Service onboarding pipelines
In Harness IDP, a service onboarding pipeline (also known as a software template) enables platform engineers to automate the process of service creation. As a platform engineer, you can create a template that prompts developers for details and creates a repository with a basic setup that includes a CI/CD process. The template is defined in a YAML file named template.yaml. The syntax of the template definition is owned by backstage.io while the workflow runs on a Harness pipeline of your choice.
To get started, check out the tutorial to create your first service onboarding pipeline.
Template registration
A template is a kind of entity that exists in the software catalog. You can create a template.yaml file and register the URL with the catalog. For information about registering a template, go to Add a new software component to the catalog.
Available template actions
Harness IDP ships the following actions to be used in the software template steps.
trigger:harness-custom-pipelineharness:create-secretharness:delete-secret
Learn more about how to use them in the service onboarding tutorial.