Installing software specified as a part of offering

Additional software can be installed on VMs provisioned in Terremark. The offerings can be created as single tier or multi-tier offerings.

This topic provides the following information about installing software.

• • Before you begin
  • Defining service blueprints

Before you begin

• Create BMC Server Automation jobs. For more information, see Creating-a-BMC-Server-Automation-Deploy-Job-or-an-application-component-template.
• Create DML entries for the software to be installed as per Executing the Publish Product Catalog Job documentation.
• Upload a custom template containing the RSCD agent to Terremark.

Defining service blueprints

You use the Service Blueprints Definition editor to install the software specified as a part of service offering. Following are the steps: 

1. In the Service Definition tab of the Service Blueprints Definition editor, select a component.
   
   
2. Click Edit.
   
   
3. In the Software Packages tab of the Component Details page, select available software packages.
4. Click Add.
5. Click OK.
6. In the Service Deployment Definitions tab of the Service Blueprints Definition editor, click the Resource Sets tab and select an entry.
   
   
7. Click Edit.
   
   
8. Make sure that Install Software is checked.
9. Click Ok.