IBM Cloud Orchestrator, Version 2.5

Using the Public Cloud Gateway

Use the Public Cloud Gateway to integrate with public clouds as Amazon EC2, IBM® SoftLayer, or non-IBM supplied OpenStack.

Public Cloud Gateway overview
The Public Cloud Gateway is a web application that provides an OpenStack API compatibility layer so that the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), IBM SoftLayer, and non-IBM supplied OpenStack, work like the standard OpenStack, Cinder, and Glance instances.
Common configuration tasks
There are some configuration tasks that you must perform.
Managing Amazon EC2 using the Public Cloud Gateway
The Public Cloud Gateway is not preconfigured for use with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) as part of the IBM Cloud Orchestrator. You must complete certain configuration tasks before using the Public Cloud Gateway.
Managing SoftLayer
The Public Cloud Gateway is not preconfigured for use with SoftLayer as part of IBM Cloud Orchestrator. You must perform certain configuration tasks before using the Public Cloud Gateway.
Managing non-IBM supplied OpenStack
This topic describes how to manage non-IBM supplied OpenStack.
Performing post-configuration tasks
You must complete post-configuration tasks after you configure the Public Cloud Gateway.
Reference
This section provides reference information for the Public Cloud Gateway.

Parent topic: Managing a hybrid cloud