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3 Publish the Action for Starting Amazon Instances
To use the newly created Start Instances resource action for post-provisioning operations on
Amazon virtual machines, you must publish it.
You created and published a vRealize Orchestrator workflow as a resource action. You can navigate to
Administration > Catalog Management > Actions and see the Start Instances resource action for EC2
Instance resource types. You can assign an icon to the resource action. See Assign an Icon to a
Resource Action.
What to do next
Business group managers and tenant administrators can assign the Start Instances resource action to an
entitlement.
Create a Resource Mapping for Amazon Instances
You can create a resource mapping to associate Amazon instances provisioned by using IaaS with the
vRealize Orchestrator type AWS:EC2Instance exposed by the Amazon Web Services plug-in.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a service architect.
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Create or import a vRealize Orchestrator resource mapping workflow or script action.
Procedure
1 Select Advanced Services > Resource Mappings.
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Click Add ( ).
3 Enter EC2 Instance in the Name text box.
4 Enter Cloud Machine in the Catalog Resource Type text box.
5 Enter AWS:EC2Instance in the Orchestrator Type text box.
6 Select Always available.
7 Select the type of resource mapping to use.
8 Select your custom resource mapping script action or workflow from the vRealize Orchestrator library.
9 Click Add.
You can use your Amazon resource mapping to create resource actions for Amazon machines
provisioned by using IaaS.
What to do next
Create a resource action for Amazon instances.
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