How to Read This Documentation
Welcome to the StackConsole Cloud Management Platform (CMP) Administrator Documentation. This portal provides complete operational and technical documentation for deploying, configuring, and operating StackConsole CMP.
1. Documentation Structure
The documentation is organized across three primary levels:
- Getting Started — Platform evaluation, architecture overview, hardware prerequisites, and hosting topologies.
- Infrastructure Integrations — Technology-specific hubs covering hypervisors, storage clusters, backups, and DNS. Each integration follows: Overview → Configuration → Features.
- Platform Operations — Global capabilities: Billing & Invoicing, Quota Management, Security & SSO, API, and Troubleshooting.
2. Configuration vs. Features
Within each infrastructure integration, topics are separated into two distinct stages:
| Area | Scope | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration / Setup | Initial connection, credentials, and resource mapping | API keys, endpoints, zone mapping, templates, rate card packages, connectivity validation |
| Features | Day-2 operations available after connection | VM lifecycle, IPAM / network allocation, volume attach/resize, snapshots, automated backup |
3. Recommended Onboarding Path
- Understand CMP — Review What is CMP? and the Architecture Overview.
- Review Installation — Verify System Prerequisites and pick your Hosting Topology.
- Connect Your Infrastructure — Select your cloud orchestrator or storage provider:
- Compute: CloudStack · OpenStack · Proxmox VE · VMware · OpenNebula
- Storage: Ceph · Impossible Cloud
- Backup & DNS: Veeam VSPC · PowerDNS
- Configure Platform Operations — Set up Billing, Global Quotas, and Security & SSO.
4. Quick Navigation
| If you want to... | Recommended Starting Point |
|---|---|
| Understand platform architecture | Architecture Overview |
| Review system requirements & ports | System Prerequisites |
| Connect Apache CloudStack | Connecting CloudStack |
| Connect OpenStack Keystone | Connecting OpenStack |
| Connect Proxmox VE | Connecting Proxmox VE |
| Connect Ceph or Impossible Cloud S3 | Ceph Setup · Impossible Cloud Setup |
| Connect Veeam or PowerDNS | Veeam Setup · PowerDNS Setup |
| Configure pricing models & invoices | Billing Overview · Rate Cards |
| Set tenant compute/storage quotas | Global Quotas · Orchestrator Sync |
| Configure Keycloak SSO or 2FA | Security & Auth |
| Review REST APIs | API Reference |
| Troubleshoot issues or review FAQs | Troubleshooting & FAQ |
| Check version history & changelog | Release Notes & Changelog |
5. Versioning & Search
- Documentation Version: Currently describes Version 2.0. Version 3.0 is an upcoming release.
- Search: Press Ctrl + K (or Cmd + K on macOS) to search across all topics.
- Ask StackConsole AI (Beta): Click Ask AI in the navbar for interactive, documentation-grounded answers.