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Provider properties

Custom properties on a provider can be used to capture additional configuration information about a particular provider. For example, you can use custom properties to model provider resources, such as datacenters, hypervisors, and datastores for a specific VMware vCenter provider. When a sequenced design is provisioned, an Operations Orchestration flow can read and write provider property values during service provisioning. Provider properties can also be read during the provisioning of topology designs. For example, an Operations Orchestration flow can read and write provider property values.

Tasks

Custom properties are optional and are needed only if the provisioning process requires them. For example, provider properties can be used by Operations Orchestration flows during service provisioning of sequenced or topology designs.

  • Create provider properties — Click Create. Provide the information listed in the following table.
  • Edit provider properties — Click the gear icon for the property and select Edit. See the following table for the items you can edit.
  • Delete provider properties — Click the gear icon for the property and select Delete.
  • Refresh provider properties — Click the gear icon for the property and select Refresh.
Item Description
Type

Select one of the following:

  • Boolean — A property whose value is True or False.
  • Integer — A property whose value is a positive or negative whole number or zero.
  • List — A property whose value is a list of String values.
  • String — A property whose value is a sequence of characters.

You cannot change the type of a property after it is created.
 

Configure the following items for each property type:

  • Name — A unique name for the property; may not contain spaces.
  • Display Name — The display name for the property.
  • Description — A description of the property.
 

For Boolean properties:

  • Property Value — Select True or False.
 

For List properties:

  • Property Value — Click the Add Item icon to configure a list property. Click the Edit Item icon to edit the selected list item. Click the Remove Item icon to delete the selected list item.

 

For Integer properties:

  • Property Value — Select or enter a positive or negative whole number or zero. If you enter a decimal number, the value will be truncated to the nearest integer. The maximum allowed integer value is 2147483647 and the minimum is —2147483648.
 

For String properties:

  • Property Value — Enter a string of characters.
  • Confidential Data — Select this box to mask the values so that they cannot be read in the user interface. No encryption of the value is performed.

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