UPD: update initial-deployment.yml template to contain update option in addition to create.

UPD: update the initial-deployment.yml template to contain an update option in addition to creating.

Author: alkaline-0

app-config.yaml

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ backend:
     client: pg
     connection:
       host: ${POSTGRES_HOST}
-      port: ${POSTGRES_PORT} 
-      user: ${POSTGRES_USER} 
+      port: ${POSTGRES_PORT}
+      user: ${POSTGRES_USER}
       password: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
 
 integrations:
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ techdocs:
   publisher:
     type: 'local' # Alternatives - 'googleGcs' or 'awsS3'. Read documentation for using alternatives.
 
-
 catalog:
   import:
     entityFilename: catalog-info.yaml
@@ -64,13 +63,18 @@ catalog:
       rules:
         - allow: [Template]
 
+    - type: file
+      target: ../../packages/backend/src/templates/initiate-deployment.yaml
+      rules:
+        - allow: [Template]
+
 auth:
   # see https://backstage.io/docs/auth/ to learn about auth providers
   environment: development
-  providers: 
+  providers:
     github:
       development:
-        clientId:  ${GITHUB_CLIENT_ID} 
+        clientId: ${GITHUB_CLIENT_ID}
         clientSecret: ${GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET}
 
 kubernetes:
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ kubernetes:
     - type: config
       clusters:
         - url: ${K8S_URL}
-          name: "k8s"
+          name: 'k8s'
           authProvider: serviceAccount
           skipTLSVerify: false
           skipMetricsLookup: true

packages/backend/src/templates/initiate-deployment.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+apiVersion: scaffolder.backstage.io/v1beta3
+# https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/descriptor-format#kind-template
+kind: Template
+metadata:
+  name: GKE-cluster
+  title: Initiate Deployment.
+  description: Deploy application to google cloud for the first time or update an existing deployment.
+spec:
+  owner: user:guest
+  type: service
+
+  # These parameters are used to generate the input form in the frontend, and are
+  # used to gather input data for the execution of the template.
+  parameters:
+    - title: Public github repo link to deploy
+      required:
+        - repoUrl
+      properties:
+        repoUrl:
+          title: Public github Repo to deploy
+          description: Provide the github repository link in the following format <https://github.com/your_user_name/your_repository_name>
+          pattern: ^https:\/\/github\.com\/[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+\/[a-zA-Z0-9_-]
+          type: string
+          ui:options:
+            allowedHosts:
+              - github.com
+        action:
+          title: Action
+          default: create
+          # Note changing these paramters will lead to not triggering the github actions, it must be create or update.
+          description: Action to perform (create new deployment for application/Update for updating an already deployed application)
+          enum:
+            - create
+            - update
+
+  # These steps are executed in the scaffolder backend, using data that we gathered
+  # via the parameters above.
+  steps:
+    # Start a github Action to build a GKE cluster with Terraform
+    - id: github-action
+      name: Trigger Github Action
+      action: github:actions:dispatch
+      input:
+        workflowId: ${{parameters.action}}-image.yml
+        repoUrl: 'github.com?repo=idp-hosted-projects&owner=codeuniversity'
+        branchOrTagName: 'main'
+        workflowInputs:
+          githubRepo: ${{ parameters.repoUrl }}