Connecting the blueprint design server to Google Cloud Platform
To connect the blueprint design server to Google Cloud Platform, map the Google Cloud Platform account information to a functional ID. Then, assign that functional ID to a team.
- Create a project in your Google Cloud Platform account. You must enable the Google Compute Engine API for the project and store all of the Compute Engine resources in the project. See Enable and disable APIs.
- Obtain a Heat engine and an OpenStack Keystone server. The engine version must match the version of the Keystone server. In most cases for deploying to non-OpenStack clouds, install a Heat engine and Keystone server through IBM® UrbanCode® Deploy. See Installing an engine in silent mode or Installing an engine in interactive mode.
- Create a functional user account on the Keystone server. This user account
must be a member of the administrative tenant on the Keystone server. If you use the Keystone server
that was supplied with the engine, you can use the default administrative tenant credentials. The Keystone server's
default administrative tenant user name is
admin
and the default password isopenstack1
. Later, you associate the Google Cloud account information with this functional ID. With this account, users can authenticate to Google Cloud. - Install the blueprint design server. See Installing the blueprint design server.
- Connect the blueprint design server to the server. See Connecting the blueprint design server to the server.
- Configure an authentication realm for the blueprint design server. You can import users from a variety of sources, including LDAP servers, Keystone identity services, the IBM UrbanCode Deploy server, or from the internal authentication realm. See Creating authentication realms for the blueprint designer.
- Ensure that the blueprint design server can connect to the cloud. You can verify the connection path with the curl or telnet commands. For example, make sure that no firewall, proxy, or security settings prevent communication between the blueprint design server and the cloud.