You can make licensed or proprietary applications available to organization users who might find that such applications add value to the business services they request. You can create a selection of such applications in the Cloud Manager catalog, and then associate one or more of these applications to a workload template.
You can define the initial setup costs and the ongoing monthly cost for each application. For example, you might define the setup cost of the application at $25 and its monthly operating costs at $10.
An add-on application can be associated to multiple workload templates. For example, two similar workload templates might offer the same application.
Multiple add-on applications can also be associated to a single workload template. The user, when requesting a business service, could select a workload template with the desired application.
This section includes the following information:
Roles that Can Perform This Task: Cloud Administrator, Catalog Manager |
When you associate an add-on application with a workload template, the setup costs and monthly operating costs are applied to any business service workloads deployed to the resource group’s hosts.
For example, you might define the setup cost of the application at $25 and its monthly operating costs at $10, making the initial month’s cost $35 and $25 monthly thereafter.
An add-on application can be associated to multiple workload templates. For example, two similar workload templates might offer the same application.
On the main navigation bar, click
On the Add-ons tab, click
, then click to open a Create Add-on Application dialog box.In the
section of the dialog box, provide the following details for the add-on application:Name: Specify a name for the application. The name should be different from any other application name.
Monthly Cost: Define the ongoing cost (per month) for using the workload templates associated with the application.
Setup Cost: Specify the one-time fee associated with the licensing, installation, and configuration of the application.
Creation Date: Displays the current date.
Description: Provide any additional information to further identify the application.
Configuration Instructions: Enter text asking the user of the application how the application should be configured. If you enter text here, the business service owners must provide a reply in order to add the application to a workload.
Click
to display the Create Add-On Application dialog boxAssociate the application with workload templates:
Under
, click the Workload Templates tab.Click
to display the Add Workload Templates dialog boxSelect the workload templates to add.
You can Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple objectives.
Click
to add the selected objectives to the list.Associate the service level with resource groups:
Under
, click the tab.Click
to display the Add Resource Groups dialog box.Select the groups to add.
You can Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple workload templates.
Click
.
Roles that Can Perform This Task: Cloud Administrator, Catalog Manager |
You can configure an add-on application to change its setup and monthly costs or to edit the text that asks the user for specific configuration information for the application. Changing a application might impact the cost of business services currently using the application. For more information, see Section 15.10, Displaying or Hiding Business Service Costs.
On the main navigation bar, click
On the Add-ons tab, click
, select an application from the list, then click to open a Configure Add-on Application dialog box.The following table lists the tasks and actions that you might want to perform as you configure an add-on application in Cloud Manager.
Task |
Steps |
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Change the name or description |
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Change the one-time setup cost or the monthly operating cost |
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Change the application configuration instructions |
Change the text you provide to the user that instructs him or her to provide configuration instructions to the build administrator. The user cannot add the application to a workload if he or she doesn’t provide this information. If you leave the field blank, the user is not required to provide any information. |
Associate the application to workload templates |
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Associate the application to legal agreements |
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View an add-on application associated to a workload template |
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View a legal agreement associated to a workload template |
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Lock the application to a workload templates, making it required |
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Remove the application from workload templates |
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Remove the application from legal agreements |
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