First, configure the resources where Automation Assembler engineering users can later develop, test, and put the application into production.
The infrastructure includes cloud targets, and definitions around the available machines, networks, and storage that the WordPress site will need.
Prerequisites
Log in to Automation Assembler as an Automation Assembler Administrator.
1. Add cloud accounts
In this step, the cloud administrator adds two cloud accounts. The example project expects to do development and testing work on AWS, and go to production on Azure.
- Go to .
- Click Add Cloud Account, select Amazon Web Services, and enter values.
Setting Sample Value Access key ID R5SDR3PXVV2ZW8B7YNSM Secret access key SZXAINXU4UHNAQ1E156S Name OurCo-AWS Description WordPress Remember that all values are only examples. Your account specifics will vary.
- To verify credentials, click Validate.
- In Configuration, allow provisioning to us-east-1 and us-west-2 regions.
- (Optional) Select the option to create default cloud zones for the regions.
- Click Add.
- Click Add Cloud Account, select Microsoft Azure, and enter values.
Setting Sample Value Subscription ID ef2avpf-dfdv-zxlugui1i-g4h0-i8ep2jwp4c9arbfe Tenant ID dso9wv3-4zgc-5nrcy5h3m-4skf-nnovp40wfxsro22r Client application ID bg224oq-3ptp-mbhi6aa05-q511-uf1yjr2sttyik6bs Client application secret key 7uqxi57-0wtn-kymgf9wcj-t2l7-e52e4nu5fig4pmdd Name OurCo-Azure Description WordPress - To verify credentials, click Validate.
- In Configuration, allow provisioning to the East US region.
- (Optional) Select the option to create a default cloud zone for the region.
- Click Add.
2. Add cloud zones
In this example step, the cloud administrator adds three cloud zones, one each for development, testing, and production.
- Go to .
- Click New Cloud Zone, and enter values for the development environment.
If you created a default cloud zone while adding the parent cloud account, you only need to edit the default cloud zone, not add a new one.
Cloud Zone Setting Sample Value Account / region OurCo-AWS/us-east-1 Name OurCo-AWS-US-East Description WordPress Placement policy Default Capability tags env:dev Remember that all values are only examples. Your zone specifics will vary.
- Click Compute, and verify that the zones you expect are there.
- Click Create.
- Repeat the process twice, with values for the test and production environments.
Cloud Zone Setting Sample Value Account / region OurCo-AWS/us-west-2 Name OurCo-AWS-US-West Description WordPress Placement policy Default Capability tags env:test Cloud Zone Setting Sample Value Account / region OurCo-Azure/East US Name OurCo-Azure-East-US Description WordPress Placement policy Default Capability tags env:prod
3. Add flavor mappings
In this example step, the cloud administrator adds flavor mappings to account for capacity needs that might vary depending on deployment.
Flavor mapping accounts for different size machine deployments and is informally referred to as T-shirt sizing.
- Go to . Each cloud zone needs to allow for small, medium, and large flavors.
- Click New Flavor Mapping, and enter values for the development cloud zone.
Setting Sample Value Flavor name small Account/region
Value
OurCo-AWS/us-east-1
t2.micro
Account/region
Value
OurCo-AWS/us-west-2
t2.micro
Account/region
Value
OurCo-Azure/East US
Standard_A0
Remember that all values are only examples. Your flavors will vary.
- Click Create.
- Repeat the process twice, with values for medium and large flavors.
Setting Sample Value Flavor name medium Account/region
Value
OurCo-AWS/us-east-1
t2.medium
Account/region
Value
OurCo-AWS/us-west-2
t2.medium
Account/region
Value
OurCo-Azure/East US
Standard_A3
Setting Sample Value Flavor name large Account/region
Value
OurCo-AWS/us-east-1
t2.large
Account/region
Value
OurCo-AWS/us-west-2
t2.large
Account/region
Value
OurCo-Azure/East US
Standard_A7
4. Add image mappings
In this example step, the cloud administrator adds an image mapping for Ubuntu, the host for the WordPress server and its MySQL database server.
Plan for the operating system by adding image mappings. Each cloud zone needs a Ubuntu image mapping.
- Go to .
- Click New Image Mapping, and enter values for Ubuntu servers.
Setting Sample Value Image name ubuntu Account/region
Value
OurCo-AWS/us-east-1
ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-amd64
Account/region
Value
OurCo-AWS/us-west-2
ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-amd64
Account/region
Value
OurCo-Azure/East US
azul-zulu-ubuntu-1604-923eng
Remember that all values are only examples. Your images will vary.
- Click Create.
5. Add network profiles
In this example step, the cloud administrator adds a network profile to each cloud zone.
In each profile, the administrator adds a network for the WordPress machines, and a second network that will sit on the other side of an eventual load balancer. The second network will be the one that users eventually connect to.
- Go to .
- Click New Network Profile, and create a profile for the development cloud zone.
Network Profile Setting Sample Value Account / region OurCo-AWS/us-east-1 Name devnets Description WordPress - Click Networks, and click Add Network.
- Select wpnet, appnet-public, and click Add.
Remember that all values are only examples. Your network names will vary.
- Click Create.
This Wordpress example does not require that you specify network policy or network security settings.
- Repeat the process twice, to create a network profile for the Wordpress example test and production cloud zones. In each case, add the wpnet and appnet-public networks.
Network Profile Setting Sample Value Account / region OurCo-AWS/us-west-2 Name testnets Description WordPress Network Profile Setting Value Account / region OurCo-Azure/East US Name prodnets Description WordPress
6. Add storage profiles
In this example step, the cloud administrator adds a storage profile to each cloud zone.
The administrator places fast storage at the production zone and general storage at development and test.
- Go to .
- Click New Storage Profile, and create a profile for the development cloud zone.
Additional fields appear after you select the account/region.
Storage Profile Setting Sample Value Account / region OurCo-AWS/us-east-1 Name OurCo-AWS-US-East-Disk Description WordPress Device type EBS Volume type General Purpose SSD Capability tags storage:general Remember that all values are only examples.
- Click Create.
- Repeat the process to create a profile for the test cloud zone.
Storage Profile Setting Sample Value Account / region OurCo-AWS/us-west-2 Name OurCo-AWS-US-West-Disk Description WordPress Device type EBS Volume type General Purpose SSD Capability tags storage:general - Repeat the process to create a profile for the production cloud zone, which has different settings because it is an Azure zone.
Storage Profile Setting Sample Value Account / region OurCo-Azure/East US Name OurCo-Azure-East-US-Disk Description WordPress Storage type Managed disks Disk type Premium LRS OS disk caching Read only Data disk caching Read only Capability tags storage:fast
What to do next
Create a project to identify users, and to define provisioning settings. See Part 2: Create the example Automation Assembler project.