Users Guide

NOTE: Initially, a newly created or a cloned template appears in a Draft state on the Template page and remains in the
same state until published.
The following component types can be congured in a template:
• Storage
• Server
• Cluster
• Virtual Machine
• Application
NOTE: While building a template, it is recommended to rst provision the physical resources, then congure virtual
resources and lastly congure 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.
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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, specic settings and properties appear automatically that are required and can be edited. For
more information about the specic 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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