Topology design or version overview

The Overview tab provides a summary view of the design or version details.

Tasks

Edit or Delete a Design

Select a design and click the gear icon to edit a design or to delete a design after all versions of the design have been deleted. See Browse topology designs for more information.

Design Details

In the Overview tab, you can view configuration details about a design. See the "Create a Design" section in Browse topology designs for more information about the configuration options.

From a design overview, you can also access the following tabs: Versions and Access Control.

Version Details

Select a design version and click the gear icon to perform the following tasks for versions:

• Edit - Edit the design. See Browse topology designs.
• Publish - Publish the currently displayed version of the design so it can be used to create a service offering. Published designs are indicated in the Overview tab by a Published label in the upper right of the window.
  • You can publish a design only if it has no validation errors.
  • A published design cannot be modified. However, you can use the Save As or Create New Version functions to create editable designs that are based on the published design.
  • Partial designs contain capabilities and require composition with a compatible concrete design before they can be provisioned. Partial designs cannot be directly published. These designs are indicated in the Overview tab by a Requires Composition label in the upper right of the window.
  • Only published designs can be exposed to subscribers via service offerings, but you can test deployment of an unpublished design using Test Run. See Testing a topology design.
• Save As - Create a copy of the design.
• Create New Version - Create a copy of the currently displayed design and assign a new version name to it. See Topology design versions.
• Export - See Import and export a topology design.
• Delete - Delete the selected version of the design.

In the Overview tab, you can perform the following tasks for versions:

• View configuration details - See the "Create New Version" section in Browse topology designs for more information about the configuration options.
• Preview - Click the preview box to open a read-only view of the design layout.

Migrate CloudSystem 8.x designs to designs using OpenStack components

A migration banner displays when you view a legacy CloudSystem 8.x design. Click the Migrate button to migrate the legacy design to an editable design that uses OpenStack components. When you migrate the design, the legacy components in the design are migrated to the corresponding OpenStack components.

From a version overview, you can access the following tabs: Designer, Subscriber Options, and Test.

Best Practices

• Perform Test Run before publishing a design. See Testing a topology design.
• Because you cannot edit a published design, use Save As or Create New Version if you need to modify a published design.
• Deleting a design cannot be undone.