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Table Of Contents
- Using Application Services
- Contents
- Using Application Services
- Updated Information
- Introducing Application Services
- Install and Configure Application Services
- Installing Application Services
- Preparing to Install Application Services
- Start the Application Services Appliance
- Troubleshooting Problems Connecting to the Application Services Web Interface
- Unlock Your darwin_user Account
- Restart Application Services
- Configure Application Services to Use a Proxy for External URLs
- Register Application Services to vRealize Automation
- Upgrading Application Services
- Setting Up Users and Groups
- Using Tenants and Business Groups in Application Services
- Import Predefined Content to a Tenant
- Using the Application Services Web Interface
- Setting Up Application Provisioning for the Application Services Environment
- Virtual Machine Requirements for Creating vRealize Automation Custom Templates
- Creating Virtual Machine Templates in vRealize Automation
- Updating Existing Virtual Machine Templates in vRealize Automation
- Register the vRealize Automation Cloud Provider and Template
- Create a vRealize Automation Deployment Environment
- Setting Up Application Provisioning for the vCloud Director Environment
- Virtual Machine Requirements for Creating vCloud Director Custom Templates
- Creating Windows Virtual Machine Templates in vCloud Director
- Create Linux Virtual Machine Templates in vCloud Director
- Verify Cloud Template Configuration from the vCloud Director Catalog
- Updating Existing Virtual Machine Templates in vCloud Director
- Exporting Virtual Machine Templates with OVF Format
- Register the vCloud Director Cloud Provider and Template
- Create a vCloud Director Deployment Environment
- Setting Up Application Provisioning for the Amazon EC2 Environment
- Developing Application Services Components
- Managing the Application Services Library
- Creating Applications
- Working with Artifacts
- Deploying Applications
- Setting Up and Configuring a Deployment Profile
- Deploying with Deployment Profiles
- Publishing Deployment Profiles to the vCloud Automation Center Service Catalog
- Request a vRealize Automation Service Catalog Item
- Using the Deployment Summary Page
- Using the Composite Deployment Summary Page
- Understanding the Deployment and Update Process
- Understanding Deployment Failures
- Updating Application Deployments
- Initiate an Update Process to Scale Out Deployments
- Initiate an Update Process to Scale In Deployments
- Initiate an Update Process to Modify Configurations
- Use an Existing Update Profile
- Promote an Update Profile
- Rollback an Update Process
- Understanding Run Custom Task Update
- Troubleshoot Failed Update Process to Scale Deployments
- Troubleshoot Failed Update Process to Modify Configuration
- Deploying Predefined Library Components
- Managing Deployments
- View Deployment Task and Blueprint Details for an Application
- View Deployed VM Details and Execution Plan of an Application
- Start a Policy Scan
- Tear Down an Application from the Cloud
- Scale In Deployments from vCloud Automation Center
- Scale Out Deployments from vCloud Automation Center
- Tear Down an Application from vCloud Automation Center
- Delete an Application Deployment from Application Services
- Cancel a Deployment or an Update Process
- View Policy Compliance Summary
- Using the Application Services CLI
- Using the CLI Import and Export Functions
Property Type Property Type to Bind Auto-Bind Expose Auto-Bind Consume
Accept Initial Property
Value
String String, Array, Content, and Computed Yes Yes Yes
Content N/A N/A N/A Yes
Array String, Content, and Computed N/A Yes Yes
Computed N/A Yes N/A N/A
Array properties can also bind to a predefined node array property all in a cluster. The all property, in a
regular expression, is a method to collect all of the values for a given property in a clustered node.
For more information about binding properties, see Binding to Other Properties. To understand the Auto-
Bind expose and Auto-Bind consume concepts, see Auto-Binding to Other Properties.
Example of a string property value when binding to different types of properties.
Sample Property Type Property Type to Bind Binding Outcome (A binds to B)
String (property A) String (property B="Hi") A="Hi"
String (property A) Content (property B="http://my.com/content") A="http://my.com/content"
String (property A) Array (property B=["1","2"]) A="["1","2"]"
String (property A) Computed (property B="Hello") A="Hello"
Example of an array property value when binding to different types of properties.
Sample Property Type Property Type to Bind Binding Outcome (A binds to B)
Array (property A) String (property B="Hi") A="Hi"
Array (property A) Content (property B="http://my.com/content") A="http://my.com/content"
Array (property A) Computed (property B="Hello") A="Hello"
Deļ¬ning Property Values
An application catalog administrator can define properties in the library for services and custom tasks.
To allow for customization of a component script, the default value for a property in the library can be
overridden in a blueprint to accommodate the needs of a specific application in which the service is used.
The property value can be further overridden in the deployment profile to comply with the deployment
environment where the service is deployed.
Note Property values are case-sensitive. A new property value does not take effect if the value is typed
incorrectly.
For example, to deploy an Apache Tomcat server, the application catalog administrator might have
configured the value of the JVM HEAP_SIZE to 512MB in the service. The application architect can
redefine the value to 1024MB for a larger application. The deployer might override the value to 2048MB
when deploying the application in a production deployment environment to handle large loads.
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