Create post-provision tasks for newly provisioned catalog items by defining subflows, scripts, CAPI calls, or resource operations. For efficiency, set up a post-provision operation, eliminating the need for manual invocation.
This approach enhances time management, ensuring seamless execution of desired actions on the catalog item after resource provisioning.
Before you begin
Role required: sn_cmp.cloud_service_designer
About this task
You can create post-provision operations only for catalog items that are based on templates.
Procedure
In the Cloud Admin Portal, navigate to Design > Cloud Catalog Items.
Open the catalog item, click the Post Provisioning Operation tab, and then click New.
On the form, fill in the fields.
Table 1. Operation Setup form
Field
Description
Step Type
Post-provision operation. Based on the post-operation you select, additional fields appear.
CAPI:
CAPI Provider
CAPI Interface
CAPI Method
CAPI Version
InstanceScript:
Script: Enter the name of the script.
Resource:
Resource Interface
Interface Operation
Flow: Select a subflow. All active subflows in the instance are listed.
Order of post-provision operations. Enter the order (in numerals) in which you want the post-provision operation to be invoked. For example, if you enter the value 2 for CAPI and the value 3 for
InstanceScript, then CAPI is invoked first and then the InstanceScript gets invoked. If you do not enter any value in this field, the system automatically enters a value in increments of 20.
Enabled
Option for enabling the post-provision operation you want invoked.
Click Submit.
Parameters for the post-provision operation are automatically created as operation attributes on the Manage Attributes form.
To set attribute values for a post-provision operation:
Click the Manage Attributes related link.
The Manage Attributes form opens.
Select the post-provision operation to update.
All attributes for the selected operation appear in the Operations list. You can either create expression mappings (shown in the Mapping column) for an attribute or can you generate variables
for an attribute. See Manage operation attributes for more information.
On the Operation Attributes form, edit the values in the Mapping field as needed.
To set a value and not show the field to the cloud user, set Generate Variable to false.
For VMware post-provision operations, you can set the following attribute values:
Table 2. Post-provision operation attributes for VMware