Service Offering page - Amazon

Name

Name for the service you want to offer in the service catalog.

Service Description

Descriptive text for the service.

Environment

Select the environment created earlier when you added an Amazon environment.

Network

Select the network associated with the environment you selected. If the environment is based on a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and multiple subnets are defined for the environment, you can select one of those subnets.

AMI Type

Select one of the following AMI types:

• Owned—An AMI that can be used by anyone who subscribes to the service that provides it.
• Private—An AMI to which you have been granted private access.
• Public—An AMI that can be used by anyone.

AMI

Name of the AMI to be used. If the AMI Type is set to Public, you must type the name of the AMI rather than selecting from a list.

Key Pair Name

Used to access a provisioned VM. You must provide a key pair when provisioning a Linux VM. When provisioning a Windows VM, a key pair is not essential if the VM is enrolled in BMC Server Automation and you have the credentials that were provided when the VM was enrolled. Refer to Amazon product documentation for more information about access keys.

Default Size

Select the amount of computing capacity provided by the AMI.

Request Elastic IP

If you are provisioning a VM to a VPC, check this option to allocate a public IP address to the VM. If you are provisioning a VM to an availability zone, a public IP address is automatically allocated to the VM.

Include EC2 Instance Type Options

Indicates the service offering will include out-of-the-box options that allow the end user to specify the type of EC2 instance: micro, small, medium and large.

Price

(Optional) Amount a user is charged for use of a virtual machine for a specified period of time. For example, 20 dollars per month.

Currency

Select the currency type, such as U.S. dollars (USD).

Period

Select the length of time for which a user is charged for use of a virtual machine.