Step 4: Create a new product in the portfolio - AWS Service Catalog

Step 4: Create a new product in the portfolio

After you have created a portfolio, you are ready to create a product within the portfolio. For this tutorial, you will create a product called Linux Desktop, a cloud development environment that runs on Amazon Linux, inside of the Engineering Tool portfolio.

To create a product within a portfolio

  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 created in Step 2.

  3. Choose Upload new product.

  4. 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)

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. Choose Create product.