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Add external Components to Applications

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You have developed a microservice and have a ready to use helm chart and image available.

Description​

This How-To will show you how to add externally created components to an application composition project on Solution Designer.

ℹī¸note

Please note that the links to the workbench tools in this tutorial only apply to the IBM Education Environment we provide. If you are using a different environment, e.g. your own installation, you will need to navigate directly to the required tools.

Steps​

  1. First thing you need to do is to configure your helm repository and image registry as a component repository in Solution Designer.

    💡tip

    Please ask your admin to configure this for you in Admin settings.
    For more info, please check Product Documentation: Configuring component repositories

  2. Create an new application composition project or use an existing one to add the external component to.

  1. Specify your deployment target if you are creating a new project.
  1. Add component by selecting the component repository which was created by your admin earlier. You will then find your released component to be added to the application.
  1. Commit and push to deploy your application.

🌟Well done !

Congratulations! You have successfully added an external component to your project.