# Create and share solutions by using Service Catalog This page shows you how to do basic tasks in Service Catalog using the Google Cloud console. ## What you learn - How to create a catalog and share a solution as a Service Catalog admin - How to view and launch a solution as a Service Catalog user ## Before you begin - You must have a Google Cloud organization. If you don't have one, see [Creating and managing organizations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-organization.md.txt). - You must have the following [Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles](https://docs.cloud.google.com/iam/docs/understanding-roles) at the organization level: - [Organization Administrator](https://docs.cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/access-control-org.md.txt#using_predefined_roles) (`roles/resourcemanager.organizationAdmin`) - [Catalog Org Admin](https://docs.cloud.google.com/service-catalog/docs/access-control.md.txt#catalog_org_admin_role) (`roles/cloudprivatecatalogproducer.orgAdmin`) As Organization Administrator, you can grant yourself the remaining IAM roles. For steps on granting roles, see [Access control](https://docs.cloud.google.com/service-catalog/docs/access-control.md.txt#adding_users). - Set up Service Catalog for your organization:
1. Go to the [Service Catalog Admin page](https://console.cloud.google.com/catalog/admin) and click **ENABLE** . [Go to the Service Catalog Admin page](https://console.cloud.google.com/catalog/admin) 2. Select or create a Google Cloud project. 3. [Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project](https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/verify-billing-enabled.md.txt#confirm_billing_is_enabled_on_a_project). Service Catalog is free to use, but we require billing information in case your organization incurs costs while creating or deploying a solution, such as using Cloud Build to deploy a Terraform solution. > [!NOTE] > **Note:** Third-Party Software: The Customer agrees not to upload third-party software to Service Catalog, unless the customer has the appropriate third-party software licenses to do so. ## Create a catalog A *catalog* is where you curate solutions that Service Catalog users can view and launch. To create a catalog: 1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Service Catalog [Admin page](https://console.cloud.google.com/catalog/admin). [Go to the Service Catalog Admin page](https://console.cloud.google.com/catalog/admin) 2. On the **Catalogs** page, click **CREATE CATALOG**. 3. Enter a name and description for the catalog. 4. Click **Create**. The catalog now appears in the **Catalogs** table. ## Create a link-based solution In the following steps, you create a link-based solution, or reference link, to Service Catalog and then assign the solution to your catalog. ### Create solution in Service Catalog 1. Go to the Service Catalog Admin [**Solutions** page](https://console.cloud.google.com/catalog/admin/solutions) in the Google Cloud console. [Go to the Solutions page](https://console.cloud.google.com/catalog/admin/solutions) 2. Click **CREATE SOLUTION** . In the drop-down list, select **Create a Link solution**. 3. Enter a name, URL, description, and tagline for your solution. The tagline is the short description shown on the tile in the end-user Service Catalog view. 4. Optionally, upload an icon for the solution. 5. Optionally, add a link for getting support. 6. Optionally, add a link to documentation for the solution. 7. Click **CREATE**. The following screenshot illustrates creating a link-based solution: ![Form to create a link-based solution](https://docs.cloud.google.com/static/service-catalog/images/screen-privatecatalog-create-link.png) The solution now appears in the **Solutions** table. ### Assign solution to your catalog 1. Go to the Service Catalog Admin [**Solutions** page](https://console.cloud.google.com/catalog/admin/solutions) in the Google Cloud console. [Go to the Solutions page](https://console.cloud.google.com/catalog/admin/solutions) 2. In the list of solutions, find your link-based solution and click **Assign to Catalogs**. 3. In the **Assigned Catalogs** window, check the box next to your catalog. 4. Click **SAVE**. The solution now appears in your catalog. ## Share your catalog Share your catalog with a Google Cloud resource, such as your organization, a folder, or a project, so that Service Catalog users who have access to that resource can view and launch the link-based solution in your catalog. To share your catalog: 1. Go to the Service Catalog Admin [**Catalogs** page](https://console.cloud.google.com/catalog/admin/catalogs) in the Google Cloud console. [Go to the Catalogs page](https://console.cloud.google.com/catalog/admin/catalogs) 2. From the list of catalogs, click the catalog name. 3. On the **Catalog Details** page, click **SHARE**. ![Share a catalog button](https://docs.cloud.google.com/static/service-catalog/images/screen-privatecatalog-share-catalog.png) 4. Select a folder, organization, or project that you want to share the catalog with, and then click **Select**. Your catalog is now shared with the folder, organization, or project you selected. ## View and launch a solution Service Catalog users can see solutions from all the catalogs that are shared with them in their Google Cloud resource hierarchy. To access and deploy a solution as a user: 1. Go to [Service Catalog](https://console.cloud.google.com/project/_/catalog) page in the Google Cloud console. [Go to the Service Catalog page](https://console.cloud.google.com/project/_/catalog) 2. In the main panel, you see the link-based solution that has been shared in your organization. Click the solution to go to its **Details** page. 3. Click **Go to link**. This button takes you to a link outside of the Google domain where you can download and launch the solution. ## Clean up To avoid unnecessary Google Cloud charges, use the Google Cloud console to delete your project if you no longer need it. ## What's next - Read the [Service Catalog overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/service-catalog/docs/overview.md.txt).