Deploying an Application Using Deployment Manager

In addition to launching the solutions listed in Cloud Launcher, you can create your own solution configuration files so users can launch preconfigured solutions.

Deployment Manager Configuration Files

Deployment Manager configuration files are written in YAML syntax. The configuration files start with the word resources, followed by resource entities, which are defined using three fields:

• name, which is the name of the resource
• type, which is the type of the resource, such as compute.v1.instance
• properties, which are key-value pairs that specify configuration parameters for the resource. For example, a VM has properties to specify machine type, disks, and network interfaces.

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 For information on YAML syntax, see the official documentation at https://yaml.org/start.html.

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A simple example defining a virtual machine called ace-exam-deployment-vm starts with the following:

resources:
- type: compute.v1.instance
  name: ace...