About service template management
A service is one or more virtual machines or physical machines that are provisioned and managed as a unit. Services can include OS storage, networking, and extra storage.
A service template is simply a service with pre-defined parameters and settings that Viewpoint users can use when they request a service. The Viewpoint Service Template Management page is a user interface method of creating and managing service templates (comprised of VMs, PMs, virtual containers, and storage) and submitting them for use.
Service templates must be a container type in order for users to request them. If you want to make a template of another service type (VM, PM, or storage) accessible to users, place it—and any other service templates to be included—inside a separate container template (for details, see Creating a container template).
Example scenario
Let's say you want to create a LAMP stack service that includes a virtual machine with storage to hold a web server, and a physical machine with storage to hold the corresponding database. In this case, you would want to create the following templates:
- A VM template
- A storage template (for the web server)
- A PM template
- Another storage template (for the corresponding database)
- A container template for the VM template and the web server storage template
- A container for the PM template and the database storage template
- A container to contain the two container templates.
Service templates are attached to tenants. You will only be able to see service templates attached to tenants you belong to. For more information, see About tenant management.
The following sections describe how to create, edit, copy, and delete service templates.
These sections contain detailed information about the form fields necessary for creating, copying, editing, and deleting service templates in Viewpoint. Use them as references for the service template tasks.
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