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Provider overview

You can perform the following tasks:

  • Create or Edit a provider. In the right pane, select the Providers tab. Click Create in the main Providers area or click Edit in the Overview tab. See the table below for the items you can edit.
  • Delete a provider. Click Delete. A provider referenced by topology designs or by topology or sequenced service instances cannot be deleted. All other providers can be deleted, and their associations (to environments and to resource offerings) are automatically removed on deletion. When deleting providers, make sure that any resource offerings referenced by the provider and used in a service design are still associated with at least one provider that can provision the resource offering.
Item Description
Provider Type The type selected for this provider. Note that the Provider Type cannot be changed after a provider is created.
Display Name The name you provide for the provider.
Description The description you provide for the provider.
User ID The user ID for the specified Service Access Point.
Password The password for the specified Service Access Point. Re-type the password in the Confirm Password field.
Service Access Point

Specify a URL for connecting to the provider.

The following examples show how to connect to some common resource providers:

  • Matrix OE - https://<MOE server IP>:51443/hpio/controller/soap/<v1/v2/v3>
  • HPE Server Automation - https://<SA server IP>:443
  • SiteScope - http://<SiteScope server IP>:8080
  • HPE Universal CMDB - http://<UCMB server IP>:8080
  • VMware vCenter - https://<vCenter server IP>:443
  • Chef - https://<Chef Server IP>:443
  • GitHub - https://<api.github.com>:443
  • GitHub Enterprise - https://<GitHub Enterprise server IP >/api/v3/:443

  • Cloud Management Platform (CMP) - https://<Cloud Service Automation server>:<CSA port>

When creating or updating a provider, HCM ARA attempts to contact the provider at the URL you specify. HCM ARA uses a six (6) second timeout to attempt to validate the provider URL (for HTTP and HTTPS only). If the URL is not successfully contacted before the timeout expires, a validation failure message displays, and you have the option to ignore the validation failure or to correct the URL and try again. Note: User credentials are not validated at this time.
Image Select an image to be displayed with the provider.
Enabled

This value determines whether the provider will be selected when provisioning a new service. The setting is either Enabled (when checked) or Disabled (when not checked). When Disabled, the provider will not be selected when provisioning new services. Disabling a provider will have no effect on existing services that are using that provider.

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