Configuring cloud systems for dynamic environments

To create dynamic environments on a cloud system, you must install a script package on your cloud system.

Before you begin

You must have a user account on a cloud system. This account must have permission to create script packages.
The following cloud systems are supported:
  • IBM SmartCloud® Orchestrator version 2.2 or later
  • IBM® PureApplication® System 1.0 or later
  • IBM Workload Deployer version 3.1.0.6 or later
To connect to OpenStack or Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud through IBM UrbanCode Deploy with Patterns, see Integrating with IBM UrbanCode Deploy with Patterns.

About this task

The Install IBM UrbanCode Deploy Agent package automatically installs agents on cloud resources. When you provision an environment from the cloud system, this script package installs an agent on each node in the cloud resource request. Then, these agents contact the IBM UrbanCode Deploy server and the server adds them to the environment.

Procedure

  1. Download and extract the file for agents on dynamic cloud environments. This file, which is named ibm-ucd-agent-script-package.zip, is available at the following location: https://developer.ibm.com/urbancode/plugin/urbancode-deploy-agent-package-dynamic-cloud-environments/
  2. In your cloud system, create a script package and upload the file ibm-ucd-agent-script-package.zip to the script package. The process differs slightly for different cloud systems. For example, for most cloud systems, follow these steps:
    1. Click Catalog > Script Packages.
    2. Click New .
    3. In the Script name field, specify the following name:
      Install IBM UrbanCode Deploy Agent
      The new script package opens.
    4. In the Script package file field, upload the file ibm-ucd-agent-script-package.zip.
    You do not need to specify default values for the parameters in this script package. The server specifies these parameters when you create an environment.

What to do next

Next, create virtual system patterns that use this script package. See Creating cloud patterns for resource templates.

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