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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
Add Action Scripts to the Service Version
The application catalog administrator must provide an action script for at least one of the life cycle stages.
For deploying an application, you can create an install, configure, start, rollback, and teardown script, or
create an update script to update an existing deployment. These scripts are customized to use the
component properties.
You are not required to add scripts for all the life cycle stages. If you do not need a particular stage,
ignore it.
Prerequisites
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Log in to Application Services as an application cloud administrator and an application publisher
and deployer.
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If you plan to use a script that downloads software from an external Web site, verify that the virtual
machine you use for deploying the application has access to an external network.
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Familiarize yourself with the basic concepts of defining and configuring component properties and
actions. See Chapter 12 Developing Application Services Components.
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To view examples about how to add scripts to a service, select Library > Services to view the
predefined services.
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Verify that properties are defined for the service version. See Define Service Version Properties.
Procedure
1 Open an existing service version and click Edit.
2 From the drop-down menu, select a script type for your action script.
You can author in Bash or BeanShell script for Linux-based applications, or Windows CMD,
PowerShell, or BeanShell script for Windows-based applications.
3 In the Script column, click the hyperlink to open the Edit Script dialog box.
You can write the script or copy a script into the dialog box.
An application catalog administrator can parameterize the installation and configuration of services.
The properties that are defined for a service can be used inside the script.
4 Click the down arrow in the script type field to select an action script type for a life cycle stage.
5 To insert the properties you defined, click the down arrow in the Select a property to insert list.
6 (Optional)
Select the Reboot check box to restart the virtual machine after the script runs successfully, during
an application deployment.
7 Click OK.
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