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Register a Tech Adapter

This guide will walk you through registering a Tech Adapter in Witboost. Tech Adapters are microservices responsible for the validation and provisioning of components. When the platform team wants to support a new technology, a new Tech Adapter microservice compliant with the Technology Adapter API must be created and registered.

1. Administration Panel​

Let's go in the administration panel of Witboost

Administration Panel

2. Click "Extension Manager"​

Navigate to the "Extension Manager" section.

Click 'Extension Manager'

3. Click "Add Tech Adapter"​

Select "Add Tech Adapter" option.

Click 'Add Tech Adapter'

4. Enter a name​

Enter a name for the Tech Adapter. Ensure that the generated Infrastructure Template Id field value is compatible with what's present in your component template, else modify the value accordingly.

Enter a name

5. Select the Technology​

Optionally select the appropriate Technology from the dropdown. This field is not required and is used only as metadata. If the technology you want is not listed, you can define a new one from the Technologies tab.

Select the Technology

6. Provide a description​

Provide a meaningful description for the Tech Adapter

Provide a description

7. Click "Save"​

Save the changes made.

Click 'Save'

8. Filter by Name​

You can search for a Tech Adapter by its name using the search filter

Filter by Name

9. Filter by Technology​

You can also filter the Tech Adapter list by selecting the appropriate Technology

Filter by Technology

10. Select the newly created entry​

Select the newly created Tech Adapter

Select the newly created entry

11. Click "Register URL"​

From here we can define the microservice URLs for the environments we want to support

Click 'Register URL'

12. Select the environment​

Select the right environment from the dropdown

Select the environment

13. Enter the URL​

Enter the URL of your deployed microservice for the selected environment

Enter the URL

14. Click "Save"​

Save the changes.

Click 'Save'

15. Register another URL​

Let's register another URL for a different environment

Register another URL

16. Fill the data and save​

Fill the data and click Save to store the changes

Fill the data and save

17. Select the kebab menu​

Select the kebab menu to view the actions you can do on an already registered URL

Select the kebab menu

18. Click "Edit"​

As you can see, you can edit, disable, re-enable or delete a registered URL. Let's try to modify the URL

Click 'Edit'

19. Update URL​

Enter the updated URL and save the changes.

Update URL

This guide covered step-by-step instructions on registering a Tech Adapter directly from the Witboost UI, simplifying the work of the Platform Team. All the configurations are applied directly without the need to restart anything.

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