Abiquo features by version

Search in Abiquo features by version (for features of previous Abiquo versions (up to 6.0))

Abiquo 6.1

Abiquo 6.0

• Abiquo XaaS to offer Anything as a Service
• Abiquo multicloud tags in VCD
• Bootstrap scripts at VM template level
• Automate actions on dynamic groups of resources by tags
• Abiquo and Google Cloud Platform new features
• Abiquo and VM snapshots for VMware
• Abiquo and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure new features
• Add AWS and Azure credentials only for billing
• Improvements to VM metrics and monitoring
• Improvements to tag search and filters
• Abiquo and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure load balancers
• Abiquo and Google Cloud Platform load balancers
• Multiple cost codes
• Changes to external IP management in Abiquo 6.0.x
• Abiquo and NSX-T VPNs

Abiquo 5.4

• Edit disk size and tier in VM templates and VMs
• Abiquo and Rubrik backup
• Abiquo and VMware Cloud Director 10.3
• Use Guest setup to inject IP addresses without DHCP
• Changes to scopes for tenant hierarchies
• Abiquo and GCP firewall policies
• Update the MAC addresses of private IPs
• Multicloud storage limits for tenants
• Use guest setup to configure Windows instances in AWS
• Abiquo and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Onboard accounts in non-default AWS regions
• Outsource cloud services with restricted VApps

Abiquo 5.3

• Filter and paginate the list of VMs on a server
• UEFI boot
• Datastore tier limits for tenants
• Create public subnets in AWS
• Datastore tier limits
• Application load balancers in AWS
• Identify VMs with their provider ID
• Public cloud billing improvements
• Dynamic dashboards

Abiquo 5.2

• Support for vSphere 7.0
• Custom VM icons
• Custom metrics for VApps and Scaling groups in the UI
• Multiple IdPs for SAML from user email domain
• Extended billing dashboards
• Add tenant metadata to your VMs
• Multicloud resource tagging
• Deploy OVA ready templates
• SSO for Abiquo Reporting
• Disaster Recovery as a Service
• Azure Standard SKUs for load balancers and public IPs
• Abiquo and Google Cloud Platform
• Abiquo and Azure Resource Groups

Abiquo 5.1

• Deploy a VM from anywhere
• Veeam 10 backup integration
• Create and deploy a VM from anywhere
• Locations section in virtual datacenters
• Support for SATA disks
• Filter virtual datacenters by provider
• Address ranges for VDCs in public cloud
• Fee per VM
• Capture VMs with duplicate names in different datacenters
• Support for VMware vSphere 7

Abiquo 5.0

• vCloud firewalls at Edge level
• Abiquo tags vCloud Director Organization vDCs
• Configure reseller email accounts
• Accept terms of use for Azure VM templates
• Create public cloud accounts
• Send webhook action in action plans
• Create users to access the cloud provider portal
• Support for Azure Plans
• Limit bandwidth of NAT IPs with QoS
• Availability Sets in Azure
• Reset guest password in vCloud Director

Abiquo 4.7

• External scopes
• Manage external networks in vCloud Director
• Abiquo Java Stream Client
• Backup pricing per gigabyte
• Allowed CIDRs for roles and scopes
• SAML Integration for secure SSO
• Support for fenced vApps in vCloud Director
• vCloud Director hard disks
• Budget control
• Billing dashboard improvements
• NAT in vCloud Director
• Privileges to control virtual networking
• Improvements to event management
• API improvements to virtual machines
• Allow access to the platform by network addresses
• Improvements to VM capture in private cloud
• Hot reconfigure remote access to vCenter VMs with native console
• Public cloud improvements
• Public cloud storage
• Allow Application Level Gateway access in NSX DFW
• Recommended datastore tiers for VM templates

Abiquo 4.6

• Asynchronous tasks and display task progress
• Control VDC default roles for enterprises in locations
• Dell EMC Networker backup plugin
• JSON templates to define action plan entries
• Allow access to VM initial passwords
• Public cloud price list synchronization
• Multicloud infrastructure privileges
• Usage data in VM hours from the API
• Dashboard improvements
• Protect enterprise properties with types
• Changes to Discovery Manager remote service
• Improvements to vCloud Director Integration
• Automatically create scaling actions
• Set resource allocation limits per provider
• Create more than one VDC in NSX ECMP
• Azure VPNs
• Private IP reservation
• Support for more guest operating systems on VMware
• Detect vCenter management IPs
• Default firewalls for virtual datacenters
• Move a VM to a different VDC
• Monitoring improvements
• Backup pricing

Abiquo 4.5

• Greater control of concurrent operations
• Resynchronization of captured VMs after physical machine changes
• Maintenance window notices
• Save license costs with VMware DRS rules
• Tenant hierarchy management
• Release tenant resources in public cloud
• Group vCloud Director regions by endpoint
• Add default template icons by operating system types
• Dynamic hardware profiles and cost codes for hardware profiles
• New REST API documentation site
• Main menu icon with external links
• Support for new public cloud regions
• Cookie message and privacy policy
• Remove NICs with hot reconfigure
• Filter by template publisher in Microsoft ARM
• Require a datastore tier for VM template disks
• Improvements to VM search
• Changes to public cloud synchronization
• Extended vCloud Director integration
• Resize disks in Action plans

