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 .

Duplicate or deploy from Google templates

You can use the Google opinionated templates to do the following:

• Duplicate the template and use it as a starting point for your own template.
• Create an application based on the Google template, configure the components, and deploy.

Duplicate and customize a Google template

To duplicate and customize a Google template, do the following:

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

   Go to Google templates

2. Click Preview and customize. The template is displayed in the design canvas.

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

   1. Click Duplicate and customize.

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

Deploy an application based on a Google template

To configure and deploy an application from a Google template, do the following:

1. From the navigation menu, click Google templates.

   Go to Google templates

2. Click Preview and customize. The template is displayed in the design canvas.

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

   1. Click Configure app.

   2. Click Create new 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 .
• Deploy an application from the console .