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Define capacity pools

Edit the sample capacity pool definition file copied to ec2-cloud-pools.xml. Add <Resources> elements to

represent additional capacity pools as needed.

A capacity pool definition appears as a Cloud Resource in the Matrix infrastructure orchestration Designer, Self

Service Portal, and Console.

The following is the sample EC2 capacity pool definition file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

<!--

Add one Resources element for each cloud capacity pool.

The capacity pool configuration is specified in a property file based

on the pool Id, such as "sample-ec2-pool.properties".

-->

<Resources xsi:type="CloudCapacityPool"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Id>sample-ec2-pool</Id>

<Name>Sample EC2 capacity pool</Name>

<Provider>Amazon EC2</Provider>

</Resources>

</CapacityPool>

where:

 The <Id> value is used to locate the corresponding capacity pool properties file.

 The <Name> value is the Cloud Resource name.

 The <Provider> value is the capacity pool's source provider.

Configure capacity pools

For each pool defined in ec2-cloud-pools.xml, copy the sample properties file sample-ec2-

pool.properties to <pool-id>.properties. The <pool-id> in the filename must match the <Id> value in

ec2-cloud-pools.xml. Set appropriate values for each property, following the instructions in the sample file.

The following is the sample EC2 capacity pool properties file.

# The API endpoint used to interact with the cloud provider.

# Note: The use of an HTTPS endpoint may require a cloud provider certificate

# to be added to the trust store. Retrieve the root certificate (e.g.,

# VeriSign Trust Network) from the provider and place it in a file. Add it to

# the trust store using the command "mxcert -t -f <certificate-file>".

provider.api.endpoint=https://ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

# Specify proxy settings if required to access the provider API endpoint

proxy.host=

proxy.port=

# Access Key ID for the Amazon AWS account

provider.account.accesskeyid=

# An mxpassword entry must be created with this key name, containing the

# account Secret Access Key value associated with the Access Key ID.

# Use the command "mxpassword -a -x <key>=<aws-secret-access-key>", where

# in this example the <key> is "ec2-account-1".

provider.account.mxpassword.key=ec2-account-1

# ID of a pre-configured VPC into which to provision resources. If defined,

# the capacity pool specifically targets the specified VPC and cannot be used

# to provision resources to an EC2 availability zone.

#provider.vpc.id=vpc-1a2b3c4d

# An ID used to correlate AWS accounts (and availability zone names

# specifically) across cloud capacity pools. It does not need to contain an

# actual account name. The value appears in EC2 subnet IDs; it is not used

# if provider.vpc.id is defined.

provider.account.id=acct1