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Posted to dev@cloudstack.apache.org by benoit lair <ku...@gmail.com> on 2013/10/07 11:41:27 UTC

[PROPOSAL][ACS 4.3] Billing of ressources consumed

Hello All.

I was wondering what were the abilities to get some billing system of
consumed ressources ?

I saw you can extract some datas on the acs cloud_usage mysql database.

I'm looking for a good beginning of a solution of ressources billing.

If this doesn't really exists yet, so what about beginning the work on a
billing plugin that could evolves regardless of the ACS mgmt server ?

It could be very useful to generate a report of the used ressources, group
ressources by client (so need to have some crm specs or crm interconnexion,
or just import the client's db (name,internal_ref_key,
hosting_client_ref_key) or somewhat like a client ref key)

So we can retrieve the information for a client to what ressources he used
for a given period per example.

For a first phase, the availability to extract these informations into a
csv format, for a second phase the availability to perform an export and to
post it with a framework defining the way it is transferred (url, key,
method, encryption, ack, etc ...) toward such an intranet tool.

Also the availability to give a production cost and the billing price for
each ressource so we can have the financial results of the global activity
in a given period.

Here are some ideas, the thread is open, any idea is welcome and any
advices about such a feature.


Regards, Benoit.

RE: [PROPOSAL][ACS 4.3] Billing of ressources consumed

Posted by "Musayev, Ilya" <im...@webmd.net>.
Hi Benoit,

I did a brief demo of Amysta @ CCC13, you can see it here:

http://www.buildacloud.org/cloudstack-collab-conference-north-america-2013/video/ackporting-features-into-custom-apache-cloudstack-by-ilya-musayev.html

Last 5 minutes of the video will have Amysta Billing plugin showcased.

Regards
ilya

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fabrice Brazier [mailto:fabrice.brazier@apalia.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 7:29 AM
> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: RE: [PROPOSAL][ACS 4.3] Billing of ressources consumed
> 
> Hi Benoit,
> 
> Please look at Amysta http://amysta.com/ it's exactly what we are doing.
> 
> Regards,
> Fabrice
> 
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : benoit lair [mailto:kurushi4000@gmail.com] Envoyé : lundi 7 octobre
> 2013 11:41 À : dev@cloudstack.apache.org Objet : [PROPOSAL][ACS 4.3]
> Billing of ressources consumed
> 
> Hello All.
> 
> I was wondering what were the abilities to get some billing system of
> consumed ressources ?
> 
> I saw you can extract some datas on the acs cloud_usage mysql database.
> 
> I'm looking for a good beginning of a solution of ressources billing.
> 
> If this doesn't really exists yet, so what about beginning the work on a billing
> plugin that could evolves regardless of the ACS mgmt server ?
> 
> It could be very useful to generate a report of the used ressources, group
> ressources by client (so need to have some crm specs or crm interconnexion,
> or just import the client's db (name,internal_ref_key,
> hosting_client_ref_key) or somewhat like a client ref key)
> 
> So we can retrieve the information for a client to what ressources he used
> for a given period per example.
> 
> For a first phase, the availability to extract these informations into a csv
> format, for a second phase the availability to perform an export and to post it
> with a framework defining the way it is transferred (url, key, method,
> encryption, ack, etc ...) toward such an intranet tool.
> 
> Also the availability to give a production cost and the billing price for each
> ressource so we can have the financial results of the global activity in a given
> period.
> 
> Here are some ideas, the thread is open, any idea is welcome and any
> advices about such a feature.
> 
> 
> Regards, Benoit.

RE: [PROPOSAL][ACS 4.3] Billing of ressources consumed

Posted by Fabrice Brazier <fa...@apalia.net>.
Hi Benoit,

Please look at Amysta http://amysta.com/ it's exactly what we are doing.

Regards,
Fabrice


-----Message d'origine-----
De : benoit lair [mailto:kurushi4000@gmail.com]
Envoyé : lundi 7 octobre 2013 11:41
À : dev@cloudstack.apache.org
Objet : [PROPOSAL][ACS 4.3] Billing of ressources consumed

Hello All.

I was wondering what were the abilities to get some billing system of
consumed ressources ?

I saw you can extract some datas on the acs cloud_usage mysql database.

I'm looking for a good beginning of a solution of ressources billing.

If this doesn't really exists yet, so what about beginning the work on a
billing plugin that could evolves regardless of the ACS mgmt server ?

It could be very useful to generate a report of the used ressources, group
ressources by client (so need to have some crm specs or crm
interconnexion, or just import the client's db (name,internal_ref_key,
hosting_client_ref_key) or somewhat like a client ref key)

So we can retrieve the information for a client to what ressources he used
for a given period per example.

For a first phase, the availability to extract these informations into a
csv format, for a second phase the availability to perform an export and
to post it with a framework defining the way it is transferred (url, key,
method, encryption, ack, etc ...) toward such an intranet tool.

Also the availability to give a production cost and the billing price for
each ressource so we can have the financial results of the global activity
in a given period.

Here are some ideas, the thread is open, any idea is welcome and any
advices about such a feature.


Regards, Benoit.