Managing the OpenStack Logical Data Centers

A Logical Data Center is a logical construct that can be any external data center entity. For example, in the context of an OpenStack Provider, a Logical Data Center is a Project. A Logical Data Center is similar to, and at the same hierarchical level as, a network container. Both a Logical Data Center and a network container belong to a logical hosting environment, which acts as a separate, abstract entity that contains the data for the Logical Data Center or network container.

This topic describes how to customize BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management to manage the OpenStack Logical Data Center. To understand how BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management objects correspond to the OpenStack constructs, see the Overview-of-the-OpenStack-Provider.

You can onboard or offboard Logical Data Centers in the Network Container tab (part of the logical hosting environment) of the Resource Management workspace.

• • Before you begin
  • To onboard a Logical Data Center
  • To edit a Logical Data Center
  • To offboard a Logical Data Center
  • Where to go from here

Before you begin

Ensure that you have registered the OpenStack provider and it is running; otherwise, a Logical Data Center search will not display results.

To onboard a Logical Data Center

1. From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console, click the vertical Workspaces menu on the left side of the window and select Resources.
2. On the Resource Management page, click Network Containers.
3. Click Onboard Logical Data Center  .
4. In the Onboard Logical Data Centers dialog box, select <OpenStack Provider Name> as the provider.
    For example: OpenStackIaaSProvider
   
   
5. Select a Logical Data Center entry from the Available Logical Data Centers list, and click Add.
   The Logical Data Center is added to the Network Containers workspace.

To edit a Logical Data Center

1. From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console, click the vertical Workspaces menu on the left side of the window and select Resources.
2. On the Resource Management page, click Network Containers.
3. Select the Logical Data Center that you want to edit.
4. Click Edit .
   
   
5. In the Edit Logical Data Centers window, enter values and click Save.

To offboard a Logical Data Center

1. From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console, click the vertical Workspaces menu on the left side of the window, and select Resources.
2. On the Resource Management page, click Network Containers.
3. Select the Logical Data Center that you want to offboard, and click Offboard Logical Data Center  .
4. When the confirmation dialog box is displayed, click OK.

Where to go from here

Proceed to Managing-the-OpenStack-service-offerings.