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Table Of Contents
- Using Application Services
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- 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
Setting Up Application
Provisioning for the Application
Services Environment 9
Application Services uses the virtual cloud infrastructure features in vRealize Automation to deploy
applications to the vSphere environment.
As part of the setup process, you must create custom vRealize Automation blueprints. A
vRealize Automation blueprint includes specifications for provisioning virtual, cloud, or physical machines,
that determine the machine attributes, how they are provisioned, and their policy and management
settings. When you request a machine, you must select the blueprint from which the machine is created.
vRealize Automation applies a set of custom properties defined in the build profile or in the blueprint to
that requested machine. From the vRealize Automation interface, you can access the clone or linked
clone blueprints and specify properties to override several properties in the vCenter Server template.
Important Application Services supports only the vRealize Automation virtual blueprint provisioning to
vSphere.
In Application Services, you must register a cloud provider and template. When you register a cloud
provider, you map a specific vRealize Automation blueprint in a business group to a cloud template in
Application Services. This registration process makes this vRealize Automation blueprint available in the
Application Services library. To deploy an application using this cloud template, you must map a cloud
template to a logical template. You must then create a deployment environment and map this deployment
environment to an applicable vRealize Automation reservation policy.
Familiarize yourself with the key concepts that relate to setting up and configuring a cloud environment for
application provisioning. See Key Concepts.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Virtual Machine Requirements for Creating vRealize Automation Custom Templates
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Creating Virtual Machine Templates in vRealize Automation
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Updating Existing Virtual Machine Templates in vRealize Automation
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Register the vRealize Automation Cloud Provider and Template
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Create a vRealize Automation Deployment Environment
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