Chapter 3. Cloud Orchestration

Cloud Orchestration is a service that allows you to create, update and manage cloud resources and their software components as a single unit and then deploy them in an automated, repeatable way through a template. Templates use a human-readable syntax and can be defined in text files (thereby allowing users to check them into version control). Templates allow you to easily deploy and re-configure infrastructure for applications within your cloud. A user can author the stack templates, or can upload them from other sources.

3.1. Adding a New Orchestration Template

Use this procedure to add new orchestration templates using the dashboard UI.

  1. Navigate to Services → Catalogs and select Orchestration Templates in the accordion menu.
  2. Click Configuration Configuration, then click Green_Plus_Sign Create a new Orchestration Template. The Adding a new Orchestration Template window is displayed. Adding_a_new_Orchestration_Template
  3. In Name, enter a name for the new template.
  4. In Description, enter a description for the template. Select Amazon CloudFormation or OpenStack Heat from the Template Type list. The default is Amazon CloudFormation.
  5. You can select the Draft box to create a draft template.
  6. Define your new template following the specification structure of the selected Template Type.
  7. Click Add.

3.2. Editing Orchestration Templates

Use this procedure to edit orchestration templates using the dashboard UI.

  1. Navigate to Services → Catalogs and select Orchestration Templates in the accordion menu.
  2. Select the orchestration template you want to edit from the All Orchestration Templates list.
  3. Click Configuration Configuration, then click Edit_Sign Edit selected Orchestration Template. The Edit selected Orchestration Template window is displayed.
  4. You can only edit the Name and Description of a read-only template as there can be stacks associated with the selected template. For templates that are not read-only, you can edit all content in the template as required.
  5. Click Save.

3.3. Copying Orchestration Templates

Use this procedure to copy an orchestration template to create a new template.

  1. Navigate to Services → Catalogs and select Orchestration Templates in the accordion menu.
  2. Click Configuration Configuration, then click Copy Copy selected Orchestration Template. The Copy selected Orchestration Template window is displayed.

  3. You can copy the selected template to create a new template, and include the changes as required.

    Note

    In order to create the new template its content must be unique.

  4. Click Save.

3.4. Deleting Orchestration Templates

Use this procedure to delete orchestration templates using the dashboard UI.

  1. Navigate to Services → Catalogs and select Orchestration Templates in the accordion menu.
  2. Select the orchestration template you want to delete from the All Orchestration Templates list.
  3. Click Configuration Configuration, then click Delete Remove selected Orchestration Template.
  4. A warning window to confirm the permanent removal of the selected item from the VMDB appears.
  5. Click OK.

This instantly deletes the selected orchestration template. Note that only non read-only templates can be removed.