Getting Started

Via CLI

To get started with the VSHN Application Catalog:

  1. Login to an APPUiO Cloud zone or an APPUiO Managed cluster

  2. Query the available services with:

    $ oc get appcat

  3. Lookup the linked documentation under "USER DOCS" to get started with the service

You can also get details of a specific AppCat service in the cluster with the following command:

$ oc get appcat $service-name -oyaml

Via OpenShift Console

You can also find the VSHN AppCat services in the OpenShift catalog.

  1. Login to an APPUiO Cloud zone or an APPUiO Managed cluster

  2. Open the OpenShift Console in your project and click on +Add

    project

  3. Click on All Services on the right side

    developercatalog

  4. Navigate to databases → Postgre to see all available PostgreSQL services.

    developercatalog details

  5. In this example, there are PostgreSQL by VSHN and by Exoscale that belong to AppCat.

    pgoverview

  6. By clicking on one of the available services, a more detailed page will be shown. There is also a link to the documentation of that specific service.

    pgdetails

  7. Instantiate Template brings up a wizard, where some variables for the AppCat service can be customized. For more options please consult the AppCat service’s documentatio.

    create

  8. After a few minutes there should be a secret in your project with credentials and access URLs for your new AppCat service.

Video

The following video on our channel VSHN.tv shows how to get started with the VSHN Application Catalog: