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Table 3‑58. Component Lifecycle Options (Continued)
Option Description
Deallocation workflow Select the workflow that runs after any destroy or scale-in
operation. If the deallocation fails during the operation, the
destroy workflow still runs as expected.
Deallocation is the final process when you scale-in or destroy a
composite blueprint. It runs after to the destroy operation,
releasing resources.
This life cycle workflow type is available for Azure allocations. If
you create an deallocation workflow for a scale operation, it
must include the following value:
n
Input parameter.
n
Parameter name is data and the parameter type is
Properties.
Category To specify where the XaaS blueprint appears in the design
canvas, select a value in the Design canvas category drop-
down menu.
If you do not select a category, the blueprint is added to the
XaaS category when it is published.
Add an XaaS Blueprint to a Composite Blueprint
You add an XaaS blueprint as a component of a composite blueprint similar to how you add other
blueprint components in the design canvas.
Use this method to add an XaaS to a composite blueprint. This blueprint can be the only blueprint
component or it can be one of several components that make up an application blueprint.
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 a composite blueprint.
If you run a scale-in or scale-out operation on a deployed application blueprint, the XaaS blueprint scales
based on how you configured the blueprint life cycle options.
Prerequisites
n
Log in to vRealize Automation as an infrastructure architect.
n
Create and publish an XaaS blueprint. See Create an XaaS Blueprint. When you created the
blueprint, you specified the category where the blueprint is located in the design canvas.
n
Review how to customize the XaaS blueprint forms in the composite blueprint. See Designing Forms
for XaaS Blueprints and Actions.
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.
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