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5 Click Submit.
Depending on your network and your vCenter Server instance, it can take approximately 15-20 minutes
for the Dukes Bank sample application to fully provision. You can monitor the status under the
Requests tab, and after the application provisions you can view the catalog item details on the Items
tab.
6 After the application provisions, locate the IP address of the load balancer server so you can access the
Dukes Bank sample application.
a Select Items > Deployments.
b Expand your Dukes Bank sample application deployment and select the Apache load balancer
server.
c Click View Details.
d Select the Network tab.
e Make a note of the IP address.
7 Log in to the Dukes Bank sample application.
a Navigate to your load balancer server at hp://IP_Apache_Load_Balancer:8081/bank/main.faces.
If you want to access the application servers directly, you can navigate to hp://IP_AppServer:
8080/bank/main.faces.
b Enter 200 in the Username text box.
c Enter foobar in the Password text box.
You have a working Dukes Bank sample application to use as a starting point for developing your own
blueprints, as a tool to evaluate vRealize Automation, or as a learning resource to assist you in
understanding vRealize Automation functionality and components.
Building Your Design Library
You can build out a library of reusable blueprint components that your architects can assemble into
application blueprints for delivering elaborate on-demand services to your users.
Build out a library of the smallest blueprint design components: single machine blueprints, Software
components, and XaaS blueprints, then combine these base building blocks in new and dierent ways to
create elaborate catalog items that deliver increasing levels of functionality to your users.
Configuring vRealize Automation
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