Key Takeaways from Mastering the Marketplace: Developing your container offer

The recent Mastering the Marketplace webinar on Developing your container offer is a session that shows how to set up and develop a new Azure container offer used to deploy containerized solutions as Kubernetes Apps from the Azure Marketplace. 

 

Here's a summary of key takeaways from the event. If you want to access the full content, I encourage you to register and watch the recording.

 

• The webinar starts with an overview of the Azure Container offer for Kubernetes apps and explains that Partner Center is the portal in which you will define your transactable offer and publish it.
• There are instructions on creating a custom image for an application and how to push it to the Azure Container Registry and then to the Azure Marketplace.:
• We explain how to create custom images and push them to the Azure Container Registry (ACR) and how to package them in such a way that they can be built into a CNAB Bundle, which is the way Microsoft will publish your solution.:
• You learn about the creation of a helm chart, the creation of a create UI definition file, and the creation of a sandbox in Azure.:
• There is a step-by-step guide on how to create a create UI definition and an ARM template, as well as the necessary files and directories to package the solution.:
• There are instructions on how to create a container offer for Kubernetes apps in Partner Center, including the steps to create a new offer, set up details, select a primary category, and add a secondary category.
• We review the template for creating an offer for marketplace, where the template includes the terms and conditions, offer listing, support contact, engineering contact, logo, preview audience, plan overview, pricing and availability, plan visibility, and technical configuration.