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.
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.
On the main navigation bar, click
On the Add-ons tab, click
, then click to open a Create Add-on Service dialog box.In the
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.
Click
to display the Create Add-On Service dialog boxAssociate the service 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 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.
On the main navigation bar, click
On the Add-ons tab, click
, select a service from the list, then click 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 |
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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 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 |
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View an add-on service associated to a workload template |
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Lock the service to a workload templates |
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Remove the service from workload templates |
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