Processing module. VMware (VPS)

VMware vCloud Director configuration

In VMware vCloud Director you need to create a new organization with certain policies:

• Maximum runtime lease — Never Expires.
• Maximum storage lease — Never Expires.
• Storage cleanup — Move to Expired Items.
• All VMs quota — Unlimited.
• Running VMs quota — Unlimited.
• Number of resource intensive operations per user — Inherit system limit.
• Number of resource intensive operations per organization — Inherit system limit.
• Number of simultaneous connections per VM — Inherit system limit.

You can configure policies in the Policies section when adding a new Organization: 

Add the user account with the Organization Administrator role unlimited quotas on virtual machines → Administration → Members → Users → New user:

All the virtual machines in vCloud Director can be located only in virtual data-centers (VDC). You need to add a VDC into the organization: Administration → Cloud Resources → Virtual Datacentres → Create a new VDC.

Create a VDC for correct integration of BILLmanager with VMware vCloud Director:

• "Configure Allocation Pool Model" — Maximum number of VM's  — select "Unlimited":

• "Allocate Storage" — select the Enable thin provisioning check box:

Connect the external network with a public IP address to the newly created VDC. IP addresses from this network will be allocated to new virtual machines. Navigate to Administration → Cloud Resources → Virtual Datacentres → <VDC name> → Add Network. 

To allow customers to order VPS via BILLmanager , make sure that in VMware vCloud Director vApp templates are available and meet the following requirements: 

• A template must be public.
• It must contain only one virtual machine.
• Guest Customization must be enabled in the template. 
• Networks must not be connected in vApp template.

BILLmanager configuration

In BILLmanager navigate to Integration → Processing module → Add. The Wizard contains 4 steps:

• Step 1 — Product type. Select a product type. To set up integration with vCloud Director, choose  "VPS".
• Step 2 — Processing module. Select a processing module — "VMware vCloud Director (VPS)".
• Step 3 — Integration. Enter the URL, login, and password for integration with VMware vCloud Director. 
• Step 4 — Processing module parameters. Enter the parameters of the processing module. 

Integration 

URL — enter a full URL to API vCLoud Director. 

Username  — vCloud administrator who will set up the integration (user role — "Organization Administrator") and manage (add, suspend, delete) virtual machines in VMware.  

Password — vCloud administrator password. 

User role — user role inVMware vCloud Director. 

Organization — an organization where the virtual data-center is located. 

Virtual data-center — virtual data-center where virtual machines can be located. 

Organization prefix — a network for allocating IP addresses to virtual machines. 

Licensing server 

The service provider can sell ISPsystem licenses with his VPS. You need to specify the licensing server in BILLmanager . It will order software licenses for virtual machines. 

You can use any processing module " BILLmanager 5" as the licensing server. Setting up ISPsystem license order.

Import of virtual machines

In BILLmanager you can manually add existing virtual machine from a third-party control panel. Perform the following steps to import virtual machines from VMware vCloud Director:

1. Go to  Integrations → Processing modules. 
2. Select VMware vCloud Director (VPS) and click Import. 
3. Click Upload and enter the Search options if needed.
4. Select a virtual machine and click Assign to assign it to a certain client.