Index

A

• action
  • about / Actions
• adaptive management platform / Architecture
• alerts
  • about / Alerts
  • creating / Creating a new alert
  • example, creating / Creating an alert example
  • operations / Other alert operations
• Amazon EC2
  • adding, as cloud provider / Adding Amazon EC2 as a cloud provider
• Amazon EC2 instance
  • provisioning / Provisioning an Amazon EC2 instance
• Amazon EC2 instance, provisioning
  • Request tab / Request
  • Purpose tab / Purpose
  • Catalog tab / Catalog
  • Environment tab / Environment
  • Properties tab / Properties
  • Customize tab / Customize
  • Schedule tab / Schedule
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) / Hybrid cloud management challenges
• APIs
  • supported APIs / Supported APIs
  • Representational State Transfer (REST) API / REST API
  • SOAP APIs / SOAP APIs
• Automate workflows
  • invoking, ways / Automate workflows

B

• benefits, Red Hat CloudForms / Benefits
• bottlenecks
  • viewing / Bottlenecks

C

• capabilities, Red Hat CloudForms
  • about / Capabilities
  • insight / Capabilities
  • control / Capabilities
  • automate / Capabilities
  • integrate / Capabilities
• capacity and utilization (C & U) / Adding Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as an infrastructure provider
• catalogs / Catalogs and service catalogs
• Ceilometer service
  • URL / The Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack platform
• chargeback
  • prerequisite / Chargeback
  • working, with rates / Chargeback
  • rate, creating / Creating a Chargeback rate
  • rate, assigning / Assigning a Chargeback rate
  • report, creating / Creating a Chargeback report
• charts
  • about / Charts
  • capacity and utilization charts, viewing / Viewing capacity and utilization charts
• CloudForms Management Engine Automate model
  • about / CloudForms Management Engine Automate
  • organizational units / The Automate organizational units
  • domains / Domains
  • namespaces / Domains
  • working with / Working with the Automate model
  • custom domain, creating / Creating a custom domain
  • namespace, creating / Creating a namespace
  • class, creating / Creating a class
  • class, copying / Copying a class
  • schema, creating / Creating a schema
  • instance, adding / Adding an instance
  • instance, copying / Copying an instance
• CloudForms Management Engine Virtual Appliance
  • configuring / Configuring the CloudForms Management Engine Virtual Appliance
  • database, configuring / Configuring the database
  • EVM server process, starting / Starting the EVM server process
• cloud management platform
  • about / What is a cloud management platform?
  • URL / What is a cloud management platform?
  • capabilities / What is a cloud management platform?
• cloud providers
  • adding / Adding cloud providers
  • Amazon EC2, adding as / Adding Amazon EC2 as a cloud provider
  • Red Hat OpenStack, adding as / Adding Red Hat OpenStack as a cloud provider
  • auto-discovering / Auto-discovering providers
  • discovering / Discovering cloud providers
• compliance policy
  • about / Compliance policy
  • creating / Creating a compliance policy
  • new condition, creating / Creating a new condition
  • condition, assigning / Assigning the condition to the compliance policy
• condition, control policy
  • creating / Creating a condition
  • expression, creating / Creating an expression
  • expression, modifying / Modifying or removing expressions
  • expression, removing / Modifying or removing expressions
  • adding / Adding the condition to the control policy
• conditions
  • about / Conditions
• control policy
  • about / Control policy
  • creating / Creating a control policy
  • condition, creating / Creating a condition
  • condition, adding / Adding the condition to the control policy
  • events, setting / Setting the events
  • action, setting / Setting the action

D

• dashboard
  • about / Dashboard
  • widgets / Widgets
  • Usage option / Usage
• data
  • collection, enabling / Enabling data collection
  • collection / Data collection
• data collection
  • capacity / Collecting capacity and utilization data
  • utilization / Collecting capacity and utilization data
  • capacity and utilization coordinator / Collecting capacity and utilization data
  • capacity and utilization data collector / Collecting capacity and utilization data
  • capacity and utilization data processor / Collecting capacity and utilization data
  • enabling / Enabling data collection
  • capacity, pre-requisites / Prerequisites for capacity and utilization data collection
  • utilization, pre-requisites / Prerequisites for capacity and utilization data collection
  • about / Data collection
• domains, CloudForms Management Engine Automate model
  • ManageIQ / Domains
  • RedHat / Domains

E

• events
  • about / Events

H

• hybrid cloud management challenges
  • about / Hybrid cloud management challenges
  • centralized management / Hybrid cloud management challenges
  • life cycle management / Hybrid cloud management challenges
  • capacity management / Hybrid cloud management challenges
  • chargeback / Hybrid cloud management challenges
  • governance / Hybrid cloud management challenges
  • orchestration / Hybrid cloud management challenges
  • integration / Hybrid cloud management challenges
  • security and compliance / Hybrid cloud management challenges
  • unified analytics / Hybrid cloud management challenges
  • external cloud / Hybrid cloud management challenges

