This page describes how to add public cloud to your Abiquo cloud platform.
Check public cloud features
Before you add a provider it is useful to be familiar with the use of the provider and the features that the platform supports.
- Azure features table
- Google Cloud Platform features table
- AWS features table
- OCI features table
- Hetzner features table
Check integrations
The following pages describe how the platform works with the public cloud providers.
- VMware vCloud Director integration
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure integration
- Google Cloud Platform integration
- Microsoft Azure ARM integration
- AWS integration
- Hetzner Cloud integration
Create a public cloud region
This section describes how to create a public cloud region.
For an introduction to public cloud in Abiquo, see Public cloud
A public cloud region represents a region of a cloud provider in Abiquo, to enable users to have compute access: to use virtual resources and deploy VMs in the cloud, and/or billing access: to display cloud billing data on the dashboard.
Privileges: Access Infrastructure view and PCRs, Manage public cloud regions
Before you begin:
For vCloud Director, obtain credentials for the Administrator or Organization. For more details see VMware vCloud Director integration
To create a public cloud region:
Go to Infrastructure → Public
Click the + add button at the bottom of the Public cloud regions list
On the Create public cloud region dialog, enter the base Name and select the Provider.
Select the Regions
The platform will create a region with Name, and for the next regions it will add a suffix of
_1,_2, and so on, and the region’s location.If the platform cannot create a region, it will go on to the next region on the list.
Click Next
For the Virtualization manager, in the remote services IP address field, enter the domain name of the Remote Services server.
You can share the remote services with multiple public cloud regions or private cloud.
You can select the Remote Services server from the pulldown, and click Duplicate IP address
We recommend that you Check the remote services before you save your regions
Click Save
The platform will create your public cloud region.
To allow users to deploy in the public cloud region, edit your enterprises to:
Edit Datacenters and add the new region to the Allowed datacenters list
Add Credentials for the cloud provider API. See Obtain public cloud credentials
You will require one separate account for each enterprise using a public cloud region, which means one account or subscription per enterprise
For certain regions, such as those in China, you will require separate credentials, which you can enter separately after you select the appropriate provider, such as
Amazon CHINAFor vCloud Director, you will require Organization and Administrator credentials
To allow administrators to manage the public cloud region, edit your user scopes and add the new region
Reseller hierarchy
Design your public cloud use case
Abiquo supports the following use cases for public cloud.
Reseller account in a reseller hierarchy for AWS partner accounts and Azure CSP accounts
Customers with compute access
Customers with billing only
Standard compute account for all providers
For compute access
For billing
You can only add one set of public cloud credentials per tenant enterprise.
For details of how you can use VCD credentials, see VMware vCloud Director integration.
Example privilege changes for adding public cloud
Remember to also add public cloud regions to administrator and user scopes
Next steps
To continue with adding public cloud, you should obtain credentials for your cloud providers.
If you will be working as a cloud provider reseller and you do not already have a tenant hierarchy, create the tenant hierarchy following these steps.