To configure the appliance and to add product instances for metering, you log in to the vCloud Usage Meter Web interface. To access the vCloud Usage Meter Web interface, you need the vCloud Usage Meter host name or IP address.

Prerequisites

Verify that the virtual machine on which you deployed the vCloud Usage Meter appliance is powered on.

Procedure

  1. Open a Web browser and enter the URL for your vCloud Usage Meter instance: https://vcloud_usage_meter_ip_address.
  2. Log in as usagemeter or as a user from an LDAP domain.
    You configure the password for the usagemeter user account during the deployment of the vCloud Usage Meter appliance.

What to do next

If you log in to the web interface for the first time, you must follow the Usage Meter Initialization wizard prompts.