Platform Product Registry in the public cloud
Start building a new application in the B.C. government public cloud by requesting access through the Platform Product Registry. The tool helps teams manage their cloud resources efficiently and keeps product details up to date.
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What is the Platform Product Registry
The Platform Product Registry is an online self-serve tool that allows you to request space for new products in the B.C. government’s cloud hosting environments. These include public cloud landing zones in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure, as well as the Private Cloud OpenShift platform.
Use the registry to:
- Request space in the public cloud for your project
- Delete project space when it’s no longer needed
- Update contact details for the Product Owner (PO) and Technical Lead (TL) of an existing project
- Set up a monthly budget and receive alerts when spending approaches your limit
- Sign an electronic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for using public cloud hosting services in AWS and/or Azure
Benefits
The Platform Product Registry makes it easy to submit provisioning requests for private and public cloud environments.
To use the registry, you need:
- To meet the onboarding prerequisites
- A valid IDIR account to access the registry
- An application name and description, without acronyms
- Contact details and IDIR information for the PO and up to 2 TL’s
- Expense Authority (EA) approval for your project and their digital signature on a MoU for public cloud requests
- A projected monthly budget estimate (for public cloud requests)
Who can use it
Only Product Owners who are permanent government employees should submit provisioning requests through the Platform Product Registry.
If the product owner for your new application or the development team has not used cloud platforms in the B.C. government before, they must schedule an onboarding meeting. This must be completed before a product provisioning request can be submitted.
Once a product is provisioned, your team’s product owner and technical leads listed in the provisioning request form will have:
- Administrative access to the project space in the private or public cloud environments
- Edit access to the product records in the registry
When to use it
After we review and approve your request, we’ll set up your product space in the requested cloud environment. This space is your dedicated area for building your application.
The review and approval process usually takes about 24-48 hours during regular business hours. However, it may take longer if your team hasn’t completed the onboarding process or hasn’t met all the requirements to use the platform.
Your product space includes:
- 1 to 3 accounts in the public cloud, with names assigned automatically
Each project gets a unique license plate-style name in the format <generated alphanumeric string><environment>. For example, a01ed4-prod, a01ed4-test, and so on. Use this project license plate when contacting our team for support.
Visit our support page for contact details, available support options and technical documentation for the public cloud.