Populating the Service Catalog for the Azure provider

BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management administrators must create options and option choices for the Azure Provider service offerings as per the cloud service provided by Microsoft Azure, so that end users can provision a virtual machine (VM) and modify the configurations after a VM is provisioned. You then add the options and option choices to the Service Catalog so that they can be used with the Azure service offerings you create.

This topic contains the following sections:

• • About the options for the Azure Provider
  • To create options and option choices for the Azure Provider
  • Where to go from here

About the options for the Azure Provider

You must create the following options for an Azure Provider of the corresponding option types: 

For more information, see the "Option types" section in Configuring-end-user-Option-Choices-in-service-blueprints.

_{Back to top}

To create options and option choices for the Azure Provider

To create an Azure Provider option, open the Options Editor and define the Azure Provider option, as shown in the following figure:

The following sections describes the options for the Azure Provider and the steps to be followed for creating the option choices.

Azure Instance option 

The Azure Instance option allows you to specify the cloud service sizes that the end user can specify or change while provisioning the offering. The cloud administrator uses the Azure Instance option to configure the service offering with all of the available sizes and options for virtual machines on Microsoft Azure. 

In an Azure Provider, you can create VMs with a minimum memory size of 768 MB (ExtraSmall size), and a maximum memory size of 56 GB (A7 size). For detailed information about the available sizes and options for virtual machines on Microsoft Azure, see Virtual Machine and Cloud Service Sizes for Azure in the Microsoft online technical documentation.

For the Azure Instance option, you must create option choices for blueprint configuration as a Functional Model parameter. You must create the choices of cloud service size based on the sizes allowed by Microsoft Azure. The available sizes of Microsoft Azure are: 

• ExtraSmall (shared CPU core, 768 MB memory)
• Small (1 CPU core, 1.75 GB memory)
• Medium (2 CPU core, 3.5 GB memory)
• Large (4 CPU core, 7 GB memory)
• ExtraLarge (8 CPU core, 14 GB memory)
• A5 (2 CPU core, 14 GB memory)
• A6 (4 CPU core, 28 GB memory)
• A7 (8 CPU core, 56 GB memory)

To create the option choice for the Azure Instance option

1. Define the the Azure Instance option choice at Blueprint Configuration > Service Definition > Parameters, as shown in the following figure:
   
   Note: For more information, see Option-Choices-available-when-extending-service-blueprints.
2. Specify the details for configuring an option choice of ExtraSmall size, as shown in the following figure:
   

_{Back to top}

Azure Instance Family option 

The Azure Instance Family option introduced in 4.6.03 and later versions allows you to specify the instance family or instance type series details that the end user can specify or change while provisioning the offering. The cloud administrator uses the Azure Instance Family option to configure the service offering with the correct instance type that belongs to the corresponding instance family for virtual machines on Microsoft Azure.

 

In the Azure Provider, you can create VMs using the Standard tier: A-series with a minimum memory size of 768 MB (Standard_AO size), and a maximum memory size of 56 GB (Standard_A7 size). 

For the Azure Instance Family option, you must create option choices for blueprint configuration as a Functional Model parameter. You must create the choices based on the allowed instance family series in Microsoft Azure. The available series for Microsoft Azure are:

• A-series
• A-series - compute-intensive instances
• D-series
• Dv2-series
• DS-series
• DSv2-series
• G-series
• GS-series

To create the option choice for the Azure Instance Family option

1. Define the the Azure Instance Family option choice at Blueprint Configuration > Service Definition > Parameters. For more information, see Option-Choices-available-when-extending-service-blueprints.
2. Specify the details for configuring an option choice of DS-Series, as shown in the following figure:
   
   

_{Back to top}

Update CPU and Memory option

The Update CPU and Memory option allows you to increase the CPU core and memory size of a provisioned VM.

For the Update CPU and Memory option, you must create the option choices for blueprint configuration as a FunctionalModel Parameter. 

