This might help if your interested in how Ops/Users view these concepts:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/2012/09/13/A-CS+Post+Install+Architecture
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From: "Mathias Mullins"
To: "dev@cloudstack.apache.org"
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Ian,
I'm going to add one more example that may clears it up for a lot of
people I work with.
Accounts are the organization / company / group , etc...
Users are the people in that organization / company / group
1. With active Directory it is usually more logical to map the OU to the
Cloudstack
Thanks for the replies!
> We need to figure out the most
> efficient way to map ldap users to
> domains/accounts/users.
So would it be logical to:
1) Create a mapping between organizational units and cloudstack domains?
2) Create accounts that are independent to cloudstack but require that
a us
In addition, please refer to the wiki below. Feel free to add
https://cwiki.apache.org/CLOUDSTACK/accounts-domains-and-admin-explained.ht
ml
Thanks,
-Nitin
On 09/06/13 10:03 PM, "Abhinandan Prateek" wrote:
>Ian,
>
>In cloudstack a "Domain" is a unit of isolation that represents a
>customer
Ian,
In cloudstack a "Domain" is a unit of isolation that represents a
customer org, business unit or a reseller.
A domain can have arbitrary level of sub-domains.
A domain can have one or more accounts. A account is the basic unit of
isolation. Multiple users can exists in an account.
Users
Hi,
I was just wondering about the difference between an "account" and a
"user", the naming of and layout to me seems unclear.
When you navigate to Accounts and click "Add Account" it creates an
account with the given information and a user.
When you open up the Account you have just created you