Create an application profile
An application profile specifies application software to install on newly-provisioned resources. Users can select applications when they request a stack. Use application profiles when you integrate with configuration management (continuous delivery) providers such as Ansible playbooks.
Before you begin
- You must have a cloud account with datacenters. You must run Discovery on the service accounts to populate the datacenters.
- Role required: sn_cmp.cloud_admin
About this task
This example shows an application profile mapping for a Tomcat server on Ansible.
An example profile
Procedure
In the Cloud Admin Portal, navigate to Manage > Resource Profiles.
In the Profiles list, select Application Profile and then click New.
Application profile
Enter a unique and descriptive Name and Description for the profile and then click Submit.
The profile is created.
Map the profile to a template.
In the list, click the profile that you created.
In the Application Profile Mappings related list, click New, fill in the form, and then click Submit.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Workload Config Provider | Select a configuration management provider to associate with the profile. |
| Application Template \[sn\_cmp\_application\_template\] | Select a template that the profile should be mapped to. If you ran Discovery on the Configuration Provider, the templates are already populated. The resource type associated with an application profile is Click the reference icon ( Image omitted: icon-reference.png Reference icon) to view the details of the template.</p> To create a new template:
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- Create as many mappings as needed.
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