You can design blueprints that create or delete provider networks.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you have service architect user privileges to access the plug-in.

  • Verify that the OpenStack Keystone service is connected to an Active Directory server for automatic synchronization. This configuration automatically synchronizes user accounts in Keystone

Procedure

  1. Log in to the vRealize Automation tenant as a service architect.
  2. Select Design > XaaS > XaaS Blueprints.
  3. Click New.
  4. Select the workflow Orchestrator > Library > VMware Integrated OpenStack > create a network or delete a network, and click Next.

    The blueprint form appears.

  5. Complete the text boxes in the blueprint form.

    You must enter custom labels for all parameters. Parameters listed below are specific for this blueprint. Keystone URL, Project name, Keystone domain name, User name, and Password parameters are mandatory for all blueprints. For the delete blueprint you only need the first parameter from the table and the mandatory ones.

    Parameter

    Description of Value

    Visibility to Users

    network name

    Enter name for the network.

    True

    network type

    Enter the type of the physical network. For example: flat, vlan, portgroup, or vxlan.

    True

    physical network

    Enter the corresponding physical network for this new virtual network.

    True

    project name for this network

    Enter the keystone project where this new virtual network is created.

    True

    is shared

    If you select true, network is shared with other projects, false restricts it to the current project.

    True

    is admin state up

    Select the state to start the network in.

    True

    segmentation_id

    Enter the segmentation id of the physical network.

    True

    is external

    Select whether this virtual network is an external network.

    True
  6. Click Finish.

    The newly created blueprint appears in the list of XaaS blueprints.

  7. To publish the blueprint, select it from the list and click Publish.

    A blueprint becomes available for consumption only after you publish it.