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Custom Properties for Blueprints and Deployments
vRealize Automation provides a number of custom properties that are generally applicable to all or most
blueprints and deployments. You can set many of these properties in the vRealize Automation user interface
without using custom properties.
Table 2‑1. Custom Properties for Blueprints and Deployments
Custom Property Description
_debug_deployment
Except for scale operations which allow partially successful
deployments, the default behavior is to destroy the entire
deployment if any of the individual resources fail to
provision. You can override the default behavior by seing
the _debug_deployment custom property value to true. If
provisioning fails, the debugging custom property stops
the resources from being rolled back so you can identify
which of the components failed to provision successfully.
None of the components in a failed catalog item are
accessible to users, so this custom property is best used
during development and testing of new blueprints.
To apply the custom property to a blueprint, add
_debug_deployment to the Blueprint Properties page
using the Properties tab when you create or edit a
blueprint. This property is for blueprints that contain
multiple components, such as composite blueprints, and is
ignored if applied to standalone blueprints. The
_debug_deployment property is consumed at the software
provisioning level, not the guest agent or machine
provisioning level.
_deploymentName
When added to a blueprint, this property allows you to
specify a custom name for the deployment by seing the
value of _deploymentName to your custom string. If more
than one instance of this deployment is provisioned in a
single request, your custom name becomes a prex. If you
want users to specify their own deployment names, set this
custom property to allow override. The following two
caveats are required for usage:
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You must add this property at the blueprint level, not
at the component level. For example, when creating or
editing a blueprint, click the Properties tab and then
select Custom Properties > New to add the
_deploymentName property to the blueprint. Do not
add the property to a machine or other component in
the blueprint.
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You must add this property as a separate property and
not as a member of a property group.
_number_of_instances
When added to a blueprint, this property allows you to
specify the number of instances of the deployment that a
user can provision in a single request.
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