To create a cloud connection, specify the cloud system
to connect to and the credentials for that cloud system.
Before you begin
Make sure that you have a user account on the cloud system
and that you have the permissions to read information about virtual
system patterns, IP groups, cloud groups, and environment profiles.
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
Procedure
- Click and then click New
Connection.
- In the Name field, specify a name
for the connection.
- In the Management Console field,
specify the host name of the cloud system.
- In the Username field, specify the
user name of an account that has permission to request cloud resources. The server stores this user name and password and uses it to
request cloud resources when you use this cloud connection.
- In the Password field, specify the
password for the user account.
- Optional: In the Description field,
specify a description for the connection.
- Optional: In the Teams field,
specify the teams that have access to this connection.
- Optional: Set the timeout for cloud requests
by opening the file installed.properties on the
server and specifying the cloud.requestTimeout property. This property specifies the timeout in seconds. The default
value is 7200 seconds, or two hours.
- Click Save.
Results
The new cloud connection is included in the
Cloud
Connections pane.
What to do next
You can use this connection to import resource templates.
See
Importing resource templates from clouds.