Create a public cloud region

A public cloud region represents a region of a cloud provider in Abiquo, to enable users to have compute access: to use virtual resources and deploy VMs in the cloud, and/or billing access: to display cloud billing data on the dashboard.

Before you begin:

• For vCloud Director, obtain credentials for the Administrator or Organization. For more details see VMware vCloud Director integration.

To create a public cloud region:

1. Go to Infrastructure → Public

2. Click the + add button at the bottom of the Public cloud regions list 

3. On the Create public cloud region dialog, enter the base Name and select the Provider.

4. Select the Regions

   • The platform will create a region with Name, and for the next regions it will add a suffix of "_1", "_2" and so on, and the region’s location  

   • If the platform cannot create a region, it will go to the next region on the list

     

5. Click Next

6. For the Virtualization manager, in the remote services IP address field, enter the domain name of the Remote Services server.

   1. You can share the remote services with multiple public cloud regions or private cloud.

      1. You can select the Remote Services server from the pulldown, and click Duplicate IP address

   2. We recommend that you Check the remote services before you save your regions

      

7. Click Save

   The platform will create your public cloud region.

To allow users to deploy in the public cloud region, edit your enterprises and

1. Add the new region to the Allowed datacenters list

2. Add Credentials for the cloud provider API. See Obtain public cloud credentials

   1. You will require one separate account for each enterprise using a public cloud region, i.e. one account per enterprise

   2. 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)

   3. For vCloud Director, you will require Organization and Administrator credentials 

To allow administrators to manage the public cloud region, edit your user scopes and add the new region