docs/en-US/zone-add.xml

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<section id="zone-add">
	<title>Adding a Zone</title>
    <para>These steps assume you have already logged in to the CloudPlatform UI. See <xref linkend="log-in" />.</para>
    <orderedlist>
        <listitem><para>(Optional) If you are going to use Swift for cloud-wide secondary storage, you need to add it before you add zones.</para>
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                <listitem><para>Log in to the CloudPlatform UI as administrator.</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>If this is your first time visiting the UI, you will see the guided tour splash screen. Choose “Experienced user.” The Dashboard appears.</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>In the left navigation bar, click Global Settings.</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>In the search box, type swift.enable and click the search button.</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>Click the edit button and set swift.enable to true. 
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                </listitem>
                <listitem><para>Restart the Management Server.</para>
                    <programlisting># service cloud-management restart</programlisting>
                </listitem>
                <listitem><para>Refresh the CloudPlatform UI browser tab and log back in.</para></listitem>
            </orderedlist>
        </listitem>
        <listitem><para>In the left navigation, choose Infrastructure.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>On Zones, click View More.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>(Optional) If you are using Swift storage, click Enable Swift. Provide the following:</para>
            <itemizedlist>
                <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">URL.</emphasis> The Swift URL.</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Account.</emphasis> The Swift account.</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Username.</emphasis> The Swift account’s username.</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Key.</emphasis> The Swift key.</para></listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
        <listitem><para>Click Add Zone. The zone creation wizard will appear.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>Choose one of the following network types:</para>
            <itemizedlist>
                <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Basic.</emphasis> For AWS-style networking. Provides a single network where each VM instance is assigned an IP directly from the network. Guest isolation can be provided through layer-3 means such as security groups (IP address source filtering).</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Advanced.</emphasis> For more sophisticated network topologies. This network model provides the most flexibility in defining guest networks and providing custom network offerings such as firewall, VPN, or load balancer support.</para></listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
            <para>For more information about the network types, see Network Setup.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem><para>The rest of the steps differ depending on whether you chose Basic or Advanced. Continue with the steps that apply to you:</para>
            <itemizedlist>
                <listitem><para><xref linkend="basic-zone-configuration" /></para></listitem>
                <listitem><para><xref linkend="advanced-zone-configuration" /></para></listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
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    <xi:include href="advanced-zone-configuration.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</section>