User Interface

Zergaw CloudStack provides a modern, responsive, and intuitive web-based interface designed for both administrators and end users. The UI enables users to deploy, manage, and monitor their cloud resources with ease, while automatically adapting the interface based on the permissions granted to the logged-in user.

The platform supports all major modern browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari. The UI dynamically discovers all API operations allowed for the authenticated user using API auto-discovery, ensuring that navigation menus, actions, and resource views always reflect the user’s assigned role and permissions.

To use the Zergaw CloudStack UI, ensure the following requirements are met:

• API Discovery Enabled
  The listApis permission must be enabled for the user account roles that will access the UI. This allows the interface to determine which operations a user can perform.
• Modern Browser Compatibility
  The UI requires an ES5-compliant browser for full functionality.
  See: https://github.com/vuejs/vue#browser-compatibility

Logging into the UI

To access the Zergaw CloudStack portal, navigate to:

https://cloudstack.zergaw.com/client

You will be presented with the login screen where you must provide:

• Username → The User ID assigned to you.
• Password → The password associated with your User ID.
• Domain → The domain of your tenancy.

For sub-domains, you must enter the full domain path (excluding the root domain).

Example

If your organization’s domain hierarchy is: enterprise/xyz.com/hr

• A user under enterprise/xyz.com enters enterprise/xyz.com
• A user under enterprise/xyz.com/hr enters enterprise/xyz.com/hr

Correct domain entry ensures proper authentication and access to your dedicated tenant environment.

Aquiring the correct credentials are covered on the onboarding section of this documentation Onboarding | Read More

End User UI Overview

The Zergaw CloudStack UI provides end users with all the tools needed to operate and manage their cloud resources. The UI is generally divided into three major areas:

• the Header,
• the Primary Navigation Bar (Sidebar), and
• the Main Content Area.

Primary Navigation Bar (Left Sidebar)

This vertical bar is the core of the UI, organizing all functions and resources into high-level categories. Clicking a category here updates the main content area and often reveals secondary navigation links (sub-menus) within that category.

The common sections in this navigation, especially for an end-user or domain administrator, include:

• Dashboard
• Compute
• Storage
• Network
• Images
• Events
• Projects
• Accounts

Header / Top Navigation Bar

This horizontal bar across the top of the screen provides general context, settings, and quick access functions that are relevant regardless of which section of the UI you are in.

• Context Selector (Default View/Project View): Allows Users to quickly switch their context to view resources for a specific Project.
• Notifications/Alerts: Displays icons for system alerts, warnings, and messages.
• Quick Launch Button: A drop down button that allows you to quickly launch different cloud resources.
• Lanugage Selector: A drop down button that allows you to switch between different languages.
• User Menu: Contains the logged-in username and options like:
  • Profile
  • Limits
  • Help
  • Logout

Main Content Area

This is the largest area of the screen, dedicated to displaying the details, lists, and forms relevant to the selection made in the Primary Navigation Bar.

• List Views: Typically displays tables of resources (e.g., a list of all your VMs). This area includes controls for filtering, searching, and bulk actions.
• Detail Views: When you click on a resource (like a specific VM), this area switches to a detailed view showing configuration tabs, usage metrics, and specific actions (Start, Stop, Reboot, etc.).
• Forms: Displays forms for creating new resources (e.g., "Add a New Instance").

From a single interface, users can:

• Launch, stop, reboot, and monitor virtual Instances

• Manage Templates and ISOs

• Create and attach Data Volumes

• Take and restore Snapshots

• Configure and monitor Guest Networks

• Manage public and private IP Addresses

• View activity and event logs

If a user belongs to one or more Projects, the UI offers a project-oriented workspace, allowing them to view resources, quotas, and activities specific to each project. This helps organizations maintain isolation between teams while enabling collaboration within project environments.

The interface is designed to be clean, efficient, and task-focused—ensuring that both technical and non-technical users can manage cloud resources confidently and effectively.