Configure Management Network Connections

Introduction

Click on the diagram to display a larger version and open in a new tab or download to see a larger version. The information in this diagram is described in the following sections. The diagram shows a very large production system. However, the same connections between server components will be required in a smaller environment.

UI and API servers

The following diagram shows the Abiquo platform for a basic production environment. Users connect from the Internet or from another network environment to the UI and API servers. You can configure the UI and API servers and frontends in several different ways. See server and frontend configurations

UI and API servers connect to Datacenters and Public cloud regions

The UI and API servers connect to the datacenters and/or public cloud regions, as shown in the following diagrams. Full details are given in #Connections

Servers table

The following table describes the servers used in the above diagrams.

Server	Description
UI	Web server with the Abiquo UI. The entry point for other applications such as reports
API	The Abiquo API supports HA/load balanced configuration
M	Abiquo M streams events to the users. It is also the outbound API. Public access is not mandatory
noVNC	Optional component with websockify software. HTML5 VNC viewer. Recommended
MySQL	Main Abiquo database and accounting
Services	This server hosts: Redis, Rabbit MQ. It can also optionally host zookeeper, which is required for API HA/loadbalancing
RS	Abiquo Remote Services except BPM. Also includes Redis and DHCP, which can be separated to another host as required
BPM	Abiquo BPM (V2V) converts templates to different hypervisor formats. Requires high IOPS
NFS	NFS contains the available templates. Each Abiquo data center requires a share on the storage technology
PRS	Abiquo public cloud remote services, including CPP, virtual factory, VSM and nodecollector

Server and frontend configurations

The UI server proxy can be configured for connections to the other servers as shown in the following diagram.

API and UI frontend and load balancing

Both the API and the UI can be proxied and load balanced as shown in the following diagram.

Other connections

The other connections required between platform servers are shown in the following diagram.