWS billing:
In Abiquo 6.1.0+, replace the
price_factorenterprise property with the Abiquo price factors for Amazon. See Manage price factorsIn Abiquo 6.1.2+, you can also add a managed costs using a price factor. See Manage price factors
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Configure AWS to supply billing data
To configure AWS to supply billing data for standard or reseller accounts, do the following steps.
Create an S3 bucket, for example,
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costandusagebillingreport
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Within the bucket, create a folder where AWS will store your reports. Give it the name of your report, for example
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costandusagebillingreport
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Note the billing bucket name, for example,
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costandusagebillingreport
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Create a new user, such as
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programmaticbilling
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to create the reports
Assign
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the
AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccesspolicyActivate the IAM user's access to billing information. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/control-access-billing.html
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Go to Billing → Billing preferences
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Open the Detailed Billing Reports [Legacy] section
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Select the option to Turn on the legacy Detailed Billing Reports feature to receive ongoing reports of your AWS charges
Configure
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Cost
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Click Save preferences
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& Usage Reports
Go to Cost & Usage Reports
Enter the Report name,
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and note the value to enter in Abiquo later, then click Next
Click Configure and select the S3 bucket. Click Next, then select I have confirmed that this policy is correct.
By default, Amazon will put the reports in a folder with the name format
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/report-name/date-range/
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amazon_bucket_prefixin Abiquo. Click NextReview your configuration and check that the following parameters are set:
bucket name
path (folder/subfolder)
time detail:
Hourly
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GZ or ZIP format
The AWS account with credentials to use in Abiquo should
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be an account with pricing and billing permissions.
For partner accounts, see https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/311370749/Obtain+AWS+credentials#Reseller-pricing-and-billing-credentials
For standard accounts, see https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/311370749/Obtain+AWS+credentials#Standard-account-pricing-and-billing-policy
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Configure dashboard display in Abiquo
To configure billing dashboards in Abiquo for resellers, do these steps in Abiquo.
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Edit the enterprise and create the following enterprise properties
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amazon_bucket
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: bucket_name
amazon_bucket_region
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: code for the AWS region
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of the bucket
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, such as
us-east-1
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amazon_report_name
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: amazon_bucket/amazon_bucket_prefix/amazon_report_name/file.csv
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amazon_bucket_prefix
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: amazon_bucket/ amazon_bucket_prefix /amazon_report_name/file.csv
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amazon_billing_compress_
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format
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ZIPor
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GZamazon
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mpa: set to
dedicatedornoto use blended costs
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shared
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, use unblended costs
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Additional configuration for resellers
This section describes additional configuration for reseller accounts.
Create an additional enterprise property for resellers:
amazon_discount
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: as agreed with Amazon, usually with a value such as
0.03,0.02
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In Abiquo, edit the enterprises of the customers of the reseller and create the following property. You can also set the default value in the reseller.
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Property
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Description
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In Pricing view, create price factors as required for the reseller, the customers, and for a percentage of managed costs. See Manage price factors
For your customer enterprises, add credentials for compute and/or billing
Assign the privilege to
View billsto user rolesOptionally, configure Abiquo properties
By default, the platform will retrieve billing data for the last two months. To change this value, on the Abiquo Server, set the following property
abiquo.enterprise.property.billing.monthoffset=2By default, the platform will process all items in the CSV file, so the partner discount (
SppDiscount) value can be visible on customer dashboards. To discard items from the CSV file, on the Remote Services server, set the following property with a list of codes of any items to discard.abiquo.ec2billing.parser.lineItemType.ignore=SppDiscount