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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
Introducing Application
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VMware vRealize Automation Application Services, formerly VMware vCloud Application Director, is a
model-based application provisioning solution that simplifies creating and standardizing application
deployment topologies on multiple infrastructure clouds. Application architects can use a graphic-based
canvas with a drag-and-drop interface to model application deployment topologies called application
blueprints.
Application blueprints define the structure of the application, enable the use of standardized application
infrastructure components, and include installation dependencies and default configurations for custom
and packaged enterprise applications. Application blueprints are logical deployment topologies that are
portable across VMware-based IaaS clouds such as vCloud Director, vRealize Automation, and across
public clouds such as VMware vCloud Air and Amazon EC2.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Application Services Overview
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Core Architectural Principles
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Key Concepts
Application Services Overview
VMware vRealize Automation Application Services has a model-driven, open, and extensible architecture.
With its library of standard components, or services, Application Services automates and manages the
update life cycle of deployments for multitier enterprise applications in hybrid cloud environments.
Enterprise users can standardize, deploy, configure, update, and scale complex applications in dynamic
cloud environments. These applications can range from simple Web applications to complex custom
applications and packaged applications.
Application Services uses vRealize Automation for user and group support, access control, and catalog
management. A vRealize Automation instance can have multiple tenants, a tenant can contain multiple
business groups, and a business group can contain multiple users and objects such as applications and
services. A user must be a member of a business group to add or edit objects in that business group. To
view a private object in a business group, a user must belong to that group. To view a shared object, a
user can belong to any business group in the same tenant. Applications deployed in Application Services
become catalog items in vRealize Automation where users can request them for provisioning.
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