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This document describes how to configure Amazon billing data for standard accounts and resellers with partner accounts. For standard accounts see Display Amazon billing data for standard accounts. |
Changes to AWS billing
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The following changes apply to AWS billing:
In Abiquo 6.
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1.0
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Before you upgrade, add the amazon_bucket_region as an enterprise property. The value is the code for the AWS region where your billing bucket is located (for example, us-east-1)
Abiquo 6.1.0
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+, replace the
price_factorenterprise property
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with the Abiquo price
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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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abiquo.ec2billing.lineItemType.ignore=SppDiscount |
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factors for Amazon. See Manage price factors
Configure properties
To configure Abiquo properties for AWS 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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abiquo.enterprise.property.billing.monthoffset=2 |
In 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, "
costandusagebillingreport"Within the bucket, create a folder where AWS will store your reports. Give it the name of your report, for example "
costandusagebillingreport"Note the billing bucket name, for example, "
costandusagebillingreport"
Create a new user, such as "
programmaticbilling" to create the reportsAssign the AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess the
AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccesspolicyActivate the IAM user's access to billing information. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/control-access-billing.html
Optionally configure legacy billing reports
Go to Billing → Billing preferences
Open the Detailed Billing Reports [Legacy] section
Select the option to Turn on the legacy Detailed Billing Reports feature to receive ongoing reports of your AWS chargesClick
Configure
and enter your S3 bucket detailsSelect all of the available reports including
Monthly report
Detailed billing report
Detailed billing report with resources and tags
Click Save preferences
Go to Cost & Usage Reports
Enter the Report name, which you will need 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 "
/report-name/date-range/". Note this as the value for the reportamazon_bucket_prefixin Abiquo. Click NextReview your configuration and check that the following parameters are set:
bucket name
path (folder/subfolder)
time detail:
HourlyGZIP GZ or ZIP format
The AWS account with credentials to use in Abiquo should have the permissions in the AWS permissions table below.
Cost
allocation reportConfigure Cost & Usage Reports
AWS permissions table
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Type
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Privileges
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Resources
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Price list
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Full access
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All resources
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S3
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Full: list, read
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Multiple
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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 .
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The Abiquo users should have the privileges to Display hybrid dashboard tab, View bills, and optionally to Display VM cost view widget (hybrid tab)
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in Abiquo.
Edit the enterprise and create the following enterprise properties in the AWS enterprise properties for resellers table below
AWS enterprise properties for resellers table
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Property
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amazon_bucket
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Name of the S3 bucket where Amazon stores billing data.
Change value for v5.2.0. This was previously reseller ID in the yaml configuration file.
: 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
amazon_bucket_prefix
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: amazon_bucket/ amazon_bucket_prefix /amazon_report_name/file.csv
amazon_billing_compress_format
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Compression format of the billing report file: ZIP or GZIP
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amazon_price_factor
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ZIPorGZamazon_mpa
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: set to
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dedicated
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or
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no
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to 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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Configure reseller customers in Abiquo
To configure billing dashboards in Abiquo for customers of resellers, create a price factor for the reseller. Optionally, create and apply price factors for customers.
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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