Blueprint Composer

Conductor Composer is an editor for creating Blueprint YAML files dynamically, using a drag and drop interface. It enables you to model topology for complex applications, and to add relevant lifecycle operations implementation by importing plugins and scripts, or packaging them with the blueprint itself.

Among its drag-and-drop components are platform and network items such as compute node, database, web server, and so on. You can also add your own custom node type components, custom plugins and interfaces.

The generated output from Conductor Composer is a downloadable TGZ or ZIP archive containing a blueprint.yaml file that provides a TOSCA-based description for the application topology and its lifecycle management. In addition to YAML artifacts, the blueprint archive includes a blueprint package that contains multiple resources such as configuration and installation scripts, code, and basically any other resource you require for running your application.

Getting started

Starting You can access Conductor Composer from your browser directly via http://<manager-ip>/composer or https://<manager-ip>/composer. Conductor Composer uses the Cloudify Premium Manager user definitions and to access the Conductor Composer, you have to login to the Conductor Management Console. Main page When you have logged in, the default Topology page is displayed, with an empty blueprint for your use. The left side of the Conductor Composer screen displays: Project View pane that contains list of all blueprint packages created within or imported into Conductor Composer

Features

This section describes the main functions related to creating a Blueprint. Typically, when you are using Conductor Composer, your workflow will follow a similar order to that described in this section. Importing nodes Before you start to design your blueprint, you will typically want to add the stencils that contain the basic node types that you need to work with, and the operations that they expose. For more information about node types, click here.

Creating Blueprints

A blueprint is a model of the application’s topology and its operations implementation. Conductor Composer allows to display/edit the blueprint in two complementary ways: Topology view - visual representation of the blueprint Source view - blueprint’s source code Topology view It provides visual representation showing used nodes and relations between them. You can access this view by clicking Topology option under the blueprint in Project view pane.

Managing Resources

Use the Resources node to add files and folders to a blueprint package. For example, you might want to add scripts to the package. Adding a Folder to the Package In the Resources tree, hover over the folder to which you want to add a new folder and click Add Folder icon. The folder appears in the folder to which it was added. Provide name of the folder, then press Enter to apply your changes.

Managing Inputs and Outputs

Conductor Composer enables you to manage blueprint’s inputs, outputs and capabilities. These options are available through project view. Adding an Input On the Inputs node, enter a name and description for your input. (Optional) Specify input display name and default value. Further optional input properties are available after expanding the input section. After clicking the dropdown icon on the left side of the section it is possible to provide input description as well as enable hidden and required flags.

Managing Plugins

Conductor Composer enables you to add plugins to the Blueprint under the Plugins node. Adding a plugin enables you to use node types and operations defined inside that plugin. Adding a Plugin from URL On the Plugins node, click Add from URL button. Provide plugin Yaml file URL in Yaml URL field. Click Add button. For more information about plugins, click here. Adding a Plugin from Catalog On the Plugins node, click Add from catalog button.

Customization

Similar to the Conductor Management Console white labeling options, the Conductor Composer provides basic layout customization options. The main supported features are: Setting a custom logo Setting the main application color Styling the HTML elements Changing text labels When introducing the changes described on this page, please note: To see the applied changes you need to restart the Conductor Composer service on the Conductor Manager machine by executing: