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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
An advanced external service includes options for provider specifications that add support for multiple
providers of the external service. After the advanced external service property values are defined in the
provider specification, these values are populated in the external service instance when you map that
instance to a deployment environment. For example, an external Oracle database can be provisioned and
configured through VMWare Data Director or Amazon RDS. The external load balancer in an application
can be implemented with an F5 load balancer instance or a software load balancer such as an Apache
server.
You can share an external service publicly or privately in a group. Sharing is supported at the component
level and not at the individual version level. When you share an external service, the external service
instance profile are not shared. Each group must define an external service instance profile in its
deployment environment.
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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Verify whether you must add items to the operating systems and descriptive tag lists. See Add
Operating Systems to the Library and Add Tags to the Library.
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To view examples about how to name or describe an external service, select Library > External
Services to view the predefined external services.
Procedure
1 On the Application Services title bar, click the drop-down menu and select Library > External
Services.
2 Click New.
3 Set the name of the external service, add a description, and click Save.
Use a name that corresponds to the server or database that you are
4 Click Create External Service Version to create an external service version.
You can create multiple versions for an external service.
5 In the dialog box, select Basic or Advanced and click OK .
6 Complete the external service version information.
The external service version name stays the same.
a Specify major, minor, or micro release versions, with or without qualifiers.
For example, you might use version numbers such as 1.0, 1.5, or 1.0.1-Dev.
b (Optional) In the Description section, if you are creating an external service version for a specific
database, describe the database version used and any applicable required configuration.
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