A provisioning action is a set of actions that execute when you provision a particular component instance. They can be executed on-demand or when a simulated test environment is provisioned in Continuous Testing Platform (see Continuous Testing Platform for additional information).
Provisioning actions can be used to automate configurations that are commonly applied in your environments. For example, you might run a script for changing certain environment settings, then update a settings file via FTP. You could use a provisioning action to add or erase data in a Data Repository. Or, if you’re not working with message proxies, you might want to automatically go to an application server’s web admin console and configuring it to point to a virtual asset instead of a real endpoint (or vice versa).
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- If you have not already done so, create a ProvisioningAssets project within your Virtualize workspace. Provisioning actions must be saved inside a project with this exact name.
- Open the Provisioning Action (.pvn) File wizard in one of the following ways:
- To add an action suite within a new .pvn, choose File > New > Provisioning Action (.pvn) file.
- To add an action suite within an existing .pvn, right-click the node where you want it added and choose Add New > Action Suite. Next, select the ProvisioningAssets project, enter a file name, then click Next.
- In the Action Suite Type selection wizard page, specify what type of action suite you want to create.
- If you the suite involves playing back actions performed in a web browser, choose Web > Record Web Scenario and complete the wizard as described in Browser Playback.
- (Optional) If you want to add an additional tool to the action suite, right-click the node where you want it added, choose Add New > Action, then select the desired tool from the Add Action wizard.
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Executing Provisioning Action Files and Action Suites in Virtualize
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