Develop a Blueprint

Provide your Colony members with all the dev/test environments they need. Develop a blueprint that models an application stack in a specific configuration, and publish it to the self-service Blueprints Catalog. Your space members can then independently launch environment sandboxes as needed. 

Blueprints are defined in source-controlled YAML files. For example, a LAMP stack web application based on Apache, MySQL and PHP may be deployed in two flavors which are represented as two different blueprints:

Blueprint A: A single server that includes all the applications and is used from the CI to run sanity tests and provide fast feedback to the developers.

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Blueprint B: A complex production-like environment with multiple front-end servers behind a load-balancer, that serves as a staging or demo environment for final tests.

To add a new blueprint to your space: 

1. Set up a Blueprints Repository.
2. Develop your blueprint YAML.
3. Add the Blueprint to your Space.

For step by step instructions on how to develop your CloudShell Colony blueprint, see Steps to Developing a Blueprint.