fwk.alias

This connection is virtual and acts as a placeholder. It needs to be used together with the impersonation concept. In this case the alias is substituted at runtime with the connection that impersonates it.

Use cases

• Write scipts that are independent of a connection
• Write script across distributed data centers and cloud environments

Parameters

1: type

type: "connection type"

• define the connection type for the alias

Examples

---
type: Connection
data:
  name: "fwk.alias.1"
  type: "fwk.alias"
  description: "fwk.alias connection for host.linux"
  environment: "iesi-test"
  parameters:
  - name: "type"
    value: "host.linux"