Abiquo cloud broker tenant creation guide

This page describes how to create a customer tenant under a reseller in the cloud broker.

To create a scope in the API, get public cloud regions and datacenters (as required)
API documentation:
- https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/PublicCloudRegionsResource.html#list-public-cloud-regions
- https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/DatacentersResource.html#list-datacenters
Create the scope for the customer
1. Go to Users → Scopes
2. Click the + add button
  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
  API documentation: https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/ScopesResource.html#create-a-scope
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
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
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
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
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
API step Get the enterprise
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
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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