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Version: v0.6

Create a Catalog on GitHub

This tutorial explains how to create a template catalog on GitHub, use the catalog to sync templates, and create resource from the templates.

Prerequisites​

To follow this tutorial, you will need:

  1. A GitHub organization account
  2. Walrus installed

Create the Catalog​

Refer to the GitHub docs for creating a GitHub organization.

Create Template Repositories on GitHub​

  1. Log into GitHub, click New repository to create a new repository.
  2. Give the repository a name like my-template.
  3. Check the add a README file option.
  4. Click Create repository. create-template
  5. Follow Terraform module tutorials and Template extension to create a template and commit it to the repository. template-update The created template repository contains a v0.0.1 tagged version with main.tf, variables.tf, outputs.tf and README.md files.
  6. Create other template repositories like my-rds in the same way.

Use the Catalog​

  1. Go to the Catalog tab under Operations Hub.
  2. Click Add Catalog and fill in the name and source for the catalog, e.g. template-demo. create-catalog
  3. The my-template and my-rds templates should be available after the import task is completed. catalog-list

Create Resource with the templates​

  1. Go to Application Management and select a project and environment.（If you don't have a project and environment, refer to Create an Environment）
  2. Click New Resource, check Use Template, then select a template from the catalog in previous step, here we choose demo-catalog/kubernetes-containerservice, fill in parameters and click Create.
  3. Check the resource status until creation is complete. create-resource