Setting Up the Zerto Self-service Portal
Cloud service providers (CSPs) that manage IT infrastructure for customers require a way for the customer to interface with their IT environment. In addition, some CSP services required by the customer also require direct customer interaction. This requires that both the CSP and the customer have infrastructure level access. One way of providing this access is via a CSP portal open to the customer.
When the CSP provides Zerto as one of its services, it can include the Zerto Self-service Portal (ZSSP) in its portal offerings. The ZSSP portal enables customers to manage their recovery based on their SLA with the CSP. If the CSP does not provide a portal for other services, the ZSSP can be used as a standalone portal to enable customers to manage their disaster recovery.'
The Zerto Self-service Portal is an out-of-the-box disaster recovery portal solution with a fully functioning browser-based service portal to enable cloud service providers to quickly introduce disaster recovery using Zerto. The following diagram illustrate the basic architecture when the cloud service provider hosts both the protected and recovered virtual machines on behalf of the customer, using In Cloud Disaster Recovery (ICDR).
When the CSP offer DRaaS, the Zerto Self-service Portal enables the customer to access the cloud service provider recovery site in order to perform the failover instead of requesting that the cloud service provider perform the failover. Whether the customer instigates the failover or requests that the CSP performs the recovery, the customer needs access to the recovery site to continue operations with the recovered virtual machines.
See the following sections:
• | Setting Up Access to the Zerto Self-service Portal |
• | Security |
• | Branding the Zerto Self-service Portal |