Creating accounts in IBM Software Hub Control Center

Accounts enable you to manage how cluster resources are allocated to different groups. When you create an account, you can specify how much vCPU, memory, and GPU are allocated to the account and the administrators for the account.

Who needs to complete this task?
To complete this task, you must have the Manage accounts permission in IBM Software Hub Control Center.
When do you need to complete this task?

You must create at least one group.

Repeat as needed Create an account for each group that will install at least one instance of IBM Software Hub on the cluster that is registers with IBM Software Hub Control Center (Control Center).

Before you begin

Before you can create accounts, you must register the cluster. For more information, see Registering an IBM Software Hub cluster with IBM Software Hub Control Center.
In addition it is recommended that you:
  • Identify the user who will be the primary account administrator
  • Estimate the number of resources that the account will need by reviewing:
    • The number of instances that the account administrator plans to install on the cluster
    • The services that will be installed in each instance
    • The estimated workload in each instance

About this task

Accounts help you visualize the following information about your cluster:
  • The total cluster capacity
  • The resources that are allocated to accounts
  • The current resource use across all accounts
  • The allocated resources that are not used
  • The remaining cluster capacity

Procedure

  1. Log in to IBM Software Hub Control Center.
  2. From the navigation, click Accounts.
  3. Click New account.
  4. Provide a display name and description for the account. Then, click Next.
  5. Specify which users can administer the account.
    You can select existing users or add new users from your identity provider. After you select the administrators, click Next.
  6. Specify how many resources to allocate to the account.
    1. Specify how many vCPU cores to allocate to the account.
    2. Specify how much memory to allocate to the account.
    3. If your cluster includes GPU, you can optionally specify how much GPU to allocate to the account.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Review the summary. If the information is correct, click Save.

Results

After you create an account, an account administrator can register instances of IBM Software Hub to associated the instances with the account and to see resource use for the instance in Control Center.