Abiquo and Google Cloud Platform new features

Abiquo 6.0 introduces the following new features in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) integration.

For full details about the integration with this provider, see Google Cloud Platform features table and Google Cloud Platform integration.

Load balancers

Abiquo 6.0.0 introduces load balancers in GCP. For full details, see Abiquo and Google Cloud Platform load balancers

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Tags in GCP

Abiquo 6.0 adds support for multicloud tags, which are labels in the Google Cloud Platform. See https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-labels. Abiquo users can create and onboard tags in the Google Cloud Platform. For general information about Abiquo multicloud resource tags, see Multicloud resource tags. 

Screenshot: Abiquo can store labels on load balancers in Google Cloud Platform.

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Default firewalls in GCP

Administrators can now set default firewalls for virtual datacenters in GCP. This convenient feature will improve the security of user networks. To assign a default firewall, edit a virtual datacenter and go to Defaults. Because firewalls are at the global level in GCP, you cannot assign the default firewall when you edit the firewall.

When users create a global network in GCP, Abiquo creates a firewall to allow VM access. But the user must select a firewall to enable remote access because platform does not automatically apply the firewall to the VM.

When there is a default firewall, if the user does not select a firewall for their VM, then the platform will automatically apply the default firewall. If the user is not allowed to modify VM firewall configurations, then the platform will set the default firewall by default.

In Virtual datacenters view, Abiquo marks the default firewall with a star on the Firewalls page.