SDM Samples

SDM Samples

This section shows the incremental development of an SDM system. Definitions and settings from all samples are used in the How to: Create an SDM System topic to create a model of a server system and an application system.

In This Section

• SDM Architecture

  Contains a list of the main building blocks of a system definition model and their descriptions.

• System Definition Model Design Guidelines

  Outlines some considerations that are useful when structuring a system definition model.

• SDM Command Line Window

  Describes the use of the SDM command-line window, and the environment variables that it defines.

• How to: Create a .sdmdocument File

  Describes how to create a basic .sdm file and validate it against the SDM xsd.

• How to: Create an SDM Resource

  Describes how to create two SDM resources. The first is a certificate resource and the second is a certificate store resource.

• How to: Create a Constraint on a Relationship

  Describes how to create a constraint on a relationship. It uses the sample from the previous topic and demonstrates how to add a constraint on one of the relationships defined in the certificates sample.

• How to: Create an SDM Endpoint

  Describes the steps to create endpoints for systems to communicate with each other using FTP.

• How to: Create an SDM Flow

  Describes the steps to create a flow between settings. The created flow combines the values of two settings to create a value for a third setting. These settings are defined in the How to: Create an SDM Application System topic.

• How to: Create a Custom Constraint on a Setting

  Describes how to create a custom constraint that checks whether a version is within a valid range of version values.

• How to: Create an SDM System

  Describes the steps to create a system that models a server and an application. It uses resources, endpoints, and constraints designed in previous topics and shows how they are added to a system definition.

• Distributing System Definition Models

  Describes how to create an installation package for SDM components that you create. This allows you to distribute the models to others.

Reference

• Microsoft.SystemDefinitionModel.Manager

  Provides reference documentation for the Microsoft.SystemDefinitionModel.Manager namespace.

• Microsoft.SystemDefinitionModel.Tools

  Provides reference documentation for the Microsoft.SystemDefinitionModel.Tools namespace.

• SDM Command Line Tools

  Provides an overview of the command-line tools used by SDK users.

• SystemDefinitionModel Schema

  Provides reference documentation for the elements, complex types, simple types, and attributes used in the SystemDefinitionModel schema. The user creates a .sdm document that must conform to this schema definition.

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