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This page describes how to create, edit and delete the remote services that manage data centers and public cloud regions in the hybrid cloud platform. |
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Create a datacenter
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Display remote services
To manage remote services, go to Infrastructure → Remote Services.
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Create a
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Before you begin:
Obtain the IP address of the Remote Services server. If you are using a monolithic trial environment, this is the same as your Abiquo Server IP address
Check if you will require the DHCP service (it is required for standard Abiquo networking) and check the protocol to use (Omapi or Dnsmasq). See also Configure DHCP remote service with dnsmasq
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Privileges: Access infrastructure view and Private DCs, Manage datacenter |
To create a datacenter do these steps:
Go to Infrastructure → Private
At the bottom of the Datacenters list, click the + add button
On the Create datacenter dialog, enter the Name of the datacenter and its Location to plot the datacenter on the Infrastructure view map. Then click Next
To create the datacenter remote services, enter the IP address of the remote services server for the Virtualization manager. To copy the remote service location, click Duplicate IP addresses
After the platform creates the datacenter, do these steps:
To allow users to deploy in the datacenter, edit your enterprises to add the new datacenter to the Allowed datacenters list
To allow administrators to manage the datacenter, edit your administration scopes and add the new datacenter
Related pages
Create a datacenter using the API
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API DocumentationFor the Abiquo API documentation of this feature, see Abiquo API Resources and the page for this resource DatacentersResource. |
Create a public cloud region
A public cloud region represents a region of a cloud provider in Abiquo, to enable users to use virtual resources and deploy VMs in the cloud.
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To allow users to deploy in the public cloud region, edit your enterprises to add the new region to the Allowed datacenters list and to add cloud provider API credentials See Obtain public cloud credentials
You will require one separate account for each enterprise using a public cloud region, i.e. one account per enterprise
For certain regions, such as those in China, you will require separate credentials, which you can enter separately with the appropriate provider (e.g. Amazon CHINA)
For vCloud Director, you will require Organization and Administrator credentials
To allow administrators to manage the public cloud region, edit your administration scopes and add the new region
Manage remote services
To manage remote services, go to Infrastructure → Remote Services.
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Create a remote service
Go to Infrastructure → Remote services
Click the + add button
Enter the General information
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Description
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Type
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Select the type of the remote service
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URI protocol
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The default value should work fine
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URI IP address
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Enter the address of the server where the remote services are running
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URI Port
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The port for the connection to the remote service.
Default ports for DHCP are 7911 (omapi) and 832 (dnsmasq)
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URI Name
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The name of the remote service webapp
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Check all / Check
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Click to ensure that the Abiquo Server can connect to the remote service
Optionally add the
Locations that will use the remote service. You can also add the remote service directly when you create a new datacenter or public cloud region.
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remote service
To add a remote service for a new feature to your platform, such as to add the XaaS feature, do these steps.
Go to Infrastructure → Remote services
Click the + add button
For the General information, select the Type and check the URI is correct for your environment
Optionally, to add the Locations that will use the remote service, click the + add button and select them.
You can also add the remote service directly when you create a new datacenter or public cloud region.
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Modify a remote service
To edit a remote service,
Go to Infrastructure → Remote services
In the Remote services list, select the remote service type
In the Remote service pane, select the remote service
Click the pencil edit button
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To change the location of a remote service, which is not the Appliance manager or the Business process manager:
Edit the remote service
Go to Locations and remove or add the remote service from the location
To remove a remote service from a location (but not delete it from the platform):
Next to the location, click the trash bin button
To add a remote service to a location:
Click the +
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Select an appropriate location.
After you have added the remote service to a location, it will be displayed in the locations list.
Modify a Remote Service
When you edit a remote service:
To change the location of a remote service, click the Add location link.
To remove a remote service from a location (but not delete it from the platform), edit it and click the red x button beside the location.
To change the location of the Appliance manager or the Business add button and select the location
Click Save
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Edit an appliance manager or business process manager
Usually, you can only add the Appliance manager and Business process manager (V2V) when you create a location and delete it when you delete the location. This is because you can use these remote services in ONE location only. These remote services are linked to the NFS repository in the location.
If you wish to change the Appliance manager, you must maintain the same NFS repository, which means that it must have the same files and the same repository ID. See Troubleshooting NFS server configuration in Abiquo.
To change the location of the Appliance manager or the Business process manager, you must replace these remote services in
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their current location:
Go to Infrastructure → Private → Remote services
Edit the remote service
On the General information tab, for the Appliance manager or the Business process manager, enter the URL for the replacement remote service
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Click Save
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After you edit remote services, click Check to ensure that the Abiquo Server can connect to the remote services |
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Delete a remote service
To delete a remote service, first remove it from any locations where it is in use. If you wish to delete an Appliance manager or a Business process manager remote service, you must replace it in the location where it is in use or delete the datacenter or public cloud region.
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Modify
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remote services of a datacenter or public cloud region
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Go to Infrastructure → Private or Public → select the datacenter or public cloud region
Click the pencil edit button at the bottom of the Datacenters list
Enter the new name (and for a datacenter, the new location)
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To modify the remote services in an existing location:
Edit the datacenter or public cloud region, and go to Remote services
To add an existing remote service, click on the pulldown arrow to the right of the Remote service and select the new remote service
To remove a remote service, click the black
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x
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beside it
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Remote services that are not editable cannot be shared. They must always be associated with one and only one location. You can only replace them on the Infrastructure main Remote Services tab or delete them by deleting the entire location.
To display the status of the remote service from the last manual or automatic infrastructure check, click the Check button
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Do not save a location
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when any of the remote services
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are not available in the location.
When you have edited all the Remote services, click Save.
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Datacenter remote services  Public cloud region remote services  |
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You cannot edit the Appliance manager or the Business process manager. They must always be associated with one and only one location. |
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Pages related to datacenters and public cloud regions
Public cloud providers for details of public cloud features supported
Onboard resources from public cloud
Public cloud integrationsDelete a datacenter or