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Catalog Item Role Components Description Details
Software on
machines
Software architect
To successfully add
software
components to the
design canvas, you
must also have
business group
member, business
group
administrator, or
tenant
administrator role
access to the
target catalog.
Create and publish
Software
Components on
the Software tab,
then combine them
with machine
blueprints on the
Blueprints tab.
Add Software components to your
machine blueprints to standardize, deploy,
configure, update, and scale complex
applications in cloud environments. These
applications can range from simple Web
applications to elaborate custom
applications and packaged applications.
Software components cannot appear in the
catalog alone. You must create and publish
your Software components and then
assemble an application blueprint that
contains at least one machine.
Create a Software
Component
Custom IT
Services
XaaS architects Create and publish
XaaS blueprints on
the XaaS tab.
You can create XaaS catalog items that
extend vRealize Automation functionality
beyond machine, networking, security, and
software provisioning. Using existing
vRealize Orchestrator workflows and plug-
ins, or custom scripts you develop in
vRealize Orchestrator, you can automate
the delivery of any IT services.
Published XaaS blueprints are available
for catalog administrators to include in the
catalog as standalone blueprints, but you
can also combine them with other
components on the Blueprints tab to
create more elaborate catalog items.
Designing XaaS
Blueprints and
Resource Actions
Assemble
published
blueprint
building
blocks into
new catalog
items
n
Application
architect
n
Infrastructure
architect
n
Software
architect
Combine additional
machine blueprints,
XaaS blueprints,
and Software
components with at
least one machine
component or
machine blueprint
on the Blueprints
tab.
You can reuse published components and
blueprints, combining them in new ways to
create IT service packages that deliver
elaborate functionality to your users.
Assembling Composite
Blueprints
Designing Machine Blueprints
Machine blueprints are the complete specification for a machine, determining a machine's attributes, the
manner in which it is provisioned, and its policy and management settings. Depending on the complexity
of the catalog item you are building, you can combine one or more machine components in the blueprint
with other components in the design canvas to create more elaborate catalog items that include
networking and security, Software components, XaaS components, and other blueprint components.
Configuring vRealize Automation
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