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What to do next
Publish the blueprint as a catalog item. See “Publish an XaaS Blueprint as a Catalog Item,” on page 313.
Publish an XaaS Blueprint as a Catalog Item
After you create an XaaS blueprint, it is in a draft state and you can publish it as a catalog item.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vRealize Automation console as an XaaS architect.
Procedure
1 Select Design > XaaS > XaaS Blueprints.
2 Select the row of the XaaS blueprint to publish, and click Publish.
The status of the XaaS blueprint changes to Published. If you select Administration > Catalog Management
> Catalog Items, you can see that the blueprint is published as a catalog item.
What to do next
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To make the XaaS blueprint available in the service catalog, you must add the item to a service. See
“Creating a Service,” on page 359.
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If you are using the XaaS blueprint in an application blueprint, add it in the design canvas. See “Add an
XaaS Blueprint to an Application Blueprint,” on page 313.
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You can create a resource action that runs on provisioned items. See “Create a Resource Action,” on
page 314.
Add an XaaS Blueprint to an Application Blueprint
You add an XaaS blueprint to an application blueprint similar to how you add other blueprints in the design
canvas.
Use this method to add an XaaS to an application blueprint that contains other blueprints. If the XaaS
blueprint is all that you want to provide to your users, you can add it to a service and entitle users to it
without adding it to an application blueprint.
If you run a scale in or scale out action on a deployed application blueprint, the XaaS blueprint is not scaled.
Prerequisites
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Create and publish an XaaS blueprint. See “Create an XaaS Blueprint as a Catalog Item,” on page 311.
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Review how to customize the XaaS blueprint forms. See “Designing Forms for XaaS Blueprints and
Actions,” on page 318.
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as an infrastructure architect.
Procedure
1 Select Design > Blueprints.
2 Select the name of the blueprint to which you are adding the XaaS.
The design canvas appears. It contains the current application component blueprints and other
components.
3 Click XaaS in the Categories list.
4 Drag your blueprint to the canvas.
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