Configure resources

View system-defined resources

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Cloud Services, and then select Application Orchestration from the App Service menu.

  1. From the left navigation pane, select Service Settings.

The Service Settings page displays resources for application orchestration.

  1. View resource categories in the left section. You also can click Create Category to create resource categories as needed.

  1. View brief information about system-defined resources in the right section. Resource brief information includes the name, ID, publish state, supplier, service, resource, and description of the resources.

The Publish State field displays the publish state of resources. By default, the publish state of system-defined resources is Published. For system-defined resources that are rarely used, you can set its publish state to Not Published. A resource in not published state will not be provided for users.

  1. To view detailed information about a resource, click Update Body in the Actions column for a resource. Detailed information includes the category, icon, thumbnails, alias, and template content of the resource.

The Template Content field displays the configurable data and dependency (including the naming rule, dependable resources, and schedulable applications) for the resource, which define the way that the resource can be used in templates.

  1. Click Back to return to the Service Settings page.

Create a resource

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Cloud Services, and then select Application Orchestration from the App Service menu.

  1. From the left navigation pane, select Service Settings.

  1. Click Add Category in the left bottom corner of the page. Then, configure category parameters as needed, and click OK.

As a best practice, plan and configure resource categories according to the actual service scenario.

  1. Click Create. Then, configure resource parameters as needed.

Table-1 Configuring resource parameters

Parameter

Description

Resource ID

Alias

Description

Enter the ID, alias, or description of the resource.

A resource ID uniquely identifies a resource.

The alias is the display name of the resource on the platform. You can configure the same alia for different resources.

Category

Select a category for the resource.

Icon

Thumbnails

Select an image file as the icon or thumbnail of the resource.

The icon and thumbnail of a resource will represent the resource in the available resource list and the topology of the template designer, respectively.

Template Content

Configure the content of the resource. The system supports the following display methods:

  • —Format JSON data. This method formats JSON data with proper indentation and line feeds.

  • —Compact JSON data. This method removes all whitespaces.

  • —Repair JSON. This method repairs JSON, such as fixing quotes and escape characters, removing comments and JSONP notation, and turning JavaScript objects into JSON.

 

  1. Click OK.