IBM developerWorks Cloud Trial: Creating an Application Workload service: How to complete the wizard for provisioning an Application Workload service, how to monitor the provisioning of the service, how to log into the provisioned service, how to customize it.

1. IBM developerWorks Cloud Trial – 90 days
STEPS: Creating an Application Workload service
Date: April 25, 2012
Version: 1.00
PREREQUISITE - Request and attained cloud trial access
Before you can proceed, you need to have requested access to the dW Cloud Trial
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/expert/try/
LOGIN - IBM SmartCloud portal
01) Go to IBM SmartCloud portal:
https://www.ibm.com/cloud/enterprise
02) Login in with your IBM ID and password
03) Click on "Submit" button
CREATE - Service Instance
04) Click on the "Control panel" tab
05) Click on the "Service Instances" sub tab
06) Click on the "Add service instance" button
07) In the "Add service instance - Step 1 of 4" wizard, select "Public" for the "Type" pull
down.
08) Select "Raleigh, U.S.A." for the "Data Center" pull down. Please note, you may also use
the "Makuhari, Japan" data center location as well.
09) Click on the arrow iconography next to the "Data Center" pull down
10) If you select “Raleigh, U.S.A” data center, then select "SCAWS-RTP” which has the
description of “IBM SmartCloud Application Workload Services (RTP)”. If you select
“Makuhari, Japan” data center, then select "SCAWS-JP1” which has the description of “IBM
SmartCloud Application Workload Services (JP1)”.

2. 11) Click on the "Next" button
12) In the "Add service instance - Step 2 of 4" wizard, type in a name for your service
instance in the "Name" field
ex: WebApp base (Service Instance)
13) Type in a description for your service instance in the "Description" text area
ex: This is the base service instance for setting up and deploying patterns
14) Click on the "Next" button
15) In the "Add service instance - Step 2a of 4" wizard, type in the administrator password
in the "Administrator password" field
ex: open4TRIAL
16) Re-enter the administrator password in the "Re-enter Password" field
17) Leave the remaining fields with default values: "Persistent Storage Id", "Service IP
address", "VLAN ID", "VLAN Gateway IP address", and "Customer Subnet"
18) Click on the "Next" button
19) In the "Add service instance - Step 3 of 4" wizard, click on the "Next" button
20) In the "Add service instance - Step 4 of 4" wizard, click on the "I agree" radio button
21) Click on the "Submit" button
22) Click on the "Return to control panel" button once the "Add service instance" completes
successfully
23) In the "Service instances" sub tab, select your service instance in the "My service
instances" section
24) In the detailed view of your service instance, you will need for the instance to be
provisioned and started. This takes about 20/30 minutes
25) Your service instance will be ready for you if it has a green status of "Active" or has a
red status of "Unknown The server is down or you have not permanently accepted the
server certificate." Once your service instance has started, click on the "Manage service
instance" button
26) A new tab will be loaded that may require you to accept the security certificate.

3. ACCESS - Service instance
27) You will be taken to the "IBM SmartCloud Application Workload Services" instance page
(NOTE: the URL below is an example and will not be the URL to your instance)
ex: https://170.999.999.999/login/
28) Enter the administration id in the "User name" field
ex: cbadmin
29) Enter the administration id's password in the "Password" field
ex: open4TRIAL
30) Click on the "Login" button
UPDATE - Group Access information
31) In the "IBM SmartCloud Application Workload Services" service instance portal, click on
the "Cloud" menu option
32) In the "Cloud" sub menu, click on "Cloud Groups"
33) In the "Cloud Groups" options, click on "SCE Default Cloud" cloud group <right side>
34) In the "SCE Default Cloud" option, click on the "Login information"
35) In the "User name" entry, click on "YOURUSERID" to edit the text field. Enter your SCE
user ID that you use to enter the IBM SmartCloud portal.
36) In the "Password" entry, click on "edit" to display the password and re-enter password
text fields. Enter your SCE user ID's password. This should be the password for the user ID
from the previous step.
37) In the "Password" entry, click on the "Submit" button
ADD - Pattern types (instances)
38) In the "IBM SmartCloud Application Workload Services" service instance portal, click on
the "Cloud" menu option
39) In the "Cloud" sub menu, click on "Pattern Types"
40) In the "Pattern Types" options, click on "WebApp Pattern Type 1.0.0.3" pattern type
that is associated with “WebApp Pattern Type 1.0” <right side>
41) In the "WebApp Pattern Type" option, click on the "Accept..." link for "License
Agreement"

4. 42) In the license agreement overlay, click on the "Accept" button
43) In the "WebApp Pattern Type" option, click on the "Enable..." link for "Status"
44) Once both of these actions have been taken, the "License Agreement" will have
"Accepted" and "Status" will have "Available"
SET UP - Database Patterns
45) In the "IBM SmartCloud Application Workload Services" service instance portal, click on
the "Patterns" menu option
46) In the "Patterns" sub menu, click on "Database Patterns"
47) In the "My Database Patterns" options, click on the "+" (green) button <right side>
48) In the "Database Pattern" overlay, type in the database pattern name in the "Database
pattern name" field
ex: Transactional data base deployment pattern
49) Type in the description in the "Database pattern description" field
ex: Database pattern
50) Select "Non-Production" in the "Purpose" pull down
51) Ignore the "Source" pull down
52) Click on the "Departmental Transactional" workload type radio button
53) Click on the "Save" button
54) In the "My Database Patterns" options, click on the "+" (green) button <right side>
55) In the "Database Pattern" overlay, type in the database pattern name in the "Database
pattern name" field
ex: Data Mart deployment pattern
56) Type in the description in the "Database pattern description" field
ex: Database pattern
57) Select "Non-Production" in the "Purpose" pull down
58) Ignore the "Source" pull down
59) Click on the "Data Mart" workload type radio button

5. 60) Click on the "Save" button
VERIFY - Virtual Application Patterns
61) In the "IBM SmartCloud Application Workload Services" service instance portal, click on
the "Patterns" menu option
62) In the "Patterns" sub menu, click on "Virtual Applications"
63) In the "Virtual Application Patterns" options, click on the virtual application patterns pull
down <right side>
64) Ensure "Web Application Pattern Type 2.0" is listed in the virtual application patterns
pull down <right side>
65) Ensure "WebApp Pattern Type 1.0" is listed in the virtual application patterns pull down
<right side>
COMPLETED - Service instance
66) Your setup is now completed. You may start your usage. Good luck.
INFORMATION – Additional resources
IBM developerWorks Cloud Trial portal
www.ibm.com/developerworks/expert/
IBM develperWorks Cloud Trial blog
www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blog/dwtrial
IBM develperWorks Cloud Trial support forum
www.ibm.com/developerworks/expert/support/