Creating cloud projects for the blueprint designer

A cloud project for the blueprint designer represents a tenant or project on a cloud system. You can give users access to cloud systems through cloud projects.

Before you begin

Connect the blueprint design server to a cloud. See Connecting to clouds through OpenStack Heat.
On the Keystone server for the cloud, create one or more accounts for users to share. You can create one account with all permissions, including creating instances, or you can create separate accounts with different permissions. The accounts must be members of the administrative tenant.
Note: If you installed Keystone when you installed the engine, the Keystone server's default administrative tenant user name is admin and password is openstack1.

Procedure

Log in to the blueprint designer as a user with the following permissions:
- Configure Security
- Manage Users & Groups
Click Settings > Clouds.
Select the cloud connection to use.
On the Authorization tab, click Add Project.

Specify the following information, depending on the type of cloud:

Table 1. Properties for OpenStack cloud projects
Property	Description
Name (Project name from OpenStack)	For OpenStack Keystone version 3, specify the OpenStack project name. For Keystone version 2, specify the tenant name. If you installed Keystone with the engine, the default value is `admin`.
Functional ID	Enter the ID of the functional account on the OpenStack system.
Password	Enter the password for the functional account.

Table 2. Properties for SoftLayer cloud projects
Property	Description
Name (Project name from OpenStack)	For OpenStack Keystone version 3, specify the OpenStack project name. For Keystone version 2, specify the tenant name. If you installed Keystone with the engine, the default value is `admin`.
Functional ID	Enter the ID of the functional account on the OpenStack system.
Password	Enter the password for the functional account.
SoftLayer User ID	Enter the account ID for SoftLayer®.
SoftLayer API Key	Enter The API key for SoftLayer.

Table 3. Properties for Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud projects
Property	Description
Name (Project name from OpenStack)	For OpenStack Keystone version 3, specify the OpenStack project name. For Keystone version 2, specify the tenant name. If you installed Keystone with the engine, the default value is `admin`.
Functional ID	Enter the ID of the functional account on the OpenStack system.
Password	Enter the password for the functional account.
Amazon Access ID	Enter the ID for AWS.
Amazon Secret Key	Enter the password for AWS.

Table 4. Properties for VMware cloud projects
Property	Description
Name (Project name from OpenStack)	For OpenStack Keystone version 3, specify the OpenStack project name. For Keystone version 2, specify the tenant name. If you installed Keystone with the engine, the default value is `admin`.
Functional ID	Enter the ID of the functional account on the OpenStack system.
Password	Enter the password for the functional account.
VMware vCenter User ID	Enter the user ID for VMware vCenter.
VMware vCenter Password	Enter the password for VMware vCenter.
VMware vCenter Host	Enter the host name of the VMware vSphere API for vCenter server. This is the host name portion of the property `VirtualCenter.VimApiUrl`.
VMware vCenter Port	Enter the port of the VMware vSphere API for vCenter server. This is the port portion of the property `VirtualCenter.VimApiUrl`.

Optional: If your VMware cloud requires NSX networking types, select the Configure NSX access check box and specify the following information:

Table 5. Properties for VMWare cloud projects that require NSX access
Property	Description
NSX User ID	Enter the NSX user ID.
NSX Password	Enter the password for the NSX user ID.
NSX Host	Enter the VMWare NSX API host IP address and port number.

Click Test Connection to verify that the connection information is correct.
Click Save.

What to do next

Assign the cloud project to a team:

Click Teams, and then select a team.
Go to the Cloud Authorization tab, and click Add.

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