Managing tenants

The list of tenants is displayed in the Tenants section. This section also displays the following groups of settings:

• VIM allows assigning a VIM to a tenant. A tenant can manage virtual network functions within the virtual infrastructure using the assigned VIMs.
• User groups allows assigning LDAP user groups to a tenant. Assigned LDAP user group can log in to the tenant's self-service portal and manage the SD-WAN instance deployed for the tenant.
• Catalog allows assigning network service components to the tenant. A tenant can manage network services using the assigned network service components.
• SD-WAN service allows viewing SD-WAN network service components of a tenant.
• Resources allows assigning computation resources to a tenant. The assigned computation resources determine the performance of the SD-WAN instance that will be deployed for the tenant. The amount of available computation resources is determined during solution deployment.
• Service requests allows viewing service requests for a tenant.
• Users allows assigning users to a tenant. Assigned users can log in to the tenant's self-service portal and manage the SD-WAN instance deployed for the tenant.
• CPEs allows adding a CPE device to a tenant. The tenant can relay traffic between locations using the added CPE devices.

Creating a tenant

The number of created tenants must not exceed the number of tenants that you specified in the external section of the configuration file when deploying the solution.

To create a tenant:

1. In the menu, go to the Tenants section.

   The tenant management page is displayed.

2. Start creating the tenant in one of the following ways:
   • If you are creating the first tenant, under Tenants, in the Name field, enter the name of the tenant.
   • If you are creating the second or subsequent tenants, in the upper part of the Tenants section, click + Tenant, and in the Name field, enter the name of the tenant.
3. If necessary, in the relevant area in the lower part of the page, enter a brief description of the tenant.
4. Click the create icon .

The tenant is created and displayed under Tenants.

Assigning a user to a tenant

You can assign a user to a tenant to allow the user to log in to the tenant's self-service portal and manage the SD-WAN instance that is deployed for the tenant. To assign a user to a tenant, you need to assign tenant role to the user while creating or editing the user.

To assign a user to a tenant:

1. In the menu, go to the Tenants section.

   The tenant management page is displayed.

2. Under Tenants, select the tenant to which you want to assign a user.
3. Under Users, click + Edit.
4. This opens a window; in that window, under Users, select a user which you want to assign to the tenant.
5. Click Save.

The user is assigned to the tenant and displayed under Users.

Assigning an LDAP user group to a tenant

You can assign an LDAP user group to a tenant to allow this LDAP user group to log in to the tenant's self-service portal and manage the SD-WAN instance that is deployed for the tenant. To assign an LDAP user group to a tenant, you must assign the LDAP user group the tenant role when you create or edit the LDAP user group.

To assign an LDAP user group to a tenant:

1. In the menu, go to the Tenants section.

   The tenant management page is displayed.

2. Under Tenants, select the tenant to which you want to assign a user group.
3. Under User groups, click + Edit.
4. This opens a window; in that window, under Groups, select an LDAP user group which you want to assign to the tenant.
5. Click Save.

The LDAP user group is assigned to the tenant and displayed under User groups.

Assigning compute resources to a tenant

You can assign computation resources to a tenant to set up the performance of the SD-WAN instance that you want to deploy for the tenant. The amount of available computation resources is determined during solution deployment.

To assign compute resources to a tenant:

1. In the menu, go to the Tenants section.

   The tenant management page is displayed.

2. Under Tenants, select the tenant to which you want to assign compute resources.
3. In the upper part of the Resources section, click the settings icon .
4. Click the resize icon ∞ next to one of the following computation resources:
5. In the displayed field, enter the amount of compute resource that you want to assign to the tenant.
6. Click the save icon .

The specified amount of compute resources is assigned to the tenant.

Assigning network service components to a tenant

You can assign network service components to a tenant to let the tenant use them to manage network services.

To assign network service components to a tenant:

1. In the menu, go to the Tenants section.

   The tenant management page is displayed.

2. Under Tenants, select the tenant to which you want to assign network service components.
3. Under Catalog, select check boxes next to the network service components that you want to assign to the tenant.

The network service components are assigned to the tenant and displayed in the tenant self-service portal in the Catalog section.

Assigning a VIM to a tenant

You can assign a VIM to a tenant to let the tenant use this VIM to manage virtual network functions within the virtual infrastructure.

To assign a VIM to a tenant:

1. In the menu, go to the Tenants section.

   The tenant management page is displayed.

2. Under Tenants, select the tenant to which you want to assign a VIM.
3. Under VIM, click + Edit.
4. This opens a window; in that window, under Domain andData center, select the created domain, then select the added data center in which you have deployed VIM.
5. Under VIM, select the VIM that you want to assign to the tenant.

   The VIM is displayed under Assign VIMs.

6. Click Save.

The VIM is assigned to the tenant and displayed under VIM.

Logging in to the tenant self-service portal

To log in to the tenant self-service portal:

1. In the menu, go to the Tenants section.

   The tenant management page is displayed.

2. Under Tenants, select the tenant whose self-service portal you want to log in to.
3. Click Connect as tenant.

This opens the tenant self-service portal in a new browser tab. You are logged in to the self-service portal.

Editing a tenant

To edit a tenant:

1. In the menu, go to the Tenants section.

   The tenant management page is displayed.

2. In the Tenants section, click the settings icon → Edit next to the tenant that you want to edit.
3. If necessary, edit the name and/or brief description of the tenant.
4. Click the save icon .

The tenant is modified and updated under Tenants.

Deleting a tenant

When you delete a tenant, the SD-WAN instance deployed for it is automatically deleted, as well as the CPE devices that were added to the tenant.

Deleted tenants cannot be restored.

To delete a tenant:

1. In the menu, go to the Tenants section.

   The tenant management page is displayed.

2. In the Tenants section, click the settings icon → Delete next to the tenant that you want to delete.
3. In the confirmation window, click Delete.

The tenant is deleted and is no longer displayed under Tenants.