You want to get rid of the default fields of a request like # Instances, # CPUs, Memory (MB) and Storage (GB)? Here is a hack about how to do this:
- Log in to the vRealize Automation appliance using SSH
- Authenticate as root user
- Add the following text to the end of each ‘composition-all.css’ file in the same line:
- For # Instances: #fieldcontainer-1040{visibility:hidden}
- For # CPUs: #fieldcontainer-1043{visibility:hidden}
- For Memory (MB): #fieldcontainer-1046{visibility:hidden}
- For Storage (GB): #numberField-1049{visibility:hidden}
Those are all ‘composition-all.css’ files for the different languages:
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-de-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-pt_BR-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-ko-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-nl-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-it-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-ru-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-fr-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-es-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-ja-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-zh_TW-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-en_GB-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-pt-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-en-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
- /var/lib/vcac/server/webapps/composition-service/resources/app-zh_CN-7.0.0-3292778/resources/composition-all.css
(To easily add text to the end of a file, open it using vi and use $ to jump to the last char of the line, now use a to enable insert mode and directly jump behind the last char)
Restart the vRealize Automation server service:
- service vcac-server restart
In my case I wanted to use a selectable T-Shirt size and vRealize Orchestrator workflows to set the CPU and memory values based on the selected T-Shirt size so I needed to remove the default fields from request.
Now the result can look like this:
Don't ask for support here :-P
