Github user DaanHoogland commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-docs-admin/pull/30#discussion_r37615907
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+Quota Plugin
+=============
+
+Quota service, while allowing for scalability, will make sure that the
cloud is
+not exploited by attacks, careless use and program errors. To address this
+problem, we propose to employ a quota-enforcement service that allows
resource
+usage within certain bounds as defined by policies and available quotas for
+various entities. Quota service extends the functionality of usage server
to
+provide a measurement for the resources used by the accounts and domains
using a
+common unit referred to as cloud currency in this document. It can be
configured
+to ensure that your usage wonât exceed the budget allocated to
accounts/domain
+in cloud currency. It will let user know how much of the cloud resources
he is
+using. It will help the cloud admins, if they want, to ensure that a user
does
+not go beyond his allocated quota. Per usage cycle if a account is found
to be
+exceeding its quota then it is locked. Locking an account means that it
will not
+be able to initiate a new resource allocation request, whether it is more
+storage or an additional ip. Needless to say quota service as well as any
action
+on the account is configurable.
+
+Enabling the Quota Service
+----------------------------
+
+Before installing and configuring the quota service you need to make sure
that
+the Usage Server has been installed. This requires extra steps beyond just
+installing the CloudStack software. See Installing the Usage Server
(Optional)
+in the Advanced Installation Guide.
+
+#. enable.usage.server: Set to true to enable usage server.
+
+The quota plugin is disabled by default. To enable it goto Global Settings
and
+set the following global configuration to true:
+
+#. quota.enable.service
+
+By default Quota service does not lock the accounts that have exceeded the
quota
+usage. To enable quota service to lock accounts set the following global
+configuration to true:
+
+#. quota.enable.enforcement
+
+The other configurations that are there for quota service are as:
+
+#. quota.currency.symbol : The symbal that is used before any currency
+figure in various quota forms and reports.
+#. quota.usage.smtp.host: Quota SMTP host for sending quota alerts.
+#. quota.usage.smtp.port: Quota SMTP port.
+#. quota.usage.smtp.user: Quota SMTP user.
+#. quota.usage.smtp.password: Quota SMTP password.
+#. quota.usage.smtp.sender: Quota SMTP alert sender email address.
+#. quota.usage.smtp.useAuth: If true, use secure SMTP authentication when
sending
+ emails.
+#. quota.usage.smtp.connection.timeout: Quota SMTP server connection
+ timeout duration.
+
+There are several configuration variables that are inherited from usage
server.
+These are listed below:
+
+#. usage.aggregation.timezone
+
+All these are described in details in Usage Server documentation.
+
+Restart the Management Server (as usual with any global configuration
change)
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usual but not always needed. I would rephrase to (to enable the set
configuration values)
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