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.

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 installation file for the IBM UrbanCode Deploy plug-ins. This file is available for download from the IBM Passport Advantage® website. See the IBM UrbanCode Deploy download document. For example, for version 6.0.1, download the file that is labeled "IBM UrbanCode Deploy Plug-Ins V6.0.1 Multiplatform English (CISG3EN)," as shown in the following figure. This file includes the script package.
    The download link for the archive file that includes plug-ins and the script package
  2. Extract the installation archive file and find the file ibm-ucd-agent-script-package.zip.
  3. 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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