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Services Management

Service providers can deliver and monetise their cloud services portfolio using Service Catalogues. A Service is defined as any cloud service that is being delivered via the Apiculus solution, and a Catalogue is defined as a price book that subscribers/customers can choose from. The Services section on the Apiculus admin console gives service providers the ability and power to create, define, and set pricing and availability rules for all services in their cloud portfolio. Right from creating Availability zones, naming as per their choice, creating cloud collections, naming these collections, adding various packs and images depending on the type of cloud collection being made and defining all these along with the pricing for the services and also dedicated catalogues can be made for the customer/customers. In short, administrators or service providers define what to offer, where, and how to offer the services to the end customers.

📄️ Working with Availability Zones

Availability Zones (AZ) on Apiculus are a highly versatile and unique way of managing Service delivery and availability. Apiculus AZ are essentially control planes for underlying ISV, which are set up to handle a host of delivery scenarios. Apiculus AZ also take into consideration the limitations that an ISV may bring (e.g., inability to manage multiple serviceable regions via a single management plane). In other words, Apiculus AZ may be seen as the 'delivery-level unification' of all underlying cloud services into a service topology.