CloudTran Guide - Machine Object


Contents > 11. CloudTran Profile Reference

11.22 Machine Object

Used on

machineEstate

Description This is a single defined machine which will be part of a machine estate. A machine can be either a specific machine or a type of machine on Amazon EC2

Inherited
properties

text (base property)

11.22.1	Property 'description'
11.22.2	Property 'machineClass'
11.22.3	Property 'name'
11.22.4	Property 'numberOfMachines'

11.22.1 Property 'description'

Type

String

11.22.2 Property 'machineClass'

*Description*	The machine-class should be used if the specific machine is not known and you want a type (or class) of machine.
*Type*	String

11.22.3 Property 'name'

Description

This is the name of the machine. Either the machine name or the machine-class must be specified. If the name of the machine is used it can be either a name of a specific machine or the ip of a machine on the network

essentially something that can differentiate it from other machines. If the machine-class is specified it is assumed that the deployment will be to EC2 or to some other cloud environment.

Type

String

11.22.4 Property 'numberOfMachines'

*Description*	This is the number of machines of type 'machine-class' that are required in this machine-estate. It does not make sense to define the numberOfMachines if the name is defined.
*Type*	String
*Default*	1