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Create a datacenter
Before you begin:
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
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
Privileges: Access infrastructure view and Private DCs, Manage datacenter
To create a datacenter do these steps:
Go to Infrastructure → Private
At the bottom of the Datacenters list, click the + add button
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
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
Create a datacenter using the API
API Documentation
For the Abiquo API documentation of this feature, see Abiquo API Resources and the page for this resource DatacentersResource.
See also API infrastructure tutorial
Modify a datacenter
In General information you can change the Name and Location of a datacenter
To modify the remote services in an existing datacenter:
Edit the datacenter 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
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 when any of the remote services are not available in the location.
When you have edited all the Remote services, click Save.
You cannot edit the Appliance manager or the Business process manager. They must always be associated with one and only one location.
You can only replace them on the main Remote Services tab in Infrastructure view (the AM requires the same repository) or delete them by deleting the entire location.
Delete a datacenter
Before you begin
Delete virtual infrastructure, such as virtual datacenters and storage volumes defined within the datacenter. For more information, see Manage virtual datacenters.
To delete a datacenter.
Go to Infrastructure → Private
Select the datacenter and click the trash bin delete button in the button bar at the bottom of the Datacenters list
When you delete a datacenter
The remote services that can be shared will be detached from the datacenter, but not deleted from the platform.
The remote services that cannot be shared are automatically deleted from the platform.
To delete multiple remote services:
Go to Infrastructure → Remote services
Select the remote services and click the Delete button.