Managing Multiple Tiers for a Virtual Appliance
InstallAnywhere 2020
InstallAnywhere lets you multi-tier virtual appliances for VMware vCenter servers. You can create this sort of virtual appliance to enable your enterprise customers to quickly get started using your multi-tier application in their own virtualization environments, without requiring them to spend a lot of time working on complex configuration tasks. With the multi-tier support, you may want to have a different tier for a Web site, a database, and an application—or whatever fits your requirements.
Note that all VMs in a multi-tier virtual appliance must have the same operating system.
To add and configure multiple tiers for a virtual appliance:
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In the Advanced Designer, on the Build page, click Build Appliances. The Build Appliances view opens. |
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Click the Appliance Configuration tab. |
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In the Select Appliance Configuration list, select the VMware appliance configuration that you want to configure. |
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Click the VM Configuration tab. The Select VM Tier list contains the tiers that are configured for the selected appliance configuration. Each InstallAnywhere project contains a single VM tier by default. |
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To add a new tier, click the Add VM Tier button. The Add VM Tier dialog box opens. |
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Specify a name for the VM tier, and then click OK. InstallAnywhere adds the tier to the Select VM Tier list and displays its settings. |
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Configure the tier’s settings as needed. |
To view and edit the VM tier’s properties, click the View/Edit button on the Product Properties subtab. The Edit Installer Properties Table dialog box opens, enabling you to manage properties (or response options) that need to be supplied to the installer in order for it to silently install on the virtual appliance. When you add an installer to the virtual appliance project, InstallAnywhere automatically discovers these properties. For more information, see Edit Installer Properties Table Dialog Box.
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Click the Manage VM Tiers tab. |
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Configure tiers’ settings as needed. |
See Also
Manage VM Tiers Tab
Build Appliances View
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