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Speed up your software creation workflow by using templates that integrate best practices and adhere to your organization’s standards.
When you create a component from a template, you fork the template’s repository to use as boilerplate code. You also invoke any webhook that was added to the template, to automatically notify another part of your toolchain that you created a new component.
To take the following steps, you must be a Compass admin.
In the main navigation, select Apps.
Find the GitHub app and select Install.
Once the GitHub app is installed, you need to configure the GitHub app with an organization account.
To take the following steps, you must be a GitHub organization owner.
In the main navigation, select Apps.
Find the GitHub app, select Configure, and allow the app to access your Atlassian account.
Select Connect GitHub, and continue to GitHub’s permissions page.
In GitHub, select the organization account you want to connect to.
Once you’re connected to a GitHub organization, you’ll be taken back to the GitHub app in Compass.
You can’t use a template if none exist! Learn how to create a template
Find the template you want to create a component from.
From the Templates page, hover on a template card and select Use.
From the Components page:
Search for the template name, or use the Type filter to only show templates.
Select the template you want to use.
On the template’s Overview page, select Use template.
Fill out the basic information for the component you’ll create from the template.
Choose the type of component you’ll create. Learn more about component types
Name and describe the component, to help people generally understand it. The name you choose will also be the name of the new repository that’s forked from the template.
Give the component an owner team, so people know who to contact about it.
In the sidebar, note the repository that’ll be forked to provide the new component’s boilerplate code. You can select the repository to preview it in a new tab.
Select Next.
If the template you're using does not require any input parameters, you’ll see the Review screen where you can select Create after reviewing all information displayed.
If the template you're using has input parameters, you should review each one and provide a value or accept the default. These parameter values are used to further customize and configure your component. Select Next, you’ll see the Review screen where you can select Create after reviewing all information displayed.
You’ll be taken to your new component’s Overview page.
Your new component will:
include the new repository that was created from the template
have a dependency relationship with the template you created it from, which you can see on the Dependencies page
invoke any webhook that was added to the template, so that webhook receives information about the new component including all parameter values
Templates need a GitHub repository link, because that repository is forked when new components are created from the template. Add a GitHub repository link that is allowed to be forked from your connected GitHub organization(s).
If there’s more than one repository link for the template, make sure the GitHub link is the first in the list on the template’s Overview page.
Check that:
Sometimes this happens due to a network error. You’ll need to manually add the dependency relationship yourself.
We're working on improving templates with the following features:
Bitbucket and GitLab support.
Edit templates after they’re created.
Validate webhooks as templates are created.
Additional parameter types, such as single select and multi-select.
Customize webhook events to call third-party APIs when components are created from templates (for example, create a new service in Opsgenie each time a component is created from a template).
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