Add the Amazon RDS service to Abiquo

To add the RDS service to Abiquo and make it available for administrators to offer to tenants, create a Default service configuration.

Privileges: Manage default services

  1. Go to Catalogue → Services and click +add

    Add a default service configuration

  2. Select AmazonRDSService

    Select AmazonRDSService

  3. For General information you can configure the Name, Icon, and Description

    Enter general information

  4. In Properties you do not need to enter anything. For the Credentials, by default, Abiquo will obtain the enterprise's credentials from an AWS cloud location. To do this Abiquo uses an Extractor called "APIExtractorDatacenterLimits - Credentials"

    Abiquo should obtain the credentials with an extractor

  5. Go to the Can be used by tab. Here you can specify where the service will appear in the platform.

  6. To enable the users to work with the service in AWS cloud locations:

    1. Click + add, for Entity select Location 

    2. For Function select location_provider_type and enter the Type as AMAZON

  7. Optionally, to enable users to deploy RDS instances in the context of an Abiquo VDC (Amazon VPC)

    1. Click + add, for Entity select "Virtual datacenter"

    2. For Function select location_provider_type and enter the Type as AMAZON.

      Configure where the service will appear in the UI

  8. Click Accept

Abiquo will add the Default service configuration for the RDS service, and administrators can now add this service to AWS locations and virtual datacenters.

The service is now available for administrators to add for users

Add an Amazon RDS service for users

To enable an enterprise to use AWS RDS, create a service configuration in an AWS location or a virtual datacenter.

Privileges: Manage location services or Manage virtual datacenter services

  1. Go to myCloud → Locations or Virtual datacenters

  2. Select an AWS location or VDC, and go to Service configurations

  3. Click + add and select AmazonRDSService

  4. For General information, for example, set the Icon and Description of the service

  5. Go to Properties and select Show default properties, and check that the extractor to obtain the AWS credentials from the location is configured

    Check the properties configuration

  6. Click Save

After Abiquo creates the service, the green status indicator shows that the service is ready to use. 

Use the service to list and onboard, and create RDS instances

From this service configuration, users can list (and then onboard), and create AWS RDS instances.