12.6 Add-On Services

As a Cloud Administrator or a Catalog Manager, you can make services available to organization users who might find that such services add value to the business services they request. You can create a selection of such services in the Cloud Manager catalog, and then associate one or more of these services to a workload template.

You can define the initial setup costs and the ongoing monthly cost for each service. For example, you might define the setup cost of the service at $25 and its monthly operating costs at $10.

An add-on service can be associated to multiple workload templates. For example, two similar workload templates might offer the same service.

Multiple add-on services can also be associated to a single workload template. The user, when requesting a business service, could select a workload template with the desired service.

12.6.1 Creating an Add-on Service

Roles that Can Perform This Task: Cloud Administrator, Catalog Manager

When you associate an add-on service 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 service at $25 and its monthly operating costs at $10, making the initial month’s cost $35 and $25 monthly thereafter.

An add-on service can be associated to multiple workload templates. For example, two similar workload templates might offer the same service.

  1. On the main navigation bar, click Catalog.

  2. On the Add-ons tab, click Services, then click Create to open a Create Add-on Service dialog box.

  3. In the General section of the dialog, provide the following details for the add-on service:

    Name: Specify a name for the service. The name should be different from any other service name.

    Monthly Cost: Define the ongoing cost (per month) for using the workload templates associated with the service.

    Setup Cost: Specify the one-time fee associated with the licensing, installation, and configuration of the service.

    Creation Date: Displays the current date.

    Description: Provide any additional information to further identify the service.

    Configuration Instructions: Enter text asking the user of the service how the service should be configured. If you enter text here, the business service owner must provide a reply in order to add the service to a workload.

  4. Click Create to display the Create Add-On Service dialog box

  5. Associate the service with workload templates:

    1. Under Associations, click the Workload Templates tab.

    2. Click Add to display the Add Workload Templates dialog box

    3. Select the workload templates to add.

      You can Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple objectives.

    4. Click OK to add the selected objectives to the Service Level Objectives list.

  6. Associate the service level with resource groups:

    1. Under Associations, click the Resource Groups tab.

    2. Click Add to display the Add Resource Groups dialog box.

    3. Select the groups to add.

      You can Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple workload templates.

    4. Click OK.

12.6.2 Configuring an Add-on Service

Roles that Can Perform This Task: Cloud Administrator, Catalog Manager

You can configure an add-on service to change its setup and monthly costs or to edit the text that asks the user for specific configuration information for the service. Changing a service might impact the cost of business services currently using the service. For more information, see Section 15.10, Displaying or Hiding Business Service Costs.

  1. On the main navigation bar, click Catalog.

  2. On the Add-ons tab, click Services, select a service from the list, then click Edit to open a Configure Add-on Service dialog box.

The following table lists the tasks and actions that you might want to perform as you configure an add-on service in Cloud Manager.

Task

Steps

Change the name or description

  1. In the General section, modify the following details:

    Name: Specify a name for the service. The name should be different from any other service name.

    Description: Provide any additional information to further identify the service.

Change the one-time setup cost or the monthly operating cost

  1. In the Monthly Cost field, define the cost (per month) to use the service associated with the workload template.

  2. In the Setup Cost field, define the one-time cost to install and configure this service associated with the workload template.

Change the add-on service 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 service 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 service to workload templates

  1. In the Workload Templates list, click Add to display the Add Workload Templates dialog box.

  2. Select the workload templates to add.

    You can Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple workload templates.

  3. Click OK.

View an add-on service associated to a workload template

  1. In the Workload Templates list, select a workload template you want to view.

  2. When you are finished viewing the workload template, click Close.

Lock the service to a workload templates

  1. In the Workload Templates list, select a workload template you want to lock.

  2. Click Lock to lock the service to the workload template. This makes the service required for this template.

Remove the service from workload templates

  1. In the Workload Templates list, select the workload templates you want to unassociate from the service.

    You can Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple templates.

  2. Click Remove.