Abiquo's multi-cloud resource tags enable you to manage public cloud tags and create inventories of groups of related resources.
For example, you can tag all the resources in a project and display them together.
Manage tags on multi-cloud resources
You can easily enter the tags in the Abiquo multi-cloud user-friendly single pane of glass for managing all popular cloud providers.
Abiquo supports tags in public cloud providers and tags that are local to the multi-cloud platform.
In private cloud and also on resources that exist in the platform only you can create local tags only.
Abiquo manages, onboards, and synchronizes tags from public cloud providers.
Abiquo describes the tags that exist in the platform and the provider as "materialized" tags.
For example, for a VM in Amazon AWS, you can manage your own tags and onboard tags that are already in the provider.
Add tags to a VM
To manage VM tags:
On the VM icon, from the options menu, select Tags
Edit tags as described below
To add a tag, enter the Key and Value, then click Add.
For providers that support tags:
If you have invalid tags, optionally select the checkbox to Create local tags if tags are invalid in the provider
To onboard or update tags with changes from the provider, click the round arrow Synchronize button.
To delete a tag, select the tag, then click the Delete button.
To save your changes, click Save.
Display tags on all resources
To display tags on all resources:
Go to Control → Tag management → Search.
Search for resources by tags
Abiquo lets you search for resources by tags, tag keys, and values. You can then use these filters to select groups of resources for automation with action plans.
To search for resources by tags and filter the search:
Go to Control → Tag management → Search
Click the funnel Filter button
Select tag details for a filter
Types of resources
Keys
Values
Click Add to create a filter
Select Any match (OR) or Strict (AND) to combine the filters
Click Search
The platform will display the entities with tags that match the filters.
To display details of the tags on a resource:
Select the resource line on the Entities panel
The platform will display the tag details including if the tag is Materialized, which means that the tag exists in the provider.
To jump to a resource, such as a virtual datacenter, virtual appliance, or a VM:
Click the resource Name on the Tags panel
To modify the filters:
To remove a specific filter, click the trash bin Delete button beside a filter
To remove all filters, click Clear
For examples, see Tag search filter examples
Tag policies and compliance report
See Manage tag policies and compliance
Run an action plan on a group of resources by tag
Provider tag support
Abiquo supports local tags for all providers, including private cloud, and provider tags in public cloud.
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Resource tag support
Abiquo supports tags on the following resources. Resource Local tags in the platform Provider tags in one or more Virtual machines Virtual appliances - Virtual datacenters VM templates Disks planned - Firewalls Target groups - Load balancers IP addresses planned - Networks planned - Scaling groups -
public cloud providers
Support for tags on resources in providers
You can use Abiquo provider tags on the following resources in these cloud providers. Resource AWS Azure GCP OCI VCD Virtual machines Virtual datacenters VM templates Firewalls Target groups Load balancers
Multicloud tagging
The multi-cloud tag feature enables you to tag resources in transversal projects using more than one cloud provider and also private cloud, which makes it easier for you to inventory these resources. You can also display tags in the console of the public cloud provider and configure the options to display tags on public cloud provider invoices.
Future extensions to the tagging feature
Future extensions to this feature may include reports on groups of resources with the same tag, definition of cost centers by tags to enable you to create custom budgets. This means that you will be able to combine this functionality, so for example, if you exceed the budget for a group of VMs with the same tag, then the platform can run an action plan on a group of VMs defined by tags.
Abiquo vCenter-tags tool
The new tagging feature does not manage tags in vCenter. Some administrators may be familiar with the vCenter-tags tool that enables an administrator to add Abiquo data to tags in vCenter. This tool is separate from the Abiquo platform and it is unrelated to the multi-cloud tagging feature.