You must create the choices of cloud service size based on the following sizes allowed by Microsoft Azure: 

• ExtraSmall (shared CPU core, 768 MB memory)
• Small (1 CPU core, 1.75 GB memory)
• Medium (2 CPU core, 3.5 GB memory)
• Large (4 CPU core, 7 GB memory)
• ExtraLarge (8 CPU core, 14 GB memory)
• A5 (2 CPU core, 14 GB memory)
• A6 (4 CPU core, 28 GB memory)
• A7 (8 CPU core, 56 GB memory) 

To create the option choice for the Update CPU and Memory option

1. Define the Update CPU and Memory option choice at Blueprint Configuration > CPU Count or Memory Size, as shown in the following figure:
   
   Note: For more information, see Option-Choices-available-when-extending-service-blueprints.
2. Specify the following details for configuring an option choice of ExtraSmall size:

• 
  
  • CPU count, as shown in the following figure:
    
  • Memory Size, as shown in the following figure:
    

_{Back to top}

Add Disk option

The Add Disk option allows you to increase the disk volume of a provisioned VM. For the Add Disk option, you must create the option choices for blueprint configuration as Additional System Disk.

To create the option choice for the Add Disk option:

1. Define the Add Disk option choice at Blueprint Configuration > Additional System Disk, as shown in the following figure:
   
   Note: For more information, see Option-Choices-available-when-extending-service-blueprints.
2. Specify the following details for configuring an option choice for the Add Disk option, as shown in the following figure:
   

_{Back to top}

Add Server option 

The Add Server option allows you to add a new VM to an existing service instance. You can specify the number of VMs to be added to an existing service instance.

For the Add Server option, you must create the option choices for blueprint configuration as Add Server.

To create the option choice for the Add Server option:

1. Define the Add Server option choice at Blueprint Configuration > Add Server, as shown in the following figure:
   
   Note: For more information, see Option-Choices-available-when-extending-service-blueprints.

2. Specify the following details for configuring an option choice for the Add Server option, as shown in the following figure:
   

   Note

   • Number of Instances specifies the number of VMs to be provisioned by using the Add Server post-deployment action. You must create only one instance.
   • Ensure that User Entry is set to Enabled to allow the user to log on to the newly provisioned VM by using the specified user name and password when adding a new VM.

_{Back to top}

Install Software option

The Install Software option allows you to install software on a provisioned server. You can specify the software details to be installed on a provisioned server. For the Install Software option, you must create the option choices for blueprint configuration as Software Packages. 

To create the option choice for the Install Software option

1. Define the option choice for the Install Software option at Blueprint Configuration > Software Packages, as shown in the following figure:
   
   Note: For more information, see Option-Choices-available-when-extending-service-blueprints.
2. Specify the following details for configuring an option choice for the Install Software option, as shown in the following figure:
   

_{Back to top}

Add Local User option

The Add Local User option allows you to add local user on a provisioned server. You must specify the User Name and Password parameters to enable user provisioning on the Azure VM. 

For the Add Local User option, you must create the Create User option choice with the following blueprint configuration details:

• A  BLPackage having the local properties defined in it for user provisioning (For example: Linux Add User or Windows Add User BLPackage)  as Software Packages.
• A parameter for user name (UNIX_USER or WINDOWS_USER) as Deployment Model Parameter.
• A parameter for user password (UNIX_USER_PASSWORD or WINDOWS_USER_PASSWORD) as Deployment Model Parameter.

See Creating-a-BLPackage-for-adding-local-users-in-the-Azure-Provider for details.

The following figure illustrates the blueprint configuration details to be defined for the Create User option choice:

To create the option choice for the Add Local User option:

1. Define the option choice for the Add Local User option at Blueprint Configuration > Software Packages, as shown in the following figure:
   
   
   Note: For more information, see Option-Choices-available-when-extending-service-blueprints.
2. Specify the following details for configuring an option choice for the Add Local User option, as shown in the following figure:
   
   

_{Back to top}

Where to go from here

Creating-service-offerings-for-the-Azure-provider