Chapter 1 Flow of Setup for Resource Orchestrator

This chapter explains the overall flow of setup when using Resource Orchestrator.

Setup operations when using Resource Orchestrator are performed by the users below.

System Administrators

System administrators manage the entire system. They install Resource Orchestrator and configure the necessary settings.

OS administrator privileges are required for these operations. Usually, the roles of infrastructure administrator and system administrator are performed by the person.

Infrastructure Administrators

Infrastructure administrators manage ICT resources such as servers, storage, networks, and images.

They collectively manage ICT resources in resource pools, and perform addition, configuration modification, and maintenance of ICT resources when necessary.

In Resource Orchestrator, the following roles can be assigned to infrastructure administrators:

infra_admin (infrastructure administrator)

Tenant Administrators

Provide tenant users with L-Platform templates based on their needs.

In Resource Orchestrator, the following roles can be assigned to tenant administrators:

tenant_admin (tenant administrator)

Tenant Users

Tenant users create L-Platforms and use them.

In Resource Orchestrator, the following roles can be assigned to tenant users:

tenant_user (tenant user)
lplatform_user (L-Platform user)

Dual-role Administrators

The following role combines the roles of infrastructure administrators and tenant administrators.

In Resource Orchestrator, the following roles can be assigned to dual-role administrators:

administrator (administrator)

For details on roles, refer to "5.1 Restricting Access Using Roles" in the "Design Guide CE".

An overview of setup operations when using Resource Orchestrator is given below.

Flow of Setup and Service Provision Using Business Applications

In Resource Orchestrator, the flow of setup and services provision using business applications is as shown below.

Figure 1.1 Flow of Setup and Service Provision Using Business Applications

*1: Necessary when using firewalls, server load balancers (SLB), or L2 switches.
*2: Necessary when using firewalls or server load balancers (SLB).

The flow of setup is as follows:

Table 1.1 Flow of Setup
Operator	Operation Overview	Details	Reference
System Administrators	Design	- Designing the system configuration - Defining user accounts - Defining tenants and resource pools - Defining high availability and Disaster Recovery - Defining the server environment - Defining the network - Defining the storage environment - Deciding server virtualization software	Refer to "1.1 Flow of Setup for System Administrators".
	Preconfiguration	- Configuring the server environment - Configuring the network environment - Configuring the storage environment - Settings for server virtualization software - Installing and defining Single Sign-On - Deciding and configuring the power monitoring environment
	Software installation on admin servers	- Installing an OS - Installing required software
	Manager installation and configuration	- Installing the manager - Configuring SSL communications on the ROR console (1) - Logging in to the ROR Console - License setup - Importing a certificate to a browser (2) - Registering infrastructure administrators - Creating definition files
	Notification of infrastructure information	- Notifying the infrastructure information
Infrastructure Administrators	Obtaining infrastructure information	- Obtaining the infrastructure information	Refer to "1.2 Flow of Setup for Infrastructure Administrators".
	Resource configuration	- Registering resources with Resource Orchestrator - Settings for the HBA address rename setup service (4) - Installing software and registering agents on VM hosts (5) - Registering Resources to the Global Pool - Creating L-Server templates - Collecting and registering cloning images
	Registration of network devices	- Creating the network configuration information (XML definition) - Creating scripts for network device auto-configuration settings - Registering network device resources - Registering network pools for network devices (*3)
	Global template configuration	- Creating and releasing global templates and registering accounting information (*6)
	Tenant configuration	- Creating tenants - Creating tenant administrators - Registering resources to a dedicated pool for the tenant
	Notification of Tenant Information	- User IDs and passwords for the tenant administrator - Information of tenants which can be used by the tenant administrator and resources allocated to tenants - Global template information - Notifying the information to configure on a firewall or a server load balancer (*3)
Tenant Administrators	Obtaining tenant information	- Obtaining available tenant and resource information - Obtaining the global template information - Obtaining the information to configure on a firewall or a server load balancer (*3)	Refer to "1.3 Flow of Setup for Tenant Administrators".
	Configuration of a template specific to the tenant	- Copying and editing a template specific to the tenant - Releasing and retracting a template specific to the tenant
	User registration	- Registering tenant users
	Notification of the user information	- Notifying the user information
	Notification of the network settings	- Notifying the segment settings - Notifying the information to configure on a firewall or a server load balancer (*3)

*1: Necessary when replacing the test certificate set up by default with another certificate. For details, refer to "Chapter 3 SSL Communication Environment Settings for the ROR Console".
*2: Necessary when using the site certificate for tests.
*3: Necessary when using a firewall or a server load balancer.
*4: Necessary when using HBA address rename.
*5: Necessary when using server virtualization software
*6: It is necessary to register accounting information when using accounting.

The flow of service provision using business applications is as shown below.

Table 1.2 Flow of Service Provision Using Business Applications
Operator	Operation Overview	Details	Reference
Tenant Users	Obtaining the user information	- Obtaining the user information	Refer to "1.4 Flow of Operations for Tenant Users".
	L-Platform deployment	- Applying for L-Platform usage - Checking L-Platform usage application status
	Configuration of business applications	- Configuring business applications
	Configuration of firewalls or server load balancers	- Configuring a firewall - Configuring a server load balancer
	Service provision using business applications	- Providing services using business applications

* Note: Necessary when using firewalls or server load balancers.