The IBM® Hardware Appliances allow you to create your own patterns or modify existing patterns.
Instead of editing the Basic or Advanced patterns supplied, you
can create clones of them by clicking the clone button , and then edit the clones. In the pattern
editor, you can edit the properties of the part or script packages
by clicking the properties button
on the appropriate part or script package.
You can change the default values of the properties, and lock or unlock
them. If a property is locked, then it cannot be viewed or modified
when the pattern is deployed to the cloud. When a property is unlocked,
it can be viewed and edited in the deployment dialog when the pattern
is being deployed. For example, by default, the Basic pattern sets
the WebSphere® Message Broker name to a fixed default
value. To set this name value each time that the pattern is deployed,
you can click the locked padlock
next
to the Broker Name property. The padlock then changes to unlocked
position
to indicate that
the Broker Name is now unlocked. When this pattern is deployed to
the cloud, the Broker Name property is visible and modifiable in the
deployment dialog. The default values of the properties can also be
changed. For example, you can update the default name of the Queue
Manager property. When the pattern is deployed to the cloud, the Queue
Manager name takes the value you specified.