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In this chapter, you will learn how to use the Administration dashboard to:

  • Add and manage users
  • Add and manage cloud service provider environment
  • Manage thresholds for generating alerts for customers

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You can add users with BillOps user role to define rate cards, define or import rate packs, account for managed services, define managed discounts, generate monthly bills and approve monthly bills.
Note:

  • Only users with Admin user role can add new users.
  • For using the Aquila Clouds BillOps platform for managing bills for cloud resource usage, assign only BillOps user roles to the users.
  • Add a new user
  1. On the top bar, select Image Removed > Administration.
  2. On the Administration page, select the Manage Users tab.
  3. Click Image Removed Add User.

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  1. Enter the following details.

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  1. Click Apply.

The new user is created in Aquila Clouds BillOps with the defined permissions for the selected accounts and customers to generate or approve the bill for the resources used.

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This tab enables you to add and manage a cloud service provider environment to the Aquila Clouds BillOps platform. For more details about adding and managing cloud service provider environments, see Aquila Clouds BillOps Getting Started Guide.

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You can manage thresholds for cloud resources to enable generation of email-based alerts for the customers to indicate that they have few months of subscription remaining or only limited balance is available in their account. This would enable customers to take timely action and avoid discontinuation of services.
You can set threshold values for Critical or Severe metrics to generate alerts.

  • Manage thresholds for a cloud resource
  1. On the top bar, select Image Removed > Administration.
  2. On the Administration page, select the Manage Thresholds tab.
  3. Select the Billops Alerts tab.
  4. Click Image Removed Edit Thresholds.

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  1. Enter the following details:

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  1. Click Apply.

Aquila Clouds BillOps updates the threshold for the selected metric.

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You can manage login authentication to add OKTA configuration that can be used for user authentication on the Aquila Clouds BillOps platform.

  • Adding OKTA login authentication
  1. On the top bar, select Image Removed > Administration.
  2. On the Administration page, select the Manage Login Authentication tab.
  3. Click Image Removed Add OKTA Instance.

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  1. Enter the following details:
  • Status: Toggle on to set the OKTA configuration to active.
  • Name: Type the name of the OKTA instance.
  • Client Id: Type the client ID for the OKTA instance.
  • Okta Domain: Type the domain of the OKTA instance.
  1. Click Apply.

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  • roles and privileges 
  • Add and manage integrations
  • Manage alerts and messages
  • Manage Settings