1

In SmartConsole, create a new Data Center object in one of these ways:

• In the top left corner, click Objects menu > More object types > Server > Data Center > New OpenStack.
• In the top right corner, click Objects Pane > New > More > Server > Data Center > OpenStack.

2

In the Enter Object Name field, enter the desired name.

3

In the Hostname field, enter the URL of your OpenStack server in this format:

http(s)://1.2.3.4:5000/<keystone_version>

Example: https://1.2.3.4:5000/v2.0

Note - If you do not know your keystone URL, run this command on the OpenStack server to find it:

openstack endpoint show keystone | grep publicurl

4

In the Username field, enter your username for the OpenStack server.

5

In the Password field, enter your password for the OpenStack server.

6

Click Test Connection.

If the certificate window opens, confirm the certificate and click Trust.

7

When the connection status changes to Connected, click OK.

If the status is not Connected, troubleshoot the issue before you continue.

8

Click OK.

9

Publish the session.

Instances

Virtual Machines inside the cloud.

Security groups

Sets of IP address filter rules for networking access.

They are applied to all instances within a project.

Subnet

A block of IP addresses and associated configuration states.

Subnets are used to allocate IP addresses when new ports are created on a network.

IP

• VM - Virtual Machine's IP address
• Security Group - IP addresses of the Virtual Machines inside the group
• Subnets - IP addresses of the Virtual Machines inside the subnet

Note

• Instances - Empty
• Security Group - Description of the group
• Subnet - IP address and mask of the subnet

URI

Object path