Activate a
subscription as a Cloud Services Provider

As a Cloud Services Provider, you can onboard a
for your customers.
Starting April 26, 2024, Subscription Manager will no support new subscription onboarding.
Verify that you are familiar with managing subscriptions as a Cloud Services Provider. Go to Managing subscriptions as a Cloud Services Provider.
  1. Log in to Cloud Partner Network with your Cloud Services Provider credentials.
  2. Select
    Customer Management
    .
  3. Select an existing customer organization or create a new customer organization
    Expanding the entry for any of the customer organizations displays the services and endpoints attached to that organization. To activate a
    subscription, the customer organization requires that the
    VMware Aria Subscription
    service is attached to the organization.
  4. Create a customer organization and add the
    VMware Aria Subscription
    service.
    1. Click
      Add Customer
      .
    2. Enter the customer organization details such as a display name, company name, and domain.
      The region selected for the customer organization is automatically applied to the activated
      subscription during onboarding.
    3. To finish creating the customer organization, click
      Save
      .
    4. From
      Customer Management
      , select the created customer organization.
    5. Click
      Provision Service
      .
      You are logged into the customer organization.
    6. Select the
      VMware Aria Subscription
      service and click
      Provision Service
      .
    7. Verify the provisioning details and click
      Confirm
      .
  5. Create a
    subscription.
    1. Log in to the Cloud Services Provider organization.
    2. Select
      Configurator
      .
    3. Under
      What new subscription do you want to create
      , verify that
      VMware Aria Subscription
      is selected.
    4. Click
      Create
      .
  6. Purchase the
    subscription for the customer organization.
    1. Select the customer organization and click
      Next
      .
    2. Select the
      edition you want your customer to be subscribed to.
      All available subscriptions use core as their purchase unit.
    3. Enter the quantity of units you want to purchase and the duration of the subscription term.
      Currently, the only available billing option is
      Prepaid
      .
    4. Click
      Save
      and then click
      Next
      .
    5. Tick the price acknowledgement check box.
    6. To finish placing your order, click
      Create Subscription
      .
    7. Verify that you want to finish creating the subscription by clicking
      Create
      .
      You cannot make further amendments to the subscription until the new charges are processed and paid.
  7. Verify that the services included in the subscription are attached to the customer organization.
    1. Log in to the customer organization.
    2. Navigate to the
      Services
      page and verify that the services included in the subscription are listed.
      It can take several minutes for the subscription to be processed and for all the services to be attached.
  8. Onboard the subscription.
    1. Log in to
      VMware Aria Subscription
      with the customer organization credentials.
    2. Navigate to the
      Subscriptions
      page.
    3. Verify the subscription details.
    4. Click
      Finish Onboarding
      .
You have activated and onboarded
subscription for your customer organization.