## Specifying fabric details

After you've added the access information that the developer tools need to connect to a cloud, you can create a fabric on the cloud. This procedure assumes that you have already added the cloud details.

### Overview

Creating a fabric on a cloud involves creating on the cloud a container that contains a fabric registry and specifying the machine image on which you want to create and run it.

### Procedure

To create a fabric on a cloud:

1. In Fabric Explorer, right-click Fabrics to open the context menu, and then select Create Fabric in the cloud.

2. On the Create Fabric in the cloud wizard's Choose the Cloud page, select the cloud from the list, and then click Next to open the wizard's Fabric Details page.

   Figure 26. Fabric Details page

   | Note
   An error icon () marks required fields that lack a valid value, and the dialog banner displays the number of errors detected.

   You may have to wait a few seconds while the developer tools retrieve the location, hardware, and image IDs from your cloud provider to populate the wizard's corresponding fields.

3. In Fabric Name, accept the default name, or enter a different name for the new fabric.

4. In Container name, accept the default name, or enter a different name for the new container that will host the fabric registry.

5. In Group, accept the default name, or enter a different name for the group in which to start up the new fabric registry container.

6. In User, accept the default name, or enter a different user name to use for logging into the new fabric registry container.

7. In Location ID, select from the drop-down list the ID of the region in which the machines you want to use are located.

8. In Hardware ID, select from the drop-down list the ID of the hardware archetype you want to use.

   Hardware archetypes specify the amount of memory and compute power available for running applications on machine images.

   | Important
   The next three fields provide two methods for specifying the software configuration (operating system, application server, and applications) you want to use. Either select an OS Family (and optionally a version), or select an Image ID.

9. In OS Family, select from the drop-down list the family name of the operating system you want to use.

   If you select an OS Family, do not also select an Image ID.

10. In OS Version, optionally select from the drop-down list the version for the operating system you selected.

11. If you selected an OS Family, skip this step. Otherwise, in Image ID, select from the drop-down list the ID of the image template to use for the software configuration.

12. In Maven proxy URI, accept the default URI, or enter the URI to the Maven proxy repository you want to use.

13. Click Finish.

    The developer tools create the container, then provision it with all of the bundles, features, and profiles required to create a fabric registry. This process can take up to ten minutes. When it's done, the container specified in Step 4 appears in Fabric Explorer as a node under Fabrics.

    | Note
    It's a good idea to access your cloud account and verify that the new fabric registry container is up and running.

### Related topics

Adding cloud details
Creating a new container on a cloud