Users Guide

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.
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Building and publishing template
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, click Associate All resources .
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, click 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 about the 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.
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Building template overview
Deploying service
Sample templates
Importing template
The Import Template option allows you to import the components of an existing template, along with
their component configurations, into a template. For example, you can create a template that defines
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