HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 56)

Configuring an environment for cloud provisioning
In addition to provisioning with on-premise resources, Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration supports
provisioning virtual servers to an external cloud service, such as a supported CloudSystem bursting
service provider, another Matrix OE system, HP CloudSystem Foundation (starting with Matrix OE
version 7.3.1), or HP Matrix KVM Private Cloud.
Cloud bursting is a feature of Matrix infrastructure orchestration that enables enterprises to seamlessly
provision public and private infrastructure resources. Combined with powerful private cloud
management capabilities, the ability to “burst” beyond the private cloud environment and to
leverage infrastructure resources offered by external cloud service providers creates a virtually
unlimited pool of hybrid cloud resources for Matrix infrastructure orchestration users to draw upon
for cloud service delivery.
Before you can create a template containing a virtual server that can be provisioned at a cloud
service provider, you must configure your environment for cloud provisioning.
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For configuring access to HP Cloud, next-generation HP CloudSystem resource pools, Amazon
EC2, and HP Matrix KVM Private Cloud see the Cloud bursting with CloudSystem Matrix
infrastructure orchestration white paper available at http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs.
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For configuring access to Savvis, see the Configuring cloud bursting with HP CloudSystem
Matrix infrastructure orchestration and Savvis white paper available at: http://www.hp.com/
go/matrixoe/docs.
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For configuring access to support CloudSystem bursting service providers, consult the provider's
documentation.
NOTE: If you purchase Matrix Operating Environment as part of HP CloudSystem Enterprise,
you are provided with a specified number of OS instance licenses, depending on the CloudSystem
Enterprise features you select. These OS instance licenses cover Matrix OE bursting so that a
separate license for provisioning public cloud instances is not required.
If you purchase Matrix OE as a standalone system, you must obtain a Matrix OE Public Cloud
Managed Instance license to provision a public cloud instance. This license allows you to manage
one public cloud instance hosted at an HP-supported public cloud service provider for a term of
one year from the date of registration. Multiple licenses can be used together under a concurrent
use model. (For example, if you purchase 10 licenses, you can manage up to 10 public cloud
instances at any one time.) Public cloud managed instance licenses are not tied to a particular
service provider. You can use the same license to manage an instance at one service provider
today and at another tomorrow, as long as the license is not used for both instances at the same
time.
For details on licensing, contact your HP sales representative.
Configuring a firewall (security group)
Configuring a firewall for server groups deployed to a cloud service provider allows you to permit
or restrict inbound network traffic based on a set of rules. A firewall is also known as a security
group.
NOTE: All server groups deployed to a cloud service provider have a firewall that blocks all
inbound traffic by default.
To allow inbound traffic, create a rule on the Firewall tab in infrastructure orchestration designer
that describes that traffic. The firewall is created before any of the servers in the server group are
created and the firewall is deleted after all the servers in the server group are deleted. These events
correspond to the Create Service and Delete Service operations.
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