da-publish-your-da.md

copyright	years 2023, 2024
lastupdated	2024-04-24
keywords	deployable architecture, third party, product center sell, publish deployable architecture, partner center, partners, sellers
subcollection	sell

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Publishing your deployable architecture

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As the last step in the onboarding process, you can submit a request to publish your third-party deployable architecture to the {{site.data.keyword.cloud}} catalog. When you publish your deployable architecture to the catalog, you can choose to publish it to all {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} users in the catalog or to only specific accounts. If you choose to publish to specific accounts, your product is available only for users in those accounts. {: shortdesc}

Requesting for approval

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Before you can publish your product to the catalog, you must submit your deployable architecture for approval. To submit a request to publish your product, complete the following steps:

1. In the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} console, click the Navigation Menu icon > Partner Center > My products.
2. Select your product.
3. Review the details on each page to ensure that everything is accurate.
4. From the Onboarding checklist, click Request approval, and select the product version that you want to submit for publishing approval.
5. To make a specific product version ready for publishing approval, click Make ready.
6. Select I confirm that my company is authorized to use all materials.
7. Click Request approval.

Your publishing request is reviewed by {{site.data.keyword.IBM_notm}} to ensure the required details, such as the product name, catalog entry, product page, and support experience are complete and accurate. When your request is approved, you receive an email that notifies you that you can publish your product to the catalog.

If updates are required, you receive a separate email with details about the required updates. If you have questions about the feedback, from the My products page click the Help icon , and then click Contact us. After you address all review feedback, you can submit another publishing request. {: note}

Publishing to the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog

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To publish your deployable architecture to the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog after you receive approval, complete the following steps:

1. In the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} console, click the Navigation Menu icon > Partner Center > My products.
2. Select the product that you want to publish.
3. Click Publish.
4. Select {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog.
5. Click Publish version.

After you publish your product to the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog, it will be publicly available to all {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} users.

As a third-party provider, you're responsible for maintaining all assets of the published deployable architecture in the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog and deprecating outdated versions. {: note}

Publishing to specific accounts or enterprises

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If you don't want your product to be publicly available to all users in the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog, you can choose to publish it to only the accounts that you specify. To publish your product to specific accounts, complete the following steps:

1. In the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} console, click the Navigation Menu icon > Partner Center > My products.
2. Select the product that you want to publish.
3. Click Publish.
4. Select Accounts, and choose the current account or enterprise that you're logged in to. Click Add accounts to specify other accounts, enterprises, and account groups that you want to publish your product to.
5. Click Publish version.

After you publish your product to only the accounts that you specified, your product won't be publicly available to all {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} users. Users only from the specified accounts are able to find your product in the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog.

Managing the visibility of your product

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If you published your product to only specific accounts and you want to add other accounts to publish your product to, or make it available to all users in the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog, you can change the visibility of your product. To manage the publish visibility of your product, complete the following steps:

1. In the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} console, click the Navigation Menu icon > Partner Center > My products.
2. Select your product.
3. Click Manage publish visibility.
4. Choose from the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog or Accounts options based on where you want to publish your product to.
5. Click Publish version.