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Container administrators can use Containers to perform the following tasks:
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Model containerized applications in vRealize Automation blueprints.
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Provision container hosts from the vRealize Automation service catalog.
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Manage container hosts from within vRealize Automation.
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Create and configure hosts.
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Set resource quotas for containers.
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Work with templates, images, and registries.
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Create and edit blueprints in the vRealize Automation service catalog.
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Develop multi-container templates.
Container architects can add container components to a vRealize Automation blueprint.
The integrated Containers application uses the Docker Remote API to provision and manage containers,
including retrieving information about container instances. From a deployment perspective, developers
can use Docker Compose to create their application and deploy it through Containers in
vRealize Automation. Because that application is ready to be promoted from development to production,
developers can enhance the application to include dynamic networks or micro-segmentation.
Cloud administrators can manage the container host infrastructure, for example to govern capacity quotas
and approval workflows.
Use the Containers Context-Sensitive Help
When working with Containers for vRealize Automation, you have access to a context-sensitive help
system that dynamically displays content for the task that you are currently performing.
After you open the Containers help system, the page content automatically updates based on your
location in the Containers user interface. You can view the Containers help system in a separate window,
on a second screen, or from a mobile device in parallel with the primary interface.
You can use the Containers help system outside of the trusted network and still receive instant
documentation page updates relative to where your cursor is in the Containers application.
1 Log in to vRealize Automation as a container administrator.
2 Click the Containers tab.
3 Click Help on the Containers Welcome page, next to the Add a Host button.
You can refresh the web browser to redisplay the Welcome page.
vRealize Business for Cloud Overview
With vRealize Business for Cloud, directors of cloud operations can monitor their expenditures and
design more price-efficient cloud services.
vRealize Business for Cloud provides the following benefits:
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Drives accountability by providing visibility into the price of virtual infrastructure and public cloud
providers and providing daily price and month-to-date expense updates in vRealize Automation.
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