Question
How to manage resource availability in Cloud.net and set prices?
Environment
Cloud.net, all versions.
Answer
Configure Access Control
Access control is used to manage user’s resources availability. For the newly created bucket, the Access Control is empty, and that means that no resources are available to a user to whom this bucket is assigned. To make compute, disk space, or networking resources available, add the corresponding zones to a bucket.
- If you do not add resources to a section of Access Control, e.g. compute zone, the user under this bucket will not have access to any of the compute zones in the cloud.
- If you remove a template store or compute/data store/network/backup server zone from the user's Access Control, it will not be possible to edit the resources of the user's servers running in this zone(s).
To manage the resources allocation:
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Go to your Control Panel > Admin > Buckets menu.
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Click a label of a bucket. You will be redirected to the Access Control tab of the bucket.
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Click an icon to select the required server type and add resources as follows:
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- Click the + in the appropriate box.
- When the new windows pops up, set limits for resources (see the table below for reference).
- Select as many compute zones as you need to set the same limits for all resources of the following types:
- Compute zone resource
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Data store zone resource
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Network zone resource
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Backup server zone resource
After you submit changes, you can edit limits for any zone resource in the bucket. - Select the Duplicate to rate card checkbox if you want to set free limits and prices for the resources.
Configure Rate Card
Rate Card is used to manage the prices and the number of free limits for resources. For the newly created bucket, the Rate Card is empty, and that means that a user, to whom this bucket is assigned, is not billed for any of the resources in the system. To configure pricing for compute, disk space, or networking resources, add the corresponding zones to the bucket's Rate Card.
- If you add a resource to the Rate Card but do not add it to the Access Control, the user under this bucket will not have access to that resource.
- In case you remove from Access Control a resource on which users under the bucket have running servers, the users' existing servers will remain as they are, but users will not be able to access these resources to create new servers. If you leave such a resource in the Rate Card, the users' existing servers will continue to be billed according to the prices you have configured.
- If you remove a template store or compute/data store/network/backup server zone from the Rate Card, the prices for the removed resource will be set to zero for the servers using this zone(s).
- Note that if you set price equal number with precision of 10 or more (e.g.:0.008789062511) the price is saved equal number with precision 8 (e.g.:0.00878906).
To manage pricing for the resources:
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Go to your Control Panel > Admin > Buckets menu.
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Click a label of a bucket. You will be redirected to the Access Control tab of the bucket.
- Click the Rate Card tab.
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Click an icon to select the required server type and add resources as follows:
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- Click the + in the appropriate section.
- When the new windows pops up, set the value for the free limit and the price (see the table below for reference).
- Select as many compute zones as you need to set the same limits for all resources of the following types:
- Compute zone resource
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Data store zone resource
-
Network zone resource
-
Backup server zone resource
After you submit changes, you can edit free limits and prices for any zone resource in the bucket.
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- Select the Duplicate to access control checkbox if you want to add the resource not only to Rate Card but also to Access Control.
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