I

• images
  • about / Images
• infrastructure providers
  • adding / Adding infrastructure providers
  • VMware, adding as / Adding VMware as an infrastructure provider
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, adding as / Adding Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as an infrastructure provider
  • hosts, authenticating / Authenticating infrastructure provider hosts
  • auto-discovering / Auto-discovering providers
  • discovering / Discovering infrastructure providers
• instances / Adding cloud providers
• instances / virtual machines
  • retiring / Retiring instances/virtual machines
  • retirement date, modifying / Modifying or removing the retirement date
  • retirement date, removing / Modifying or removing the retirement date
  • post-retirement scenarios / Post-retirement scenarios

J

• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) / Content types

L

• life cycle management
  • about / Life cycle management
  • provisioning / Life cycle management
  • retirement / Life cycle management

M

• ManageIQ
  • about / The open source version of Red Hat CloudForms
  • URL / The open source version of Red Hat CloudForms
• methods
  • about / Methods
  • global variable ($evm) / Global variable $evm
  • hierarchy / Methods hierarchy
  • list, URL / Methods hierarchy
  • creating / Creating a method

N

• namespaces, CloudForms Management Engine Automate model
  • cloud namespace / Domains
  • infrastructure namespace / Domains
  • service namespace / Domains
  • control namespace / Domains
  • system namespace / Domains
• namespaces, RedHat
  • cloud / Domains
  • infrastructure / Domains
  • integration / Domains
  • portfolio / Domains
  • system / Domains

O

• OpenStack instance
  • provisioning / Provisioning an OpenStack instance
• Open Virtualization Format (OVF) / The components of Red Hat CloudForms
• optimization
  • Red Hat CloudForms / Optimization

P

• policies
  • about / Policies
  • use cases / Policies
  • types / Types of policies
  • control policy / Control policy
  • compliance policy / Compliance policy
  • simulating / Simulating policies
• PostgreSQL database
  • URL / Configuring the database
• pre-requisites, data collection
  • about / Prerequisites for capacity and utilization data collection
  • Red Hat Enterprise virtualization / Red Hat Enterprise virtualization
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack platform / The Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack platform
• provider information
  • viewing / Viewing and editing provider information
  • editing / Viewing and editing provider information
• provisioning
  • types / Types of provisioning
  • about / Introduction to provisioning
  • Amazon EC2 instance / Provisioning an Amazon EC2 instance
• provisioning, types
  • virtual machines / Virtual machines
  • instances / Instances
  • hosts / Hosts
• provisioning dialogs
  • working with / Working with provisioning dialogs
  • structure / The structure of a provisioning dialog
  • customizing / Customizing or creating a new provisioning dialog
  • creating / Customizing or creating a new provisioning dialog
• ProvisionRequestApproval / State machines, Approving requests, Automatic approval
• ProvisionRequestQuotaVerification state machine / Quotas

