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Onboarding a virtual server image with Terraform

{: #catalog-vsi-tutorial} {: toc-content-type="tutorial"} {: toc-services="cloud-object-storage, vpc"} {: toc-completion-time="20m"}

This tutorial walks you through how to onboard a sample virtual server image with Terraform to your account. By completing this tutorial, you learn how to create a private catalog, import the sample, validate that it can be installed on a selected deployment target, and make the virtual server image available to users who have access to your account. {: shortdesc}

This tutorial uses sample Terraform code{: external} as part of the process to onboard a virtual server image. As you complete the tutorial, adapt each step to match your organization's goal.

The tutorial includes steps for deploying a virtual server image to a target {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). As a result, you will incur associated infrastructure charges. {: note}

Before you begin

{: #catalog-vsi-prereqs}

  1. Create an instance of {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} Object Storage and upload your image to a bucket.
  2. Create your VPC.
  3. Import your custom image to all regions{: external} in which you want your software to be available.
  4. Create your Terraform template.
  5. Upload your Terraform template to your GitHub repository. Use the latest release of the sample Terraform code{: external} as an example of how to set up your repository.
  6. Make sure you're assigned the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} Identity and Access Management (IAM) editor role on the catalog management service. See Assigning access to account management services for more information.

Create a private catalog

{: #catalog-vsi-create} {: step}

  1. Go to Manage > Catalogs, and click Create a catalog.
  2. Select Product default as the catalog type.
  3. Enter the name of your catalog, for example, Sample virtual server image.
  4. Select No products to exclude all products in the {{site.data.keyword.cloud}} catalog from your catalog.
  5. Click Create.

Import the virtual server image to your private catalog

{: #catalog-vsi-import} {: step}

  1. From the Private products page, click Add.
  2. Select Virtual server image with Terraform as the deployment method.
  3. Confirm that Public repository is selected as the repository type.
  4. Enter https://github.com/IBM-Cloud/isv-vsi-product-deploy-sample/releases/download/v1.0/isv-vsi-product-deploy-sample.tar.gz as your source URL.
  5. Enter 1.0.0 as the software version.
  6. Click Add product.

Review the version details

{: #catalog-vsi-review-version} {: step}

  1. From the Version list table, click the row that contains your virtual server image.
  2. Review your version details from the Review the version details section. There are no actions that you need to take. When you are ready to move on, click Next.

Configure the deployment details

{: #catalog-vsi-cfg-deployment} {: step}

  1. From the Configure the deployment details section, click Add deployment values.
  2. Select Parameter to select all options, and click Add.
  3. To customize which parameters are required for users to specify during the installation and which ones are hidden altogether, select a parameter and click Edit. For the purposes of this tutorial, configure each parameter as described in the following table.
Parameter Description Required for users to specify? Hidden from users?
TF_VERSION The version of the Terraform engine that's used in the Schematics workspace. False True
region The region in which the VPC instance is located. True False
ssh_key_name The name of the public SSH key to use when creating the virtual server instance. True False
subnet_id The ID of the subnet within the VPC that the virtual server instance uses. True False
vsi_instance_name The name of the virtual server instance. True False
vsi_profile The profile of compute CPU and memory resources to use when creating the virtual server instance. False False
vsi_security_group The name of the security group that is created. True False
{: caption="Table 1. Parameters that you need to configure" caption-side="bottom"}

Set the license requirements

{: #catalog-vsi-cfg-license} {: step}

If users are required to accept any license agreements beyond the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} Services Agreement, provide the URL to each agreement. Or, if users can bring their own licenses, you can provide that URL as well.

  1. Click Add license agreements > Add.
  2. Enter the name and URL, and click Update.
  3. Click Next.

Review your readme file

{: #catalog-vsimage-onboard-readme} {: step}

The TGZ file that you imported to your private catalog includes a readme file that provides instructions for installing the virtual server image. If you want to make updates to the readme file, you can edit it directly from your private catalog. For the purposes of this tutorial, the following steps describe how to edit the description of the readme file.

  1. Click the Edit icon Edit icon, and update the description with the following sentence:

    Create and deploy a virtual server with ease by using a custom image.

  2. Click Save > Next.

Validate the virtual server image

{: #catalog-vsi-validate} {: step}

  1. From the Validate product tab, enter the name of your Schematics workspace, select a resource group, and click Next.

    In the Tags field, you can enter a name of a specific tag to attach to your virtual server image. Tags provide a way to organize, track usage costs, and manage access to the resources in your account. {: tip}

  2. From the Deployment values section, review your parameter values, and click Next.

  3. In the Validation product section, select I have read and agree to the following license agreements.

  4. Click Validate.

    To monitor the progress of the validation process, click View logs. {: tip}

Next steps

{: #catalog-vsi-publish}

After you onboard and validate your virtual server image, you're ready to publish it to your account. From the Actions menu, select Publish to account. As a result, the virtual server image is available only to users who have access to the Sample virtual server image private catalog in your account.