Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.3.2 User Guide

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Managing ASAP Stacks and Blueprints
Using Stack Designer
Registering Your Blueprint
You can register a blueprint that has been published by the architecture group so that end-users in your organization can 
order Stacks based on the blueprint.
1.
Login to Cisco IAC as a Stack Blueprint Designer or an Organizational Technical Administrator.
2.
Choose Blueprints > Blueprint Management.
3.
On the Stack Blueprint Management menu, choose Register Blueprint.
4.
On the Register Stack Blueprint for Use by Your Organization form, complete the fields under Stack template 
selection 
as required.
5.
Click Submit Order.
Copying a Blueprint Design
1.
Login to Cisco IAC as a Stack Blueprint Designer or an Organizational Technical Administrator.
2.
Choose Blueprints > Blueprint Management.
3.
On the Stack Blueprint Management menu, choose Copy Blueprint Design.
4.
On the Copy Blueprint form, select the blueprint to copy.
5.
Verify everything.
6.
Click Submit.
Deleting a Blueprint Design
1.
Login to Cisco IAC as a Stack Blueprint Designer or an Organizational Technical Administrator.
2.
Choose Blueprints > Blueprint Management.
3.
On the Stack Blueprint Management menu, choose Delete Blueprint Design.
4.
On the Delete Blueprint form, select the blueprint to delete.
5.
Verify everything.
6.
Click Submit.
Using Stack Designer
This feature enables you to design Product as a service templates and services. Using the Stack Designer module in 
Prime Service Catalog, the application stacks can be designed as a template and published as orderable services in the 
Service Catalog storefront. 
Using Stack Designer, application stack service are created by adding application component in infrastructure 
containers. When a user orders an application stack or application template, the Orchestration component provision 
infrastructure containers from UCSD and puppet provisions applications in these infrastructure containers.
The orchestration service receives new application template order from Prime Service Catalog through AMQP message, 
and uses Heat orchestration to provision the application stack. The Orchestration component consists of following:
Keystone
RabbitMQ server