Abiquo features by version

This section contains guides that describe new Abiquo features and changes to Abiquo features.

The version pages contain a summary of the features in that version.

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

New in Abiquo 6.1. (These sections are not included in the search for features by version)

Abiquo features in multiple versions

• Multicloud resource tags
• Abiquo multicloud tag policies
• Automate first boot with Configuration drive and cloud-init
• Hardware profile families and types
• OVA Upload
• Hot add and hot reconfigure of ESXi VMs
• VM Template Mobility

Abiquo 6.0 features

• 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 features

• 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 features

• 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 features

• 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 features

• 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 5.1 features

• 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 features

• 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 features

• 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 features

• 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 features

• 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 features

• 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 allocation

Abiquo 4.0 features

• 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 features

• 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 features

Abiquo 3.6 features

• 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 features

• 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