Develop a Marketplace connector

This page describes the tasks that you need to perform to develop and publish a Marketplace connector.

The following are the high-level tasks to develop and publish a Marketplace connector:

• Comply with the requirements for Google Cloud Marketplace.
• Develop your connector.
• Submit a request to publish the connector.

Develop and publish a Marketplace connector

You must ensure that the connector that you develop isn't part of the list of connectors that are available in Integration Connectors and Marketplace connectors.

1. Register as a partner in Google Cloud. For information, see Partner Advantage.
2. Verify that you meet the requirements to list your product on Cloud Marketplace.
3. Accept the Cloud Marketplace agreement.
4. Create a connector virtual machine (VM) and submit the connector VM on the Marketplace. You must complete the following tasks to create and submit a connector VM:
   1. Create a web service and deploy it on a Compute Engine VM instance.
   2. Create an OpenAPI spec for the web service.
   3. Create a custom connector and then a connection and then validate the web service by using the connection in Application Integration.
   4. Create a startup script for the VM and validate the script.
   5. Create the licensed VM image and a Terraform module for the VM deployment. Also, you must add a label for Application Integration and Integration Connectors.
   6. Submit the VM product for review in Producer Portal and select your pricing model.
5. Publish the custom connector to Google Cloud Marketplace. You can view the progress of your connector review process. After your request for publishing the Marketplace connector is approved, you can view the connector in the list of published connectors.

What's next

• Learn how to create a Compute Engine VM instance.