PCF tile - Overview

What is a PCF tile: 

A tile is a software package that can be deployed in PCF ops manager for the app developers to consume, A tile can be anything - can be a PCF hosted tile such as MySQL service, Autoscaler service or it can be a custom tile (for a service that you created). 

What does a tile package contain. 

• Zip file (with .pivotal extension) containing bosh manifest and executables

When to create a tile:

• Create and provision services for your system. 
• Integrate a third party functionality - database, message broker etc., 

Tile generator: tool to create a tile. 

• Input: 
• Service, service broker, build pack, docker image etc., 
• Output:
• .pivotal file
• Contains
• Deployment scripts
• Bosh release
• Tile
• Concourse CI
• How to 
• Tile init: 
• Creates a shell. 
• Tile build
• Creates bosh release. 
• Tile.yml
• Create forms for customization. 

# Importing a tile into PCF ops manager

• Import a pivotal file into the ops manager. 
• Add the tile
• Specify settings:
• Availability zones, 
• Form values that are specified in the tile.yml

And now you can use the tile.