Configuring the Appliance Provider ZipKit

With Appliance Provider ZipKit you can define a custom provider of an easy template-based cloning solution that is agentless and integrates with the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management solution. It provides an end-to-end mechanism to provision and configure appliances, such as load balancers, firewalls, proxy gateways, and so on. As a Cloud Administrator you can use the Appliance Provider's service catalog to provide appliance-oriented service offerings.

The topics in this section provide information and instructions for installing, setting up, preparing, and initiating an Appliance Provider service offering instance:

• Overview of the Appliance Provider
• Installing the Appliance Provider
• Postinstallation configuration for the Appliance Provider
• Configuring the Appliance Provider
• Configuring the Appliance resources
• Managing the Appliance Provider service offerings
• Customizing Appliance Provider workflow

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See the BMC Network Automation 8.5 documentation for details on how to configure appliances.