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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
Use the predefined sample task only in a test environment.
Prerequisites
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Log in to Application Services with a user account that has an Application Services role assigned to it.
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Log in to Application Services as an application publisher and deployer.
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Verify that the predefined task is added to the execution deployment plan before you add any
services or application components that require YUM for installing or updating software packages.
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Verify that Application Services is configured to use a proxy. See Configure Application Services to
Use a Proxy for External URLs.
Procedure
1 On the Application Services title bar, click the drop-down menu and select Applications.
2 Click the name of the application.
A list of application versions appears.
3 Select an application version.
4 Create a deployment profile.
5 In the Deployment Profile wizard, follow the prompts to Execution Plan.
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If the node is clustered, click Expand Cluster ( ).
If the clustered node is not expanded, the predefined task is added only to the first virtual machine in
the cluster.
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Click Add Script Task ( ) and drag a predefined task in the blueprint.
When you drag a predefined task, you see anchors ( ) that indicate where you can drop the
predefined task.
After you drag and drop a predefined task to a node, the Add Custom Task dialog box appears.
8 Select the predefined task from the Library Task Name drop-down menu.
The supported operating systems, predefined task details, script, and property details appear.
9 On the Properties tab, configure the properties.
a Select the repository_name property, type a new unique value identifying the repository in the
Edit Property dialog box, and click Save.
b Select the repository_url property, type a URL value in the Edit Property dialog box, and click
Save.
An example of a CentOS 6.3 32-bit URL is http://vault.centos.org/6.3/os/i386/.
c Select the remove_all_repos property and define an appropriate value in the Edit Property dialog
box.
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