Inputs

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inputs are parameters injected into the blueprint upon deployment creation. These parameters can be referenced by using the get_input intrinsic function.

Inputs are useful when there’s a need to inject parameters to the blueprint which were unknown when the blueprint was created and can be used for distinction between different deployments of the same blueprint.

Note

Beginning with definitions version cloudify_dsl_1_3, you can also import inputs multiple times.

Also note that you can pass mutliple -i flags in our cli to pass multiple input structures or pass wildcard based paths to input files (e.g. ... -i *.yaml) and directories containing input files (e.g. ... -i my_inputs_file_dir/)

Declaration

  
inputs:

  input1:
    ...
  input2:
    ...

Schema

Keyname	Required	Type	Description
description	no	string	An optional description for the input.
type	no	string	Represents the required data type of the input. Not specifying a data type means the type can be anything. Valid types: string, integer, boolean
default	no	<any>	An optional default value for the input.

Example

  

inputs:

  image_name:
    description: The image name of the server
    type: string
    default: "Ubuntu 12.04"

node_templates:

  vm:
    type: cloudify.openstack.nodes.Server
    properties:
      server:
        image_name: { get_input: image_name }

get_input is a special function which allows the user to use inputs throughout the blueprint. For more information see intrinsic_functions.