Introduction

Abiquo is an open source infrastructure software that allows its users to create and manage their cloud environments; whether public, private or hybrid. It offers a scalable solution to a number of issues faced by IT professionals and the businesses they work in. By automating the immediate provisioning of servers, storage, networks and applications and by allowing users to remain vendor neutral, Abiquo enables organizations of all sizes to dramatically improve business agility, mitigate risk, and reduce costs.

The aim of this document is to provide a complete guide for the configuration and management of the abiquo platform; allowing you, the user, to provision the cloud environment you require. Starting with a descriptive overview of Abiquos architecture, including any third party systems that appear on the installation, and going on to detail the required configuration for each cloud node and for the cloud server. It also gives the details of the different disks supported by each hypervisor as well as a reference guide with tips to help system administrators create virtual images that are ready to use on Abiquo