Abiquo cloud broker tenant creation guide

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Last updated: Jun 06, 2023
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This page describes how to create a customer tenant under a reseller in the cloud broker.

  1. To create a scope in the API, get public cloud regions and datacenters (as required)

     API documentation:

  2. Create the scope for the customer

    1. Go to Users → Scopes

    2. Click the + add button

      Create a scope for a customer



      1. Enter the Name, which will be the customer name

      2. As the Parent scope, select the BU scope

      3. In the Datacenters column, select the providers or regions as required

      Select entities the customer can access

       API documentation: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/ScopesResource.html#create-a-scope

  3. Create the customer enterprise

     General how-to: Create tenants via API

    At the top of the Enterprises list, click the + add button to add an enterprise

    On the General tab

    1. Enter the customer Name

    2. As the Default scope, set the customer scope

    3. For the customer headquarters, select Key node

     API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#create-an-enterprise



  4. On the Datacenters tab, drag providers into the Allowed list. For example, Amazon. Select and edit providers (or regions) and datacenters to set the default VDC role for each provider for the enterprise.

    This is a separate request in the API. For each region or datacenter, create a datacenter limit.
     API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterpriseLimitsByDatacentersResource.html#create-a-datacenter-limit



  5. On the Properties tab, enter the appropriate properties for the customer type as described in the following tables

    1. For each property, enter a Key and Value, and click Add

    2. When you have finished editing the tenant, click Save

      See Abiquo Broker Enterprise Properties.
      For properties that apply to Reseller enterprises, see Abiquo broker enterprise properties for resellers.

       This is a separate request in the API. When you update properties you will overwrite any existing properties
      API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#update-enterprise-properties

  6. In earlier versions of Abiquo, add the customer enterprise to the customer scope

    1. Go to Users → Scopes --> select the customer scope

    2. Click the pencil button to edit

    3. Select the customer enterprise in the Enterprises list

       API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/ScopesResource.html#update-a-scope
      Add a basic link to the scope with a rel value of ENTERPRISE

  7. Create a pricing template

    1. Go to Pricing → Pricing models

    2. Click + add and enter details,
       API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/PricingTemplatesResource.html#create-a-pricing-template

  8. API step Get the enterprise

  9. Assign the pricing model to the enterprise. 

    1. Go to Pricing → Enterprise associations

    2. Find the enterprise in the list and select the pricing model from the list beside the enterprise name

     API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#upate-an-enterprise
    Update the enterprise to add a link to the pricing model with a rel value of pricingtemplate

  10. Create a customer administrator user

    1. Go to Users → Select enterprise → Users

    2. Click the + add button to add a user
      (Note the screenshot does not show the enterprise filter)

    3. On the General tab, select the following values

      1. Role: CUSTOMER_ADMIN

      2. Scope: Customer scope (enterprise scope)

       API: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/UsersResource.html#create-a-user-in-an-enterprise



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