You can create a new environment based on any existing blueprint in your account.
A blueprint is a master or baseline template that could contain machines, storage, networking, preinstalled software, company branding, use case collateral, and content (overview pages, resources to show files, and more).
From the Infrastructure menu, click Create New Environment. The Create Environment page opens with a creation wizard of three or four steps, depending on your account settings, permissions, and selections:
- General
- VMs/Templates
- External Resources
- Save
General
- Select My Projects' Environment Templates from the radio button options that appear in the General section:
- Select values for the following fields:
- Project: The project that will be associated with this environment.
- Environment Owner: If it appears, assign an owner that will be responsible for this environment, or leave it as yourself.
- Policy: Select the policy that will govern the life cycle of the new environment. The policy determines how long the environment will be available for use, when it will be deleted, and what will happen to it during periods of inactivity. If needed, you can click the link provided to create a new policy.
- Choose CloudShare Cloud/Region: If your project has access to more than one CloudShare region, select where the environment will be created.
Note: The blueprint may need to be copied to the selected regions.- When finished, click the Select Template next step. The VMs/Templates section is displayed.
VM/Template
Select the desired project template from the blueprint list to the environment. To see a detailed configuration summary for a template, click the + icon to the left of its name.
After adding the desired template or VMs, check the settings on the right side of the page. Check to ensure that the details are correct before proceeding.
Click External Resources to proceed.
- If the account is enabled to use external resources and you have permission to define them, the External Resources next step is displayed.
- If the account is not enabled to use external resources, the Add Details & Save next step is displayed.
External Resources
You can use this panel to optionally add external cloud platform resources to your environment. For additional information, see Using External Cloud Resources.
Saving the Environment
- Review the environment details - project, policy, region, and resources.
- Add a name and description for your environment.
- Click Confirm/Save Environment.