Users Guide

• Application

NOTE: While building a template, it is recommended to first provision the physical resources, then

configure virtual resources and lastly configure application settings to be deployed on the

resources.

On this page, you can:

• Build and Publish a template

• Delete a Template

• Import a Template

• Deploy a Service

NOTE: The Deploy Service functionality is applicable only on published templates.

Related Tasks

Building and publishing template

After creating a template using the Create Template dialog box, to start building a customized template

using the Template Builder page, perform the following steps:

1. To add a component type to your template, click the respective component icon on top of the

Template Builder.

The corresponding <component type> component dialog box is displayed.

2. From the Select a Component drop-down list, select the component that you want to add.

3. In the # of Instances box, enter the number of component instances that you want to include in a

template.

4. Under Associated Resources, perform one of the following actions:

• When you are adding a new component to a template, if you want to associate the component

with all the existing components, select Associate All resources option.

The new component automatically associated with the existing components.

• When you are adding a new component to a template, if you want to associate the component

only with the selected components, select Associate Selected Resources, and then select the

components to associate as needed.

Based on the component type, specific settings and properties appear automatically that are required

and can be edited. For more information specific component type settings, see Component Types.

5. Click Add to add the component to the Template Builder.

6. Repeat the steps 1 through 5 to add multiple components.

7. After you complete adding components to your template, click Publish Template. Publishing a

template indicates that a template is ready for deployment.

If a template is not published, it cannot be deployed and remains in the Draft state until published.

8. After publishing a template, you can use the template to deploy a service in the Services page.

Related Concepts

Building template overview

Related Tasks

Deploying service