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title = "Creating a manifest"
weight = 190
home_region = "eu-west-1"
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---

## What are we going to do?

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We will assume you have installed Service Catalog Puppet correctly.
 
We are going to perform the following steps:

- create a manifest file

During this process you will check your progress by verifying what the framework is doing at each step.

## Step by step guide

Here are the steps you need to follow to "{{% param title %}}"

### Creating the manifest file

- Navigate to the {{% service_catalog_puppet_code_commit_repo_link %}}

- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit the *Create file* button

{{< figure src="/how-tos/creating-and-provisioning-a-product/create_file.png" >}}


### Editing the manifest file

- Write out the content of your manifest file.  Here is an example snippet:

 <figure>
  {{< highlight js "hl_lines=2" >}}
accounts:
  - account_id: "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID_WITHOUT_HYPHENS>"
    name: "puppet-account"
    default_region: "eu-west-1"
    regions_enabled:
      - "eu-west-1"
    tags:
      - "type:prod"
      - "partition:eu"
  {{< / highlight >}}
 </figure>


- Please read through the docs to help you write out the full manifest file.


### Committing the manifest file

_Now that we have written the manifest file we are ready to commit it._

- Set the *File name* to `manifest.yaml`

- Set your *Author name*
- Set your *Email address*
- Set your *Commit message*

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Using a good / unique commit message will help you understand what is going on later.
{{% /notice %}}


- Click the *Commit changes* button:

{{< figure src="/how-tos/creating-and-provisioning-a-product/CommitChangesEmpty.png" >}}