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- Click on the "Inventory" menu item, which will expand to show sub-items. Select the "Blueprints" sub-item
A "Blueprints" screen appears, which displays blueprints retrieved from Inventory. By default, a blueprint owner filter is applied to display items where owner is the signed in user. By deselecting the "My Blueprints" checkbox, all blueprints belonging to the role group will be displayed.
2.You can search for blueprints based on their name. Type the name of the blueprint you wish to work with in the search box at the top right hand of the screen and press 'enter' or click the magnifying glass icon to look for it.
3. You can use search filters by clicking on the down arrow at the right end of the search box. Filter by blueprint and owner is available. Once finished, click the magnifying glass at the bottom of the advanced filters box or press "enter".
4. Lookup deployments mapped to a blueprint
Creating Blueprints
- A user can create a new blueprint either from scratch or by uploading an existing file. To do this, select the "Blueprints" sub-menu
Once the existing set of blueprints appear on the screen, click on the "Upload" Button - In the "Upload Blueprint" pop-up, fill out all the fields. Provide the name and version # for the blueprint -- hints on nomenclature are available by clicking on the input field help icon (question mark symbol). A blueprint file can be either "dragged and dropped" from the user's own directory or it can be created from scratch. When finished, press "Save".
Note: Import Data function is not supported and will be removed later. - Allow the Blueprints screen to reload and then check that the blueprint you created is in the table.
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Navigate to the Blueprints screen via the sidebar menu
On the Blueprints screen, click on the Actions button icon (More actions) for the blueprint you wish to work with. A number of choices are indicated in a pop-up: View, Export, Update, Deploy and Delete.- Choose "View" to display the contents of the blueprint
Deploying Blueprints
- Navigate to the Blueprints screen via the sidebar menu.
On the Blueprints screen, click on the Actions button icon (More actions) for the blueprint you wish to work with and select "Deploy" - On the "Deploy Blueprint" pop-up, fill in all the fields.There are two ways to supply the input parameters for the blueprint: one is to drag and drop a parameters file; the other is to manually fill in the name-value pairs. When finished, press the "Deploy" button at the bottom.
- Navigate to the Deployments screen via the sidebar menu and check that the blueprint deployed is listed on the screen
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