Configuring the Solaris Zones adapter

You can create an adapter in Grid Manager by defining a configuration. This configuration provides information about how BMC Atrium Orchestrator interacts with Solaris Zones.

While each adapter must have a unique name, you can create multiple adapters with the same adapter type to allow for different configuration properties.

To create an actor adapter configuration

1. Log on to the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Grid Manager.
2. To access the adapters page, click the Manage tab and then click the Adapters tab.
3. In the Adapters in Repository list, select the check box corresponding to the type of adapter to be added.
4. Select bmc-adapter-solaris-zones-actor to add an actor adapter to the Grid.
5. To include the adapter in the Adapters on Grid list, click Add to Grid.
6.   Click Configure corresponding to the newly added adapter.
7. On the Add an Adapter Configuration page, perform the following sub-steps to configure the adapter by using the form view, or jump to step 8to configure the adapter by using the XML view:
   1.  Enter a name for the adapter.
   2. Specify a description for the adapter.
   3. Under Properties, enter or select values for the configuration elements. 
      The configuration elements for the adapter are described in the following table. Include all required elements indicated with an asterisk (*).
   4. Click OK.
8. (optional) Configure the adapter in the XML view using the following substeps:
   1. Specify a name for the adapter.
   2. Specify a description for the adapter.
   3. Click Switch to XML View.
   4. On the Warning message that appears, click Switch View.

   5. In the Properties text box, enter the adapter configuration properties in XML format, including all required elements. 
      XML sample for configuring the actor adapter
      

      <config>
         <target>vm-sol-abc</target>
         <user-name>admin</user-name>
         <password encryption type ="Plain">admin1</password>
         <port>9080</port>
         <prompt>#</prompt>
         <timeout-secs>60</timeout-secs>
         <known-hosts-config>admin/ssh/known_hosts</known-hosts-config>
         <allow-unknown-hosts>false</allow-unknown-hosts>
         <preferred-pk-algorithm>ssh-rsa</preferred-pk-algorithm>
         <establish-connection-timeout-secs>100
      </establish-connection-timeout-secs>
         <network-environment>true</network-environment>
         <line-termination>&#A;</line-termination>
      </config>
   6. Click OK.
   7. On the warning message that appears, click Save.

This saves the adapter configuration with settings in the XML view permanently. The newly configured adapter is now listed in the Adapters on Grid list.

The following table describes the adapter configuration elements and attributes that you can specify using the form view, XML view, or both. You cannot use the form view to configure elements and attributes that do not have an entry in the _UI label_column.

Node elements and attributes required to configure the actor adapter