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Apiculus Documentation

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Technical documentation for the Apiculus cloud platform, featuring guides on VPC networking, virtual firewalls, object storage (AS3), and authoritative name servers. Includes detailed release notes for versions such as ver11800, ver11760, and ver2111, covering features like bare metal provisioning automation, KYC-based restrictions, and digital signatures.

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What's inside Apiculus

  1. Overview of Apiculus AWS Linkage capabilities

    Apiculus provides a multicloud experience for service providers and end customers by integrating with AWS. Key capabilities include:

    • Billing Consolidation: Service providers can generate a single, consolidated invoice for customers that covers both their own cloud infrastructure and public cloud usage (AWS).
    • End-Customer Self-Service: Customers can provision, list, and manage EC2 instances directly through the Apiculus user interface.
    • Reseller Benefit Distribution: Service providers can pass AWS reseller benefits to end customers, provided the service provider possesses the necessary AWS partner credentials.

  4. Overview of Apiculus Cloud-as-a-Service Platform

    Apiculus is an all-in-one cloud-as-a-service platform designed for regional, domestic, and edge cloud service providers. It integrates three core capabilities: cloud service monetization, infrastructure management, and customer life cycle management. The platform is used to launch greenfield independent clouds with 100% data localization, scale existing VPS services into multi-service public clouds, and provide a standardized service delivery and user experience.

  5. Overview of Apiculus Cloud Console

    Apiculus Cloud Console is a white-label Cloud Management Platform (CMP) designed for subscribers and end-customers to manage cloud services delivered by their service provider. The platform is structured around two primary user journey maps that define the customer lifecycle: Cloud Operations Management and the Account Centre.

  6. Overview of Apiculus Cloud Console Tools and Utilities

    The Tools and Utilities section of the Apiculus Cloud Console provides a centralized location for managing cloud assets and utilities required for specific cloud operations. Supported utility actions include managing SSH key pairs for Linux instances, handling instance and volume snapshots, and managing custom templates and images.

  7. Overview of Apiculus Authoritative Nameserver (A53)

    Apiculus Authoritative Nameserver (A53) is a DNS management solution integrated into the Apiculus stack. It utilizes PowerDNS for authoritative DNS operations and Poweradmin for the administrative and management layer.

    Critical Constraint: A53 is designed exclusively as an authoritative server. It cannot be used as a lookup system or a recursive DNS server.

  9. Overview of Apiculus Kubernetes Service (AK8s)

    The Apiculus Kubernetes Service (AK8s) allows users to deploy and manage highly-available Kubernetes clusters for cloud-native development, deployment, and DevOps. Cluster management is performed through two primary interfaces: the Cloud Console UI and the kubectl command-line utility. To access and manage your clusters within the Cloud Console, navigate to Compute > Kubernetes.

  10. Overview of the Apiculus Admin Console

    The Apiculus Admin Console serves as the top-level experience management layer for service providers. It is the central control panel used by Product, Marketing, and Business teams to manage the cloud delivery and management experience for end customers. Key management capabilities include:

    • Subscriber account management
    • Trial management
    • Billing and financial operations
    • Services and product catalogue management
    • Marketing management
    • Reseller management

  11. Overview of Virtual Firewall instances

    Virtual Firewalls are provided as Virtualized Network Functions (VNF) and are powered by either pfSense or FortiGate VM. They provide robust firewall management with support for multiple VLANs, multiple Public IPv4 addresses, and automated service activation. Users can manage these instances, including network interface controls and snapshots, via the Networking > Virtual Firewalls tab in the account dashboard.

  12. Overview of VPC Access Control Lists (ACL)

    An Access Control List (ACL) in a VPC is a set of rules used to control and filter incoming (ingress) and outgoing (egress) network traffic to reduce network attacks. ACLs can be applied to any tier within the VPC to manage network access.

    Key use cases include:

    • Allowing web traffic (HTTP/80, HTTPS/443).
    • Restricting SSH access to specific IP addresses.
    • Blocking unauthorized or suspicious IP ranges.
    • Controlling communication between public and private subnets.
    • Adding a security layer beyond instance-level controls.

    Every VPC includes two system ACLs: default_allow and default_deny. These can be edited but cannot be deleted.