Abiquo 4.4

• Use Dnsmasq for DHCP
• Add Dnsmasq for DHCP
• User interface changes in Abiquo 4.4
• Classic firewalls
• Move VMs and scaling groups in virtual datacenters
• Restrict VMs for provider services
• Group public cloud regions by provider
• Control view for cloud alerts and action plans
• Control access with VDC roles
• Alarms across the cloud
• Connect virtual networks with VPNaaS
• Metrics across the cloud
• VM limits
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic
• Define tenant hierarchies
• Cloud bursting and automation in hybrid cloud
• Deploy to VMware clusters
• Display VMs in virtual datacenters

Abiquo 4.2

• New dashboard widgets

• Guacamole integration for unified remote access across all providers

• Infrastructure view tab showing all VMs at datacenter level

• Exclude customer network ranges

• VMware capacity control at cluster level

• Template list view

• Apply firewalls per networks. 

• Wildcards in search boxes. 

• Re-enable automatic send mail after an alert is activated. 

• Manage VM disk allocation

• Control the use of ISO disks

• Change to API authentication

• Improvements to vCloud Director integration

• Mail server options

• Role mapping to multiple AD groups

• Backup improvements

• VApp spec improvements

• Send guest password by SMS

• Network address translation blueprint for NSX

• NSX integration - Control Edge allocaton

Abiquo 4.0

• Allocation rules for storage
• Abiquo Backup Improvements
• User scopes and scope hierarchies
• Abiquo AWS integration networking changes
• User interface changes in Abiquo 4.0
• Azure ARM firewalls and load balancers
• Hardware profiles in private cloud
• Horizontal autoscaling of virtual machines
• Generate a random password at VM deploy

Abiquo 3.10

• Azure ARM integration
• VM template scopes
• Pricing per datacenter and reseller support
• Relocate a virtual machine to a compatible hypervisor
• Onboard public cloud regions
• Virtual machine action plans
• Set VM hostname with VMware guest customizations

Abiquo 3.8

Abiquo 3.6

• Two Factor Authentication - see https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/311375549/Configure+two+factor+authentication?search_id=ca8f40a4-3211-4ac5-aaa0-4c922c3cdd5c and Configure your user account

• Azure Improvements

• Upload and replace template disks via API

• OVA Upload. see Add VM templates to the catalogue  

• VM template Mobility - see VM Template Mobility

• Onboard VDC from Public Cloud - see Onboard from public cloud

• Collectd plugin - see Use collectd plugin for custom metrics

• Metric Dimensions - see VM monitoring and metrics

• XenServer Metrics

• ISO feature - see https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/311370378/VM+storage#Add-an-ISO-disk-to-install-software

• Graceful Shutdown - see Manage virtual machines

• OAuth Improvements - see Authentication

• User Interface Changes in Abiquo 3.6

• Hyper-V CSV  

Abiquo 3.4

• Docker Plugin

• CloudSigma Support

• SoftLayer Support

• Multi-disk Templates

• Instance Formats

• Virtual Machine Guest Variables

• Set disk controller type and controller for ESXi in the UI

• Improved Microsoft Azure Integration

• User Interface Changes in Abiquo 3.4

Abiquo 3.2

• Create Multiple Public Cloud Regions

• Improved Statistics Graphics

• Microsoft Azure

• Monitoring and Metrics

• Netmask Limitation Removed

• Onboarding Users with Tutorials - see Abiquo tutorials for onboarding users

• OpenStack Plugin

• Password Improvements - see Configure passwords

• Protect Virtual Machine - see https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/311373630/Administer+and+troubleshoot+VMs#Protect-a-VM

• Restore for Backup Front-End - see VM backups

• Shared Remote Services

• Usability Improvements in Abiquo 3.2

Abiquo 3.1

• Extended public cloud provider support

• Load balancers in public cloud - see Manage load balancers

• Recommended hardware profiles in public cloud - see Activate hardware profiles for a VM template

• Execute scripts after deploy in public cloud - see VM bootstrap script

• Hyper-V 2012 R2 Support - see /wiki/spaces/doc/pages/311375298

• Hyper-V Remote Access with FreeRDP Proxy

• ESX storage improvements

• Improved Infrastructure Password Security

• Workflow per cloud tenant via API

Abiquo 3.0

• Changes in Abiquo License Management

• New HTML5 User Interface

• Virtual machine synchronization

• Firewall Frontend

• Chef Attributes

• Improved AWS EC2 and VPC Integration

• Improved password security

• IPv6 Support

• KVM Extra Hard Disks on Hypervisor Datastore

• New Architecture for Public Cloud and Hybrid Cloud

• Nexenta block size property in v3.0.1