Create and manage Service centers and Data centers

What are Service Centers and Data Centers

In the Dynamo Marketplace, Service Centers and Data Centers identify the locations or infrastructures used to deliver services published by a Provider:

a Service Center represents a general location or geographic area;
a Data Center identifies a specific infrastructure associated with that location.

To create a service in the Dynamo Marketplace, you must have at least one active Service Center and at least one associated Data Center.

Service Centers and Data Centers configured in this section represent the locations and infrastructures available to the Provider. When configuring a service offering, you can select the specific Service Centers and Data Centers to associate with that offering. For example, a Provider can configure multiple Data Centers under the same Service Center and then associate only the Data Centers required for a specific service offering.

Access Service Center management

Sign in to the Provider dashboard;
From the side navigation menu, select Service centers;
The page displaying the list of configured Service Centers opens;
From this section, you can:
- view existing Service Centers;
- create new Service Centers;
- change the status of a Service Center;
- access the details page.

Create a Service Center

On the Service centers page, select Create Service center in the upper-right corner;
In the Create Service center window, begin typing the location that will be used as the Service Center location;
Select the correct location from the results suggested by the system;
Select Submit to create the Service Center.

The Service Center location is selected from a list provided by Dynamo. Verify that you choose the correct entry before confirming creation.

Create a Data Center

After creating a Service Center, you can create one or more Data Centers associated with that location.

Open the Service Center for which you want to create a Data Center;
Select Create Data center in the upper-right corner;
In the Create Data center window, complete the fields:
- Data center “friendly” name – descriptive name of the Data Center displayed to Buyers in the catalog;
- Data center location (The ID for provisioning) – internal Provider code used in provisioning requests, for both API-based and email-based provisioning;
- Address – address associated with the Data Center;
  The City is inherited from the Service Center. The other address fields are optional; if they are already defined for the Service Center, they are also inherited by the Data Center.
- House number – street number, if required;
- Street address – street address;
- City – city;
- State/Province – state or province;
- Country – country;
- Zip/Postal code – ZIP or postal code.
Select Submit to complete the Data Center creation process.

View Service Centers and Data Centers

On the Service centers page, you can view the list of configured Service Centers and information including the city, country, number of associated Data Centers, status, and creation date.
By selecting a Service Center, you can view its associated Data Centers and their related information.

Edit, deactivate, or delete Service Centers and Data Centers

From the Service centers section, you can manage the status of configured Service Centers and Data Centers.

For Service Centers, you can:

edit information using Edit;
deactivate or reactivate a Service Center.

For Data Centers, you can:

edit information using Edit;
deactivate or reactivate a Data Center;
delete a Data Center using Delete.

Before deactivating a Service Center or Data Center, or before deleting a Data Center, verify that it is not being used by published services or services currently being configured.