My Portal terms on CloudFerro Cloud

When you encounter an unfamiliar word in the portal, use this reference to connect it with the task you are trying to complete. The distinctions between an account, organization, project, and wallet are especially useful before opening resources or reviewing billing.

Accounts and navigation

Term	Meaning
My Portal	The customer website that brings together account information, billing, and access to cloud services.
Account	Your sign-in identity.
Organization / tenant	The customer grouping for users, projects, wallets, and services. It determines which organizational data you work with.
Single sign-on / SSO	Sign-in integration used when opening connected products through the portal. Each product still checks your access.
Home	The portal’s main page after sign-in.
Products	The catalogue used to browse the offering and open services.
Active Services	A view of services and resources associated with the organization.

Projects and billing

Term	Meaning
Cloud project	A grouping of cloud resources used in a region and associated with a billing arrangement.
Region	The location in which you work with a project or service. Service availability may differ between regions.
Resource	An item created or used within a product, such as a database or messaging service.
New Horizon	The interface for working with OpenStack cloud resources, available through the portal where access is granted.
Wallet	An organization’s billing arrangement shown in the portal. A prepaid wallet holds Billing Units.
Billing Units / BU / credits	Funds used by a prepaid wallet to pay for resource usage.
Pay-per-use	The prepaid wallet option that uses Billing Units.
Pay-as-you-go	A wallet billing option available for some organizations. Its conditions follow the applicable offering and terms.
Fixed-term contract	A contract for a defined term, shown in the organization’s billing area.
Resource group	A grouping that associates resources with a billing account.
Billing report	A view of the organization’s resource usage and costs.
Checkout	The store’s purchase and payment flow opened when adding Billing Units.

Support and service tools

Term	Meaning
Tickets	The request and support-conversation area opened through Help → Tickets. See How to use Tickets in My Portal for CloudFerro Cloud.
Notifications / inbox	Events delivered to the organization, including messages about its services. See How to use Notifications in My Portal for CloudFerro Cloud.
API	An interface that software can call to work with a service.
CLI	A command-line tool used to work with a service from a terminal.
SDK	A software development kit used to integrate a service into code.
Terraform provider	A product integration for describing and managing resources with Terraform, where that product supports it.

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