Step 4: Create a Service Catalog Product - Service Catalog

Step 4: Create a Service Catalog Product

After you have created a portfolio, you are ready to add a product. For this tutorial, you will create a product called Linux Desktop, a cloud development environment that runs on Amazon Linux.

To create a product

  1. If you've just completed the previous step, the Portfolios page is already displayed. Otherwise, open https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicecatalog/.

  2. Choose and open the Engineering Tool portfolio you just created. Next choose Upload new product.

  3. On the Create product page in the Product details section, enter the following:

    • Product name – Linux Desktop

    • Product description – Cloud development environment configured for engineering staff. Runs AWS Linux.

    • Owner – IT

    • Distributor – (blank)

  4. On the Version details page, choose Use a CloudFormation template. Then choose Specify an Amazon S3 template URL and enter the following:

    • Select template – https://awsdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/servicecatalog/development-environment.template

    • Version title – v1.0

    • Description – Base Version

  5. In the Support details section, enter the following:

    • Email contact – ITSupport@example.com

    • Support link – https://wiki.example.com/IT/support

    • Support description – Contact the IT department for issues deploying or connecting to this product.

  6. Choose Create product.