Create a datacenter
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
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
API Documentation
For 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.
Privileges: Access Infrastructure view and PCRs, Manage public cloud regions
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.
Create a remote service
Go to Infrastructure → Remote services
Click the + add button
Enter the General information
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.
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 process manager, you must replace these remote services in the location. To do this, edit the remote service and enter the URL for the replacement remote service(s). If you change the Appliance manager, you must maintain the same NFS repository
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.
Modify a datacenter or a public cloud Region
To modify a datacenter or public cloud region:
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)
Modify Remote Services
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 arrow to the right of the Remote service and select the new remote service
To remove a remote service, click the black "x" beside it
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 and the status indicator will show green or red (not available). You should not save a location with any remote services that are not available in the location.
When you have edited all the Remote services, click Save.
Datacenter remote services
Public cloud region remote services
Pages related to datacenters and public cloud regions
Public cloud providers for details of public cloud features supported