CI Resource Types

Resource types represent a variety of resources that your Virtualization nodes can provide: containers, virtual machines, their CPU and RAM, disk space, backups, as well as some other resources. Resource types are grouped into classes, depending on their role.

The default resource types are automatically set up when you install the Cloud Infrastructure module on the CloudBlue Commerce management node (their name has CI prefix). These resources are used in Cloud Infrastructure service templates and subscriptions. You can find CI resources in Operations control panel > Products > Resources.

Note: Some resource types have running or stopped at the end of their names. Using these resource types, you can charge customers for using Cloud Infrastructure resources differently, depending on the state of their servers. For example, you can charge customers $0.10 per hour for using 1 GB of RAM when their servers are running and reduce the price to $0.01 when their servers are stopped.

Resource Class	Resource Type	Description	Provisioning Attributes	Limit	Unit of Measure
CI Virtual Environment Limit	CI Virtual Environments Limit	Limits the number of servers customers are allowed to create.		Unlimited	Unit
CI Virtual Environments	CI Free Linux VE	Enables customers to create and use servers with free Linux distributions, such as CentOS, Fedora, or Ubuntu.		Unlimited	Hour
	CI Commercial Linux VE	Enables customers to create and use servers with commercial Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux.		Unlimited	Hour
	CI Windows VE	Enables customers to create and use servers with Windows operating systems, such as Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012.		Unlimited	Hour
CI CPU Time Used	CI Virtual Machine CPU Usage running	Charges customers for using CPU resources in virtual machines when they are running.	ci_running	Unlimited	MHzh
	CI Virtual Machine CPU Usage stopped	Charges customers for using CPU resources in virtual machines when they are stopped.	ci_stopped	Unlimited	MHzh
	CI Container CPU Usage running	Charges customers for using CPU resources in containers when they are running.	ci_running	Unlimited	MHzh
	CI Container CPU Usage stopped	Charges customers for using CPU resources in containers when they are stopped.	ci_stopped	Unlimited	MHzh
CI RAM Used	CI RAM usage running	Charges customers for using memory in servers when they are running.	ci_running	Unlimited	MBh
CI RAM Used	CI RAM usage stopped	Charges customers for using memory in servers when they are stopped.	ci_stopped	Unlimited	MBh
CI Storage Used	CI VE disk usage	Charges customers for the amount of local disk space used for storing the content of their servers.	ci_stopped, ci_running	Unlimited	GBh
	CI network disk usage running	Charges customers for the amount of disk space used for storing the content of their running servers in Virtuozzo storage cluster.	ci_running	Unlimited	GBh
	CI network disk usage stopped	Charges customers for the amount of disk space used for storing the content of their stopped servers in Virtuozzo storage cluster.	ci_stopped	Unlimited	GBh
	CI image space usage	Calculates disk space occupied by the customer's server images.		Unlimited	GBh
	CI backup space usage	Calculates disk space occupied by the customer's backups.		Unlimited	MBh
CI Backups Used	CI daily backup	Allows customers to back up their servers on a daily basis.		Unlimited	Hour
CI Backups Used	CI weekly backup	Allows customers to back up their servers on a weekly basis.		Unlimited	Hour
Network Bandwidth Limit for CI	CI bandwidth limit running	Limits network bandwidth for running servers.	ci_running	Unlimited	Kbpsh
Network Bandwidth Limit for CI	CI bandwidth limit stopped	Limits network bandwidth for stopped servers.	ci_stopped	Unlimited	Kbpsh
Traffic	CI internal incoming traffic	Counts the traffic received by the customer's servers from other servers on the customer's private network.	ci_incoming, ci_internal	Unlimited	KB
	CI internal outgoing traffic	Counts the traffic sent by the customer's servers to other servers on the customer's private network.	ci_outgoing, ci_internal	Unlimited	KB
	CI external incoming traffic	Counts the traffic received by the customer's servers from locations outside of the customer's private network.	ci_incoming, ci_external	Unlimited	KB
	CI external outgoing traffic	Counts the traffic sent by the customer's servers to locations outside of the customer's private network.	ci_outgoing, ci_external	Unlimited	KB
CI Load Balancers	CI Load Balancers	Enables customers to add load balancers to balance incoming traffic among their servers.		Unlimited	Hour
CI Cloud Hosting	CI Cloud Hosting	Enables customers to use and manage Cloud Infrastructure resources.		Unlimited	Unit

Please note that:

Limits for the Disk space, CPU, and RAM resource types in Cloud Infrastructure service template should be non-zero, otherwise creation of a new cloud server fails.
You can use the "CPU Usage"-based resource types to offer customers only specific types of servers: containers or virtual machines. For example, to sell only containers, you don't have to include the resource types CI Virtual Machine CPU Usage running and CI Virtual Machine CPU Usage stopped in your service template. Similarly, if you want to offer only virtual machines, you don't have to include the resource types CI Container CPU Usage running and CI Container CPU Usage stopped in your service template.
The CI internal incoming traffic, CI internal outgoing traffic, CI external incoming traffic, and CI external outgoing traffic resource types are based on the Traffic resource class that is not specific to Cloud Infrastructure.
If you change the disk space limit activation parameters for CI image space usage and CI backup space usage resource types, the changes will be applied only to the new subscriptions. The existing subscriptions should be synchronized manually. Refer to Billing Provider's Guide >> Managing Subscriptions > Operations with Subscriptions > Synchronizing Subscriptions for details.