Build on Google templates

Google provides a collection of application templates that are built with best practices in mind. You can explore Google templates, and use them as a starting point for your own application development.

Before you begin

To perform the tasks in this document, ask your administrator to grant you the necessary roles on the app-enabled folder or management project:

Task	Required roles
Preview Google-provided templates	Application Design Center Viewer ( roles/designcenter.viewer )
Copy and customize a template	Application Design Center Admin ( roles/designcenter.admin ), or Application Design Center User ( roles/designcenter.user )
Create and deploy an application	Application Admin ( roles/designcenter.applicationAdmin ), or Application Editor ( roles/designcenter.applicationEditor )

For more information about roles, see Access control with IAM .

Preview and customize Google templates

1. From the Google Cloud console, go to the Google templatespage.

   Go to Google templates

2. Click Previewto view the design canvas for a Google template.

3. Do one of the following:

   1. To use this template as a starting point for your own template, do the following:

      1. Click Copy and Customize. This creates a new, editable template in your space, pre-populated with the components and configurations from the Google template.

      2. Continue designing and configuring your new template. For detailed instructions, see Design application templates .

   2. To create an application using the Google template, do the following:

      1. Click Configure app.

      2. Follow the prompts to define and create your application.

      3. For detailed steps to create an application, see Manage applications .

What's next

• Learn how to modify components, add connections, and configure details in Design application templates .
• Understand the lifecycle of applications in Create and manage an application instance .
• Deploy an application from the console .