After you create a product, you can create, update, or delete a product version based on your business requirements. You can update product versions to generate multiple Terraform or Resource Orchestration Service (ROS) templates for the product.
Prerequisites
You are granted the administrative rights of Service Catalog. For more information, see Grant permissions to the administrator.
A product is created. For more information, see Create a product.
Create a product version
After a product is created, a baseline product version is automatically generated. If you want to modify the Terraform or ROS template of the product, you can create a version for the product.
- Log on to the Service Catalog console as the administrator.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the Product management page, click the name of the product that you want to manage.
On the Product version tab, click Create new version.
In the Create new version dialog box, configure the following parameters.
Specify Version name.
Specify Product version description.
Select a creation method.
You can select Custom or Getting Started Example to create a product by using a custom template or a sample template.
Upload a custom template or select a sample template.
View the template content.
Terraform template: On the File List View tab, view the files and content in the template. On the Parameter View tab, configure the parameters that are included in the template. The parameters include basic parameters, parameter verification rules, and options.
ROS template: View template content on the JSON and YAML tabs.
Click Parameter preview to check whether the parameter settings meet your business requirements.
Click Confirm.
Update a product version
You can modify the name and description of an existing product version and specify recommendation information for the product version.
When a product version is updated, the product version is also automatically updated in the product portfolios to which the product is added.
If you do not want end users to use a specific product version, you can disable the product version.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the Product management page, click the name of the product that you want to manage.
On the Product version tab, find the version that you want to update and click Edit in the Operation column.
In the Modify product information dialog box, configure the following parameters and click Confirm.
Parameter
Description
Example
Name
Enter a name for the product version. The name is used to identify the product version.
2.0
Description
Enter a detailed description for the product version.
Update the specifications of an ECS instance.
Recommended information
Select recommendation information for the product version. Valid values:
Recommendation: the version that is recommended for end users.
Latest: the version that supports the latest features. This version may be unstable.
Abandoned: the version that is about to be deprecated. This version is not recommended for end users.
None (default): No recommendation information is provided.
Recommendation.
Whether or not to deactivate
Specifies whether to enable the product version. Valid values:
Activate (default)
Deactivate
Activate.
Delete a product version
Before a product version is deleted, make sure that the product version is no longer in use. If the product version is still in use and you delete the product version, end users cannot manage the product of this version. If the product that you want to delete is added to a product portfolio, the product version is also deleted from the product portfolio when you delete the product version. Proceed with caution.
- In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the Product management page, click the name of the product that you want to manage.
On the Product version tab, find the version that you want to delete and click Delete in the Operation column.
In the Delete version message, check the information and click OK.