Template Builder

This topic does not apply to Oracle Cloud at Customer.

The Template Builder page in the Oracle Cloud Stack console lets users edit a stack template by using graphical tools or by editing the YAML source. Users can also validate, publish, and copy templates.

What You Can Do From the Template Builder Page

Use this page to perform the following tasks:

• Creating a Template

• Copying a Template

• Publishing a Template

• Exporting a Template

• Validating a Template

• Editing Template Files

What You See on the Template Builder Page

The following table describes the key information shown on the Template Builder page.

Element	Description
Header
	Access other Oracle Cloud services. Depending on how you signed up for Oracle Cloud, you can also access either the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console or the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic Console.
	Access help for this page, including documentation, tutorials, videos and FAQs.
	Access help, accessibility options, console version information and sign-out.
Welcome!	Go to the Welcome Page.
Stacks	Go to the Stacks Page.
Templates	Go to the Published Templates Page.
Activity	Go to the Activity Page.
Template Metadata
Unpublished Templates	Return to the list of unpublished templates. See Unpublished Templates Page.
	Click to edit the template’s version and description.
Toolbar
	Create a new template. See Creating a Template.
	Return to the list of unpublished templates. See Unpublished Templates Page.
	Save the template.
	Create a new template by copying the current one. See Copying a Template.
	Publish the template so that it can be used to create cloud stacks. See Publishing a Template.
	Export the template file to your local machine. See Exporting a Template.
	Delete the template.
	Undo the previous modification to the template.
	Redo the previous modification to the template.
	Display a grid of horizontal and vertical lines on the canvas area, behind the resources and connectors.
	Rearrange the resources on the canvas area so that all of them are positioned on the intersections of the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid.
	Display all connectors on the canvas area as straight lines (rays).
	Display all connectors on the canvas area using multiple lines (pipes).
	Rearrange the resources on the canvas area based on their dependencies.
	Zoom in and out on the canvas area.
	Validate the syntax of the entire template. See Validating a Template.
	Open the template in the online YAML editor. See Editing Template Files.
Template Elements
	Enter a text string and click in order to search the template for the string and then display a list of matching resource types and matching template elements (resources, parameters, attributes, conditions, and so on). Click one of the items in the search results to navigate to that element within the template. Click to clear the search results.
	Click this icon to the left of each type of template element (resources, parameters, parameter groups, and so on) in order to display a list of elements of this type within the template. Click the icon again to hide the list of elements.
	Click this icon to the right of each type of template element (resources, parameters, parameter groups, and so on) in order to add a new element of this type to the template. Refer to the following topics: Creating Template Parameters Creating Parameter Groups Creating Resources Creating Attributes Creating Conditions
	Click this icon to the right of each type of template element (resources, parameters, parameter groups, and so on) in order to sort the existing elements of this type alphabetically. Click the icon again to sort the existing elements reverse alphabetically.
	Click this icon to the right of each element in this template (resources, parameters, parameter groups, and so on) in order to edit the element’s configuration.
	Click this icon to the right of each element in this template (resources, parameters, parameter groups, and so on) in order to delete the element from the template.