Project Management

This function allows you to divide the virtual resources in the contract into projects to manage them. Use this function when you want to make a clear distinction between the virtual systems used by the organizations or departments inside a company.

To enable a specific user or group to use the virtual resources in a project, you can control the user or group by having them belong to the project.

A user that does not have the Administrator role can only handle the resources within the project to which the user belongs. By combining roles and projects, you can block users from operating the virtual systems of other projects.

Note:

To enable project management, the following conditions must be met:

  • A user has the Administrator role.
  • For the region in which the project to be managed belongs, the authentication process is performed using regional user management, and regional tokens are acquired.
  • For project management operations, regional user management is used with regional tokens.

Default project

When a user is created from K5 Portal, the default project of the contractor user is set for the created user. Information for the default project is synchronized in all the regions that are currently in use and can be used in each region.

Note:
  • The default project set for a user cannot be changed.
  • Although the information of the default project is synchronized among regions, the virtual resources that belong to the region must be handled using the regional service for each region.

Creating a Project

Create projects within a domain. Items that you can specify are as follows.

Table 1. List of Items That Can Be Set for Projects
Item Description Required
Project Name

Specify the name of the project

Note: The project name must be unique within a region.
 Yes
Project Description Specify a description of the project  

Modifying a Project

Change the existing settings of a project. The items that you can change are as follows.

Table 2. List of Items That Can Be Changed for Projects
Item Description Required
Project Name

Specify the name of the project

Note: The project name must be unique within a region.
 Yes
Project Description Specify a description of the project  

Disabling a Project

Disable existing projects that are not needed. However, you cannot disable the default project.

Important: If you simply disable a project, the virtual resources belonging to that project are not returned automatically. The operational conditions of the virtual server, global IP address, virtual router, firewall, and such will persist. If you no longer require the virtual resources, return them before disabling the project.
Tip: It is not possible to delete created projects.

Limiting Values

Table 3. List of Limiting Values Related to Domains, Projects, Groups, and Users
Item Limiting Values
Number of Projects 1,000 per domain
Project Name
  • Length: 4 - 64 characters

  • Available character type: Alphanumeric characters and the following symbols:

    Plus sign (+), equal sign (=), comma (,), dot (.), at mark (@), hyphen (-), underscore (_)

  • Case sensitivity: No
Number of Groups 100 per project
Group Name
  • Length: 4 - 64 characters

  • Available character type: Alphanumeric characters and the following symbols:

    Plus sign (+), equal sign (=), comma (,), dot (.), at mark (@), hyphen (-), underscore (_)

  • Case sensitivity: No
  • Uniqueness constraint: Uniqueness is required within a domain
Number of Users
  • 100 per group
  • 100,000 per domain
User Name
  • Length: 4 - 246 characters

  • Available character type: Alphanumeric characters and the following symbols:

    Dot (.), at mark (@), hyphen (-), underscore (_)
User Password
  • Length: 16 - 64 characters

  • Available character type: Alphanumeric characters, single-byte spaces, and the following symbols:

    !#$%&()*+-.=?@[]_{}~

  • Complexity constraints

    • Must not contain the user name
    • Must include at least 1 alphabetic character
    • Must include at least 1 numeric character
  • Case sensitivity: Yes
Email Address
  • Length: 5 - 64 characters

  • Available character type: Alphanumeric characters and the following symbols:

    !#$%&'*+-./=?@^_`{|}~