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Data Center

What is Data Center?

A data center involves regional resources such as Alibaba Cloud regions and availability zones.

Add a Region

On the main menu of ZStack Cube Ultimate Hybrid Cloud Management, choose Data Center > Region. On the Region page, click Add Region. Then, the Add Region page is displayed.

Add Alibaba Cloud Region

On the displayed page, set the following parameters:
  • Region Type: Choose Alibaba Cloud.
  • Region: Select an Alibaba Cloud Region can be accessed with the current AccessKey.
  • Description: Enter a description for the region.
Figure 1. Add Alibaba Cloud Region


Add Private Alibaba Cloud Region

  • Add Private Alibaba Cloud Region (AliyunNAS)
    On the displayed page, set the following parameter:
    • Region Type: Select Private Alibaba Cloud.
    • Type: Select AliyunNAS.
    • Region: Select a region which can be accessed with the current AccessKey.
    • Description: Enter a description for the region.
    Figure 2. Add Private Alibaba Cloud Region (AliyunNAS)


  • Add Private Alibaba Cloud Region (AliyunEBS)
    On the displayed page, set the following parameters:
    • Region Type: Choose Private Alibaba Cloud.
    • Type: Choose AliyunEBS.
    • Endpoint: Enter the domain name of the Ocean external service.
      Note:
      • Ocean provides an external service with HTTP RESTful APIs.
      • Syntax: http://Ocean_Server_Domain:Port/ocean/api；
      • Domain names varies according to regions.
    • Region: Enter a region can be accessed by the Private Alibaba Cloud AccessKey.
    • Description: Optional. Enter a description for the region.
    Figure 3. Add a Private Alibaba Cloud Region (Aliyun EBS)


Manage a Region

On the main menu of ZStack Cube Ultimate Hybrid Cloud Management, choose Data Center > Region. Then, the Region page is displayed.

The following lists the actions you can perform on a region.
Action Description
Add Region Add a region to ZStack Cube Ultimate Hybrid Cloud.
Delete Region Delete a region. After the deletion, the region is not managed on ZStack Cube Ultimate and its local record is deleted. You can synchronize the record by re-adding the region to local.

Add a Bucket

On the main menu of ZStack Cube Ultimate Hybrid Cloud Management, choose Data Center > Region. On the Region page, click a region to enter its details page. On the region details page, click Bucket > Add Bucket. Then, the Add Bucket dialog box is displayed.

On the displayed dialog box, set the following parameters:
  • Add Method: Choose Available Bucket or Create Bucket.
    If you choose Available Bucket, set these parameters:
    • Bucket: Select an available Bucket from the drop-down list.
    • Make Default: Set whether to make this Bucket the default Bucket in the region. You need to set one and only one default Bucket for a region. By default, the checkbox is selected.
    • Description: Optional. Enter a description for the Bucket.
    If you choose Create Bucket, set these parameters:
    • Bucket Name: Enter a name for the Bucket. The name cannot be used by other Buckets.
    • Make Default: Set whether to make the bucket the default Bucket in the region. You need to set one and only on default Bucket for a region. By default, the checkbox is selected.
    • Description: Optional. Enter a description for the Bucket.
Figure 1. Add a Bucket


Manage a Bucket

On the Region page, click the name of a region. On the displayed region details page, click Bucket. Then, the Bucket tab page is displayed.

The following lists the actions you can perform on a Bucket.
Action Description
Edit Bucket Edit the name and description of a Bucket.
Add Bucket Add a Bucket in a region.
Make Default Make a Bucket as the default bucket in a region.
Note: You can set one default Bucket per region. The default Bucket is used to upload local images to Alibaba Cloud.
Delete Bucket Delete a Bucket.
Note: By default, only the local record of the Bucket is deleted. If you want to delete the actual Bucket on OSS, select the checkbox of Delete Actual Resources on OSS.

Add Zone

On the main menu of ZStack Cube Ultimate Hybrid Cloud Management, choose Data Center > Zone. On the Zone page, click Add Zone. Then, the Add Zone page is displayed.

On displayed page, set the following parameters:
  • Region: Select a region can be accessed by the AccessKey.
  • Zone: Select an availability zone from the drop-down list.
  • Description: Enter a description for the zone. This is a required parameter.

Manage a Zone

On the main menu of ZStack Cube Ultimate Hybrid Cloud Management, choose Data Center > Zone. Then, the Zone page is displayed.

The following lists the actions you can perform on a zone.
Action Description
Add Zone Add a zone to a region.
Delete Zone Delete a zone. After the deletion, the zone is not managed on ZStack Cube Ultimate and its local record is deleted. You can synchronized the record by re-adding the zone to local.
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