Set up Application Design Center
- Enable application management on a folder.
- Complete the App Design Center setup process, which automates the following tasks:
- Create a Cloud Storage bucket to store the Terraform code generated by application templates.
- Name a space.
- Create a default private catalog and provide access to a public catalog created by Google.
- Enable the following required APIs:
- App Design Center: Design and share deployable application architectures on a canvas or through chat.
- Infrastructure Manager: Automate the deployment and management of Google Cloud infrastructure resources using Terraform.
- App Hub: Organize your Google Cloud resources in an application-centric way.
- Service Usage: List and manage Google Cloud APIs and services.
Before you begin
You must have the following roles:
To enable application management on a folder and create an underlying management project, you must have the Folder Admin (
resourcemanager.folderAdmin) role on the parent resource.To enable billing on the management project, you must have the required billing permissions on the billing account and management project.
To complete the App Design Center setup, you must have the following roles on the management project:
- Application Design Center Admin (
roles/designcenter.admin). - Application Admin (
roles/designcenter.admin).
- Application Design Center Admin (
You must have an organization resource, from which you do one of the following:
- Create a folder and enable application management.
- Select an existing app-enabled folder.
Enable application management on a folder
You use App Design Center in an app-enabled folder, which lets you define, group, and manage applications. In your app-enabled folder, you can create a resource hierarchy and control access based on your organizational structure and team responsibilities.
When you enable application management, a new management project is created in the folder. You use the management project to manage quota and billing for descendant projects associated with the app-enabled folder. You can create additional projects in the app-enabled folder to store the resources that you create with App Design Center.
For more information and steps to enable app management, see the following:
- Managing applications in a folder.
- Enabling app management and APIs on a folder.
- Link a billing account to the management project.
Create a space and enable APIs
Before you and your development team start using App Design Center, you must complete an automated initial setup to create a space and make sure that the required APIs are enabled.
Go to the Application Design Center Overview page.
To select an app-enabled folder, do the following:
If you haven't already, enable application management on a folder.
Link a billing account to the management project in your app-enabled folder.
On the Application Design Center Overview page, click Select folder and select your app-enabled folder.
Click Set up ADC.
In the My space name field, enter a name for your space. You can't edit this name later.
Click Complete setup. The APIs are enabled, and the storage bucket and space are created.