Creating An Appliance Using Json File; Loading And Saving Appliance Configurations - Oracle X6-2-HA Deployment And User's Manual

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Creating an Appliance Using JSON File

Understand the process to create an appliance using the command odacli
create-appliance and view an example JSON file.
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Loading and Saving Appliance Configurations

You can load a saved JSON file and use it to configure your appliance, and save
an existing configuration as a JSON file from the Web Console.
• Readme for the Command odacli create-appliance
If you want to create the appliance outside of the Web Console, then review the
readme file for details on how to create a JSON file to use with the command-line
interface.
• Example JSON Files to Create a Single Node Appliance with the CLI
Follow these JSON file examples to create a JSON file to deploy a single node
appliance with the command odacli create-appliance.
• Example JSON File to Create a Multi-Node Appliance with the CLI
Follow the JSON file example to create a JSON file to deploy a multi-node
appliance with the command odacli create-appliance.
Loading and Saving Appliance Configurations
You can load a saved JSON file and use it to configure your appliance, and save an
existing configuration as a JSON file from the Web Console.
Using a Saved Configuration to Create a New Appliance in the Web Console
You can load a saved configuration from your client machine, and create a new
appliance.
Log into the Web Console.
1.
In the Create Appliance page, click Browse next to Load Configuration.
2.
Select the JSON file from the local machine, being used to access the Web
3.
Console.
The appliance configuration values from the JSON file are populated in the fields
4.
on the Create Appliance page.
Make any changes required, and submit the request to create the appliance
5.
Note that for security requirements, you must enter passwords manually.
Saving an Appliance Configuration from the Web Console
You can save an appliance configuration and use it to create another appliance.
Log into the Web Console.
1.
If you have already configured your appliance, then in the Create Appliance page,
2.
click Save Configuration.
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