Manage tags

Introduction to resource tags

Abiquo supports local tags for all providers, including private cloud, and provider tags in public cloud.

Provider or hypervisor	Provider tags	Notes
Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud Platform		Abiquo supports labels.
Microsoft Azure
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)		Abiquo supports Freeform tags Abiquo onboards Defined tags (read-only)
vCloud Director		Abiquo uses vCloud Metadata
vCenter	-

Abiquo supports tags on the following resources.

Resource	Local tags in the platform	Provider tags in one or more public cloud providers
Virtual machines
Virtual appliances		-
Virtual datacenters
VM templates
Disks	planned	-
Firewalls
Target groups		-
Load balancers
IP addresses	planned	-
Networks	planned	-
Scaling groups		-

You can user Abiquo provider tags on the following resources in these cloud providers.

To display tags on all resources:

To display tags on a resource with a details panel, such as a VM or a load balancer:

Screenshot: Load balancer details view of Tags

To display tabs for a resource without a details panel, such as a firewall or a virtual appliance:

Screenshot: Edit firewall to display Tags

To manage tags for resources that exist in the platform and the provider:

For VMs, on the VM icon, from the options menu, select Tags or
for other resources, edit the resource and go to Tags
Edit tags

To add a tag, enter the Key and Value, then click Add.

If the provider supports tags:

If you have invalid tags, you can 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.