7.1

Properties Tab
Optionally specify custom property and property group information for your OpenStack machine
component.
You can add individual and groups of custom properties to the machine component by using the Properties
tab. You can add also custom properties and property groups to the overall blueprint by using the
Properties tab when you create or edit a blueprint by using the New Blueprint or Blueprint Properties page,
respectively.
You can use the Custom Properties tab to add and congure options for existing custom properties. Custom
properties are supplied with vRealize Automation and you can also create property denitions.
Table 4‑27. Properties > Custom Properties Tab Settings
Setting Description
Name Enter the name of a custom property or select an available
custom property from the drop-down menu. For example,
enter the custom property name Machine.SSH to specify
whether machines provisioned by using this blueprint
allow SSH connections. Properties only appear in the drop-
down menu if your tenant administrator or fabric
administrator created property denitions.
Value Enter or edit a value to associate with the custom property
name. For example, set the value as true to allow entitled
users to connect by using SSH to machines provisioned by
using your blueprint.
Encrypted You can choose to encrypt the property value, for example,
if the value is a password.
Overridable You can specify that the property value can be overridden
by the next or subsequent person who uses the property.
Typically, this is another architect, but if you select Show in
request, your business users are able to see and edit
property values when they request catalog items.
Show in Request If you want to display the property name and value to your
end users, you can select to display the property on the
request form when requesting machine provisioning. You
must also select overridable if you want users to provide a
value.
You can use the Property Groups tab to add and congure seings for existing custom property groups.
You can create your own property groups or use property groups that have been created for you.
Table 4‑28. Properties > Property Groups Tab Settings
Setting Description
Name Select an available property group from the drop-down
menu.
Move Up and Move Down Control the precedence level of listed property groups in
descending order. The rst-listed property group has
precedence over the next-listed property group and so on.
View Properties Display the custom properties in the selected property
group.
View Merged Properties Display all the custom properties in the listed property
groups in the order in which they appear in the list of
property groups. Where the same property appears in
more than one property group, the property name appears
only once in the list based on when it is rst encountered in
the list.
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