Manage Datacenters and Public Cloud Regions

Before you begin:

1. Obtain the IP address of the Remote Services server. If you are using a monolithic trial environment, this is the same as your Abiquo Server IP address

2. Check if you will require the DHCP service (it is required for standard Abiquo networking) and check the protocol to use (Omapi or Dnsmasq). See also Configure DHCP remote service with dnsmasq

   Privilege: Access infrastructure view and Private DCs, Manage datacenter

To create a datacenter do these steps:

1. Go to Infrastructure → Private
2. At the bottom of the Datacenters list, click the + add button
3. On the Create datacenter dialog, enter the Name of the datacenter and its Location to plot the datacenter on the Infrastructure view map. Then click Next 
   
4. To create the datacenter remote services, enter the IP address of the remote services server for the Virtualization manager. To copy the remote service location, click Duplicate IP addresses 
   

After the platform creates the datacenter, do these steps:

• To allow users to deploy in the datacenter, edit your enterprises to add the new datacenter to the Allowed datacenters list 
• To allow administrators to manage the datacenter, edit your administration scopes and add the new datacenter 

Related pages

• UI reference for creating remote services for a datacenter: GUI Create datacenter Remote services
• Troubleshoot when you create a datacenter

A public cloud region represents a region of a cloud provider in Abiquo, to enable users to use virtual resources and deploy VMs in the cloud.

Before you begin:

• To create a public cloud region for a vCloud Director cloud, obtain credentials for the Administrator or Organization. For more details, see VMware vCloud Director integration.

To create a new public cloud region:

1. Go to Infrastructure → Public

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

3. The Create public cloud region dialog will open. Enter the base Name and select the Provider. Select the Regions

   • The platform will create the first region with the Name you enter and the others with a suffix of "_1", "_2", and so on. 

   • If for some reason the platform cannot create a region, it will move on to the next region on the list
     

4. Click Next

5. In the remote services IP address field for the Virtualization manager, enter the first letters of the domain name of the remote services server and select it from the selection list
   
6. Click Save
   

   The platform will create your public cloud region.

• To allow users to deploy in the public cloud region, edit your enterprises to add the new region to the Allowed datacenters list and to add cloud provider API credentials See Obtain public cloud credentials
  
  • You will require one separate account for each enterprise using a public cloud region, i.e. one account per enterprise
  • 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)
  • For vCloud Director, you will require Organization and Administrator credentials 
• To allow administrators to manage the public cloud region, edit your administration scopes and add the new region

To manage remote services, go to Infrastructure → Remote Services.

Create a remote service

1. Go to Infrastructure → Remote services
2. Click the + add button 
3. Enter the General information
   
   
   For more details see GUI Create remote service General information
   
   
4. Optionally add the Locations that will use the remote service. You can also add the remote service directly when you create a new datacenter or public cloud region. 
   
   
   

   For more details see GUI Create remote service Locations

Modify a Remote Service

When you edit a remote service:

• To change the location of a remote service, click the Add location link.
• To remove a remote service from a location (but not delete it from the platform), edit it and click the red x button beside the location. 
• To change the location of the Appliance manager or the Business process manager, you must replace these remote services in the location. To do this, edit the remote service and enter the URL for the replacement remote service(s). If you change the Appliance manager, you must maintain the same NFS repository

Delete a remote service

To delete a remote service, first remove it from any locations where it is in use. If you wish to delete an Appliance manager or a Business process manager remote service, you must replace it in the location where it is in use or delete the datacenter or public cloud region.

To modify a datacenter or public cloud region:

1. Go to Infrastructure → Private or Public → select the datacenter or public cloud region
2. Click the pencil edit button at the bottom of the Datacenters list
3. Enter the new name (and for a datacenter, the new location) 

Modify Remote Services

To modify the remote services in an existing location:

1. Edit the datacenter or public cloud region, and go to Remote services
   • To add an existing remote service, click on the arrow to the right of the Remote service and select the new remote service

   • To remove a remote service, click the black "x" beside it

     Remote services that are not editable cannot be shared. They must always be associated with one and only one location. You can only replace them on the Infrastructure main Remote Services tab or delete them by deleting the entire location.

   • To display the status of the remote service from the last manual or automatic infrastructure check, click the Check button and the status indicator will show green or red (not available). You should not save a location with any remote services that are not available in the location.
2. When you have edited all the Remote services, click Save.