Onboarding and offboarding PaaS resources

To perform platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provisioning, you must first onboard the PaaS resources that the cloud uses. Currently, you can only onboard database systems.

When you onboard a PaaS resource such as a database system, the resource is placed in a default PaaS pool until an administrator assigns the PaaS resource to a PaaS resource pool. The default pool's name is <pod_name>_default_pool. There is one default pool for each pod. 

You can onboard the same PaaS resource to multiple pods.

This topic describes how to onboard and offboard platform resources. It contains the following sections:

• • Before you begin
  • To onboard platform resources
  • Offboarding PaaS resources

Before you begin

You must have a registered PAAS provider before you can onboard PaaS resources. See Registering-resource-providers.

To onboard platform resources

1. From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration console, click the vertical Workspaces menu on the left side of the window and select Resources.
2. Under Quick Links on the left, click Resources under the PaaS section.
   The system displays all resources currently onboarded. 
3. Click Onboard .
   The Onboard Resources dialog box opens.
    
4. If you want to change the pod to which you are onboarding resources, select an option from Pod.
5. Select the Provider, Type, and Sub-type for the PaaS resource you want to onboard.
   The Type option lets you choose the type of platform you want to onboard, such as a database system. The Sub-type option lets you define the type further. For example, for database systems, you can currently select Oracle Restart, Oracle Standalone, or Oracle RAC systems.
   When you make a selection, the Onboard Platform dialog box displays a list of available resources. 
6. Under Available Resources, select resources in the list at left and move them to the list at right.
7. Click Onboard.
   The onboarded resources are placed in the pod's default pool and are now available to be added to pools, as described in Creating-PaaS-resource-pools.  PaaS resources cannot be used until you add them to a pool.

Offboarding PaaS resources

When a PaaS resource is no longer needed or available, you can offboard the resource to remove it from the system.

To offboard PaaS resources

1. From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration console, click the vertical Workspaces menu on the left side of the window and select Resources.
2. Under Quick Links on the left, click Resources under the Platform section.
   The system displays all resources currently onboarded.  
3. Select a resource and click Offboard .
   A dialog prompts you to confirm the deletion.