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An admin will see all credentials, but a user will only see credentials which they own. It will display the `Name`, `Type`, `Description`, `Owner`, `Created Time`, and `Updated Time`.
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-**Add Credential** - Click the `+ Add` button and enter the `Name` and `Type`. After the type is selected, the required fields will updated. For example, if `IBM i` is the selected type, users must enter the `username` and `password` of the IBM i server or the `+ Add` button will be disabled. Optionally, ssh key information can be specified. If specified, the ssh key will be used instead of the password to connect to the IBM i during the IDE developer build process. Specify all the necessary fields and click the `+ Add` button so then the new credential record will be imported to the Credentials table.
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**Note**: If using ssh key, additional configuration is performed during connection to the IBM i before the build starts.
-**Delete Credentials** - The `Delete` button is disabled by default. Selecting items in the credential table will highlight them and also enable the `Delete` button. Click the `Delete` button and click `Yes` to the confirmation to delete all selected items.
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The Inventory manages the systems information used for Merlin. It will save the general system information including hostname, type, description and some other information. The detailed inventory info will be changed according to the inventory type. Merlin supports four types of hosts: `IBM i`, `IBM PowerVC`, `IBM Cloud`, and `Jenkins`.
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Go to Merlin GUI and select **Connections -> Inventory** to go to the Inventory page.
All the inventories which the user created or has permission to will be shown. It will display the `Name`, `Hostname`, `Type`, `Description`, `Owner`, `Provision`, `Created Time`, and `Updated Time`. The `Provision` item is a tag that specifies the IBM i server deployed by the Power VC template.
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-**Add Inventory** - Click the `+ Add` button and enter the `Name`, `Type` and `Hostname`. After the type is selected, the required fields will updated. If one of requirements are not meet, the `+ Add` button will stay disabled. Specify all the necessary fields and click the `+ Add` button so then the new inventory record will be imported to the Inventory table.
For secure connections, Merlin supports the `Test TLS` function which allows customers to accept the remote CA such as for a Power VC Inventory. After specifying the `Hostname` and `Port`, the `Test TLS` button will be enabled and it will catch the Power VC CA. In the detailed certificate windows, click the `Accept` button. Then this CA be added to the Merlin trust store.
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**Note:** For the `Name` field, please avoid the use of the special characters .,:;/\"*?<>|=+&%'\`@". The `Hostname` field supports `IP`, `Hostname`, and `URL`.
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**Note:** For the `Name` field, please avoid the use of the special characters .,:;/\"*?<>|=+&%'\`@". The `Hostname` field supports `IP`, `Hostname`, and `URL`.
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-**Delete Inventory** - The `Delete` button is disabled by default. Selecting items in the inventory table will highlight them and also enable the `Delete` button. Click the `Delete` button and click `Yes` to the confirmation to delete all selected items.
An admin will see all templates, but the `Run` button will only work on templates which they own. A user will only see templates which they own. It will display the `Name`, `Inventory`, `Credential`, `Type`, `Owner`, `Created Time`, and `Updated Time` by default. Users can also customize the columns by clicking the icon at the top right of the table.
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-**Add Template** - Click the `+ Add` button and enter the `Name` and select an inventory. The `type` will be automatically populated to be the same as the inventory type. The listed credentials to select from will also be filtered to match the same type. After the type is set, the required fields will updated. For example, if `IBM PowerVC` is the set type, users must enter the vm info which is used in this template or the `+ Add` button will be disabled. Specify all the necessary fields and click the `+ Add` button so then the new template record will be imported to the Templates table.
-**Delete Templates** - The `Delete` button is disabled by default. Selecting items in the credential table will highlight them and also enable the `Delete` button. Click the `Delete` button and click `Yes` to the confirmation to delete all selected items.
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-**Edit Template** - The `Edit` button is disabled by default. Selecting one item in the template table will highlight it and also enable the `Edit` button. Click the `Edit` button to see the template info. All fields may edited except the `owner`.
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-**Run Template** - The `Run` button is disabled by default. Selecting one item in the template table will highlight it and also enable the `Run` button. According to the different templates type, the available actions will be different. For a Power VC template, Merlin supports the Provision actions which will help the user to deploy a new IBM VM. The user should make sure all the hardware configurations have been set up on the Power VC side.
For the IBM i server template, Merlin supports `Enable Ansible environment`, `Validate the dependent PTFs`, `Install Certificate`, `Enable IBM i developer environment`, `Enable IBM i Debug Service`, and `Enable ARCAD environment`.
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-**Refresh Templates** - Click the `Refresh` button for the Merlin GUI to retrieve the latest template info.
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