Q

• quotas
  • about / Quotas
  • modifying / Modifying quotas

R

• Red Hat CloudForms
  • capabilities / Introducing Red Hat CloudForms, Capabilities
  • about / Introducing Red Hat CloudForms
  • advantages / Advantages
  • architecture / Architecture
  • components / The components of Red Hat CloudForms
  • benefits / Benefits
  • supported providers / Supported providers
  • open source version / The open source version of Red Hat CloudForms
  • Management Engine appliance, deploying / Deploying the Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine Appliance
  • policies / Policies
  • optimization / Optimization
• Red Hat CloudForms, components
  • about / The components of Red Hat CloudForms
  • CloudForms Management Engine Server (Server) / The components of Red Hat CloudForms
  • Virtual Management Database (VMDB) / The components of Red Hat CloudForms
  • CloudForms Management Engine Console (Console) / The components of Red Hat CloudForms
  • SmartProxy / The components of Red Hat CloudForms
• Red Hat CloudForms installation
  • system requirements / System requirements
• Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine
  • chargeback / Chargeback
• Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine appliance
  • deploying / Deploying the Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine Appliance
  • appliance, obtaining / Obtaining the appliance
  • URL / Obtaining the appliance
  • appliance image, creating / Creating the appliance image in OpenStack
  • instance, launching / Launching the appliance instance
• Red Hat CloudForms web console
  • about / The Red Hat CloudForms web console
  • system requirements / System requirements
  • additional requirements / System requirements
  • accessing / Accessing the Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine web console
  • navigating / Navigating the web console
  • features / Navigating the web console
• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
  • adding, as infrastructure provider / Adding Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as an infrastructure provider
• Red Hat OpenStack
  • adding, as cloud provider / Adding Red Hat OpenStack as a cloud provider
• relationships
  • about / Relationships
• report
  • about / Reports
  • creating / Creating a new report
  • tabs / Creating a new report
  • Columns tab / The Columns tab
  • Consolidation tab / The Consolidation tab
  • Formatting tab / The Formatting tab
  • Styling tab / The Styling tab
  • Filter tab / The Filter tab
  • Summary tab / The Summary tab
  • Charts tab / The Charts tab
  • Timeline tab / The Timeline tab
  • Preview tab / The Preview tab
  • running / Running a report
  • viewing / Viewing and downloading reports
  • downloading / Viewing and downloading reports
  • operations / Other report operations
  • importing / Importing/exporting reports
  • exporting / Importing/exporting reports
• Representational State Transfer (REST) API
  • about / REST API
  • accessing / Accessing REST APIs
  • content types / Content types
  • supported HTTP methods / Supported HTTP methods for REST API
  • collections, accessing / Accessing collections, resources, and subcollections, Collections
  • resources, accessing / Accessing collections, resources, and subcollections, Resources
  • subcollections, accessing / Accessing collections, resources, and subcollections, Subcollections
  • reference URL / Further reading on REST APIs for Red Hat CloudForms
• Request ID / Schedule
• request related tasks
  • deny / Other request-related tasks
  • copy / Other request-related tasks
  • edit / Other request-related tasks
  • delete / Other request-related tasks
• requests
  • viewing / Viewing requests
  • approving / Approving requests
  • automatic approval / Automatic approval
  • manual approval / Manual approval
  • related tasks / Other request-related tasks
• Role-based Administration (RBA) / Capabilities
• Ruby-based code / Methods

S

• schema
  • creating / Creating a schema
  • adding / Adding a schema
  • editing / Editing and removing a schema
  • removing / Editing and removing a schema
  • sequence, reordering / Reordering the schema sequence
• service catalog / Catalogs and service catalogs
• SmartState
  • about / SmartState analysis
  • analysis / SmartState analysis
  • prerequisites / SmartState analysis
  • SmartProxy / SmartProxy
  • analysis, running / Running a SmartState analysis
• SOAP APIs
  • about / SOAP APIs
  • WEB Services Definition Language (WDSL), calling / Calling a Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
  • reference URL / Further reading on SOAP APIs for Red Hat CloudForms
• state machine
  • about / State machines
  • components / State machine components
  • viewing / Viewing a state machine
  • modifying / Modifying a state machine
  • domain, creating / Creating a new domain
  • instance, copying / Copying the state machine instance
  • instance, modifying / Modifying the state machine instance
• state machine, components
  • On_Entry / State machine components
  • On_Exit / State machine components
  • On_Error / State machine components
  • Default value / State machine components
  • Max retries / State machine components
  • Max time / State machine components
• state machine instance
  • modifying / Modifying the state machine instance
  • modification types / Other types of modifications
• subcollections
  • accessing / Subcollections
  • service templates / Subcollections
  • tags / Subcollections
  • automation request tasks / Subcollections
  • provision request tasks / Subcollections
• supported APIs
  • about / Supported APIs
• supported HTTP methods, REST API
  • GET / Supported HTTP methods for REST API
  • POST / Supported HTTP methods for REST API
  • PUT / Supported HTTP methods for REST API
  • PATCH / Supported HTTP methods for REST API
  • DELETE / Supported HTTP methods for REST API
• supported providers, Red Hat CloudForms
  • about / Supported providers
  • infrastructure providers / Infrastructure providers
  • cloud providers / Cloud providers
• system requirements
  • supported platforms / System requirements
  • for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, URL / System requirements
  • for CloudForms installation, URL / System requirements
  • additional OpenStack requirements / Additional OpenStack requirements
  • security group / Additional OpenStack requirements
  • flavor / Additional OpenStack requirements
  • key pair / Additional OpenStack requirements

U

• utilization
  • about / Utilization
  • trends, viewing / Viewing utilization trends

V

• virtual machines
  • planning for / Planning for new virtual machines
• VMware
  • adding, as infrastructure provider / Adding VMware as an infrastructure provider

W

• WEB Services Definition Language (WDSL)
  • calling / Calling a Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
• widgets
  • about / Widgets
  • reports / Widgets
  • categories / Widgets
  • adding / Adding a widget
  • tasks, from dashboard / Widget tasks from the dashboard
  • creating / Creating widgets
  • content, populating / Creating widgets
  • editing / Creating widgets
  • copying / Creating widgets
  • deleting / Creating widgets
  • importing / Creating widgets
  • exporting / Creating widgets