Automatic provisioning of servers to clients

DCImanager automatically provides clients with servers on turnkey basis in 5-10 minutes after ordering. It automates all operations to prepare the equipment for use. This helps save provider resources, reduce costs, improve service quality and competitiveness. Users access the service quickly and with minimal use of resources.

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Contents

  1. Automatic provisioning of servers
  2. Diagnostics of the server and components
  3. Automatic OS installation
  4. Running scripts
  5. Assigning an IP address
  6. User VLANs and VPUs
  7. Statistics from switches and PDUs, monetization of traffic and power consumption
  8. Remote infrastructure administration
  9. Client self-service portal

Automatic provisioning of servers

DCImanager automatically prepares servers for providing to users:

  • Diagnoses the state of the server and its components.
  • Partitions the disk automatically or manually.
  • Installs software.
  • Runs scripts.
  • Assigns IP addresses.
  • Connects to switches and PDUs

Users get ready-to-run servers, and administrators do not have to go to the trouble of configuring them.

Diagnostics of the server and components

After the client releases the server, DCImanager automatically performs diagnostics of its components and platform. It helps to make sure that the equipment is in working order and ready to be provided to another client. Diagnostic checks:

  • Number of CPUs, RAM, hard disks.
  • Disk read speed and capacity.
  • RAM damage.
  • Network adapters.
  • Local connection speed.
  • RAID controller status.

If an error is detected during the diagnostics, DCImanager will notify the administrator. Provisioning of a non-functional server to new users will be blocked.

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Automatic OS installation

DCImanager automatically installs the OS from standard or custom preset templates. You do not have to configure the system manually every time to get the server ready to work. You can:

  • Use standard templates for popular operating systems from the DCImanager repository.
  • Create your own images based on the servers connected to DCImanager for further use.
  • Load ISO images.

Running scripts

DCImanager not only automatically provides a server to the client, but also configures the necessary software, thus increasing the quality of service. It supports Shell and Powershell scripts. The user only needs to select a script and it will be automatically executed after the OS is installed on the server.

You can upload your own scripts or use the ISPsystem repository, which contains popular scripts of current versions. Current versions of software for various tasks - such as virtual machines management, 1C and other tools — are supported.

Assigning an IP address

DCImanager assigns IP addresses or subnets manually or automatically. In integration with BILLmanager or another billing platform, you can set up billing of IPv4, IPv6, networks.

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User VLANs and VPUs

Additionally monetize dedicated servers:

  • The User VLANs module allows the client to manually configure private networks.
  • The VPU (VLAN per User) module places the client servers in the same VLAN automatically;

With custom VLANs and VPUs, clients get all the benefits of VLAN, such as secure infrastructure and reduced broadcast traffic. Isolation of user servers additionally enables a hosting provider to prevent a number of threats, such as IP address theft.

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Statistics from switches and PDUs, monetization of traffic and power consumption

DCImanager allows you to manage switches and PDUs, monitor their operation and generate additional revenue:

  • Monetize server traffic and power consumption or set limits.
  • View statistics from the equipment.

The equipment is polled every five minutes.

Data collected from switches:

  • traffic volume,
  • network load and
  • burstable load.

Similarly, DCImanager indicates power consumption. If the PDU supports collection of per-port statistics, DCImanager will reflect this data.

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Remote infrastructure administration

DCImanager provides multiple tools for remote management of equipment. For example, server management via BMC, power management, network and VLAN configuration, automated OS installation, etc. These and other features help you administer your IT infrastructure with minimal effort. Performing equipment maintenance with DCImanager is faster and easier than doing it manually

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Client self-service portal

The client area is an individual section of the platform in which clients with user permissions can:

  • Turn on, turn off, reboot the server;
  • Erase and partition disks;
  • Install the OS from templates;
  • Restore the server after a failure;
  • Manage the server via BMC;
  • Change the primary IP address and domain name;
  • Create VLANs;
  • View traffic statistics;

In this way, users can perform basic operations without contacting support and get instant results. This also saves the resources of engineers, who do not spend time on completing typical requests from users.

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  • Diagnostics of equipment when changing clients
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Server management

Geographically distributed locations

Managing multiple geographically remote or logically distributed IT infrastructures from a single window (e.g., several data centers, server rooms)

Server operations: OS installation, diagnostics, and recovery

Automatic OS installation with the option to run the initial system setup script. Automatic diagnostics of the state of the server and its components. Remote server recovery option.

Installing an OS from an ISO image

Mounting a custom ISO image onto the server and installing any operating system

Guest OS repositories

A preinstalled set of images of most popular operating systems and software installation scripts (e.g. LAMP, LEMP, OpenVPN, Django, ISPmanager and others)

Software fine-tuning (Shell/PowerShell)

Using ready-made Shell/PowerShell scripts from ISPsystem repository, creating custom scripts and running them on the server automatically immediately after OS installation

Automation of VLAN sales

Automatic creation of VLANs and editing their members. Provision of VLANs as an extra service to the dedicated server rent service. Setting up billing with BILLmanager or other billing system

Search of PXE servers

Search and auto-adding of new servers in the background mode via PXE in a selected network or IP range

Search of BMC servers

Search and auto-adding of new servers in the background mode via BMC in a selected network or IP range

User self-service portal

User client area with access only to the user's allocated resources and the option to manage servers and virtual networks

IPMI proxying

Gaining access to IPMI web interfaces by proxying requests through the location server (without accessing the server directly over the network)
Equipment management

Switches

Support for managing switches

PDU

Supports for managed power outlets

UPS

Supports for managing uninterruptible power supplies

Chassis and blade servers

Support for blade servers and the chassis in which they are installed

Rack visualization

Visual rack map enabling to see the location of equipment in the rack, the number of devices of a certain type, the number of free/occupied/reserved units, server temperatures, and other information

Equipment inventory management (warehouse)

Inventory management for all types of equipment: servers, accessories, switches, routers, UPS, and any other IT assets, including non-physical (software, licenses, etc.)

Linking delivery notes

Attaching scans or photos of invoices from suppliers

Managing deliveries and suppliers

Adding information about suppliers and their contacts, tracking of planned and completed deliveries of equipment

Equipment inventorying

Detailed information about each piece of equipment - where it is now, in what condition and how it was used before - helps reduce equipment losses and plan purchases economically
Platform installation on OS

Alma Linux

Option to install DCImanager on Alma Linux

Ubuntu

Option to install DCImanager on Ubuntu
Other

IPv4 and IPv6 IP address management (IPAM)

IPv4/IPv6 and address space management: pooling IP addresses and physical subnets, automatic and manual IP address assignment, IP address and network management, DNSBL check for IP addresses, network activity history

Integration with PowerDNS

Integration with high-performance free open source DNS server

Platform backups

Configuring automatic DCImanager backups on a server with a platform or external storage (via SSH, FTP, SMB or NFS)

Infrastructure status notifications

Notification of platform administrators about exceeding the allowable values of equipment sensors and other abnormal situations in the interface of DCImanager and by email

Ability to export data to CSV

Saving data on equipment and inventory items to a CSV file

User and ACL management

Restricting user access to platform sections and equipment based on role and group access systems

User management through MS AD/Free IPA/LDAP integration

Centralized management of user permissions through synchronization with Active Directory/Free IPA/LDAP directory

REST API available

Integration of DCImanager with any external software via REST API to manage the platform and equipment (including custom scripts) and obtain information about them

Listed in the registry of domestic software

The platform is included in the Uniform Register of Russian Programs for Electronic Computers and Databases