Reference for host factory
Learn about the host factory configuration files,
which control the configuration for the HostFactory service, requestor plug-in,
requestor instances, provider plug-ins, and provider instances.
awsprov_config.json reference awsprov_templates.json reference azureprov_config.json reference azureprov_templates.json reference host template file for Azure lists all the templates that host factory can use to provision Azure hosts. This file must be configured with the correct values from your Azure environment. hostfactoryconf.json reference HostFactory service for fine-grained tuning of service parameters.hostfactorysec.json reference HostFactory service security settings. hostfactory.xml reference HostFactory service profile defines environment variables for host factory that are set during service startup. hostProviders.json reference host factory .hostProviderPlugins.json reference host factory .hostRequestors.json reference host factory .hostRequestorPlugins.json reference host factory .ibmcloudprov_config.json reference IBM Cloud (previously SoftLayer®) provider configuration file, which contains account information and authentication credentials for provisioning from IBM Cloud .ibmcloudprov_templates.json reference IBM Cloud lists all the templates that host factory can use to provision IBM Cloud hosts. This file must be configured with the correct values from your IBM Cloud environment.ibmcloudgen2prov_config.json reference IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC Gen 2 provider configuration file, which contains account information and authentication credentials for provisioning from IBM Cloud Gen 2 .ibmcloudgen2prov_templates.json reference IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC Gen 2 lists all the templates that host factory can use to provision IBM Cloud Gen 2 hosts. This file must be configured with the correct values from your IBM Cloud Gen 2 environment.openshiftprov_config.json reference Red Hat® OpenShift® provider configuration file, which contains authentication credentials for provisioning from OpenShift on Linux®.openshiftprov_templates.json reference Red Hat OpenShift lists all the templates that host factory can use to provision OpenShift pods.symAreq_config.json reference symA requestor plug-in, which specifies the cluster workload to monitor and the scaling policy to be used.symAreq_policy_config.json reference symA requestor plug-in, which defines the policies supported by the symA requestor plug-in and specifies the configurable parameters for each policy. Selecting cost-based and rank-based cloud host IBM Spectrum Symphony , the cluster can scale out by automatically selecting the least-cost cloud hosts combination across cloud providers and host types by configuring the template priceInfo parameter. In addition, the cluster can scale out by automatically selecting hosts based on assigned rank values across cloud providers and host types by configuring the template rank parameter.Provider plug-in interface specification host factory for provisioning hosts and returning hosts to a cloud provider.