Compute in public cloud regions

Onboard resources from public cloud

To onboard resources from public cloud:

1. Go to myCloud → Virtual datacenters

2. At the bottom of the V. Datacenters list, click the + add button

3. Select Synchronize public cloud

4. On the General information tab, select the region and the other entities to onboard

   1. The virtual datacenter entities are: AWS VPCs, Azure Virtual Private Networks, OCI Virtual Cloud Networks, vCloud vApps

      

   2.  Google Cloud Platform (GCP) does not use virtual datacenter entities, so the platform onboards and synchronizes regions and all their resources.
       In GCP You cannot onboard or synchronize individual resources, for example, a public IP. 

      • When you first onboard from GCP, the platform will onboard virtual datacenter resources into a generic virtual datacenter for the region. 

      • The platform will add regional or global resources separately, such as global networks and public IP addresses. 

      • If you created virtual datacenters and resources before onboarding, the platform will add related resources into your virtual datacenters

      If conflicts occur during onboarding, the platform may stop and roll back the onboarding.

   3. Optionally, to restrict user permissions in the virtual datacenter, go to Roles and select a custom user role.
      Optionally, set exceptions to the virtual datacenter role 
      

      

For more details see Set a virtual datacenter role to limit user access.

The platform will onboard the selected resources for you to manage.

• If metrics are enabled on the platform, the platform will enable the fetch of metrics for the VM. The user can then edit the VM to select the metrics to display in the UI.

• The platform will store the timestamps of when the VM was created and when it was captured into the platform. It will display these time stamps on the VM details panel.

• The platform will mark the Public subnet (identified by a custom route table and NAT gateway) with a globe symbol and set the Internet gateway flag for this subnet. 

• Users with bespoke network configurations should check the results of the synchronization.

• The platform will synchronize private and public IP addresses even if they are not in use by VMs, and mark the IP addresses in use by provider entities with provider identifiers.

• The platform will import VM templates. If the platform cannot find the VM template, the VM will have no template in the platform. To save a copy of your VM disk to create a template, so you can recreate the VM, make an Abiquo instance of the VM. 

Synchronize to update resources in public cloud

To update a virtual datacenter and onboard any changes made in the provider, synchronize the virtual datacenter:

1. Go to Virtual datacenters → V. Datacenters list

2. Beside the virtual datacenter Name, click the round arrow Synchronize button

To synchronize specific resources such as networks, public IPs, and so on:

1. Go to Virtual datacenters → select the resource tab

2. Click the round arrow Synchronize button for the resource. 

For more information, see the resource documentation.

Screenshot: Synchronize networks

Synchronize hardware profiles with a provider

Control VMs running in public cloud providers

To display the VMs created in a provider region, go to Infrastructure → Public → select Region → Virtual machines → select Enterprise account.

To go to the VM, or the virtual appliance or virtual datacenter that contains the VM, click on the active Name link in the list.

To display the details of a VM and the available controls, select the VM in the list. 

To send an email to the owner and perform the standard VM actions, as appropriate and/or supported by the provider, use the buttons on the control panel.

Delete a public cloud account

It is possible to release a public cloud account without deleting the resources in public cloud. This means that the enterprise cannot work with the public cloud regions in the platform but the enterprise's resources in public cloud will remain intact. 

To delete virtual resources in the provider, delete them in the platform before you delete the account.

To delete resources in the platform only, you can select this option when deleting or you can delete the enterprise's credentials and then delete the resources. There are virtual resources that you may not wish to delete in the provider, for example, the default VPC.

If you wish to use the account again, you can add the credentials again. After that you can synchronize to onboard resources from public cloud to update the resources in the platform.

Pages related to public cloud

• Public cloud providers for details of public cloud features supported

• Onboard resources from public cloud

• Public cloud integrations

• Manage datacenters and public cloud regions

• Obtain public cloud credentials