Pulumi Registry Generation Tool

This tool is used to generate both api docs and package metadata for the Pulumi Registry. This tool calls the docs generator package in pulumi/pulumi which uses the Pulumi schema for a package to generate API (resource) docs.

Installation

You can install the registrygen tool just like any other Go-based CLI tool:

go install github.com/pulumi/registrygen@master

To build and install from source:

go build .

To install from homebrew:

brew tap pulumi/tap
brew install registrygen

You can also download packages from GitHub Releases.

Usage

Then you can run any of the available commands using registrygen <command> <flags>. Run registrygen --help to see the available commands.

As of this writing, the tool supports two main purposes:

• Generate the Pulumi Package metadata for use in the registry
• Generate API docs and the package nav tree

Generating package metadata

Package metadata is used by the Pulumi Registry to generate the listing shown at https://pulumi.com/registry. The metadata file contains information sourced from the package's own Pulumi schema. The metadata command can be invoked via the following command:

$ registrygen metadata --repoSlug pulumi/pulumi-aws --version v4.34.0 --schemaFile=provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-aws/schema.json

The available parameters can be found as follows:

$ registrygen metadata --help
Generate package metadata from Pulumi schema

Usage:
  registrygen metadata <args> [flags]

Flags:
      --category string         The category for the package. Value must match one of the keys in the map: map[cloud:Cloud database:Database infrastructure:Infrastructure monitoring:Monitoring network:Network utility:Utility vcs:Version Control System]
      --component               Whether or not this package is a component and not a provider
  -h, --help                    help for metadata
      --metadataDir string      The location to save the metadata - this will default to the folder structure that the registry expects (themes/default/data/registry/packages)
      --packageDocsDir string   The location to save the package docs - this will default to the folder structure that the registry expects (themes/default/data/registry/packages)
      --publisher string        The publisher's display name to be shown in the package. This will default to Pulumi
      --repoSlug string         The repository slug e.g. pulumi/pulumi-provider
  -s, --schemaFile string       Relative path to the schema.json file from the root of the repository
      --title string            The display name of the package. If ommitted, the name of the package will be used
      --version string          The version of the package

Generating API docs and the package nav tree

Package API docs are used by the Pulumi Registry as part of the package listing. The api docs are source from the Package schema. The generate docs command can be invoked via the following command:

registrygen generate docs --repoSlug pulumi/pulumi-aws --version v4.34.0 --schemaFile=provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-aws/schema.json --docsOutDir output/api-docs --packageTreeJSONOutDir output/navs

The available parameters can be found as follows:

$ registrygen generate docs --help
Generate API Docs docs from a Pulumi schema file

Usage:
  registrygen generate docs [flags]

Flags:
      --docsOutDir string              The directory path to where the docs will be written to
  -h, --help                           help for docs
      --packageTreeJSONOutDir string   The directory path to write the package tree JSON file to
      --repoSlug string                The repository slug e.g. pulumi/pulumi-provider
  -s, --schemaFile string              Path to the schema.json file
      --version string                 The version of the package

Generating all docs for packages in a registry

We can regenerate the docs for all of the packages in a given registry location. The generate all-docs command can be invoked via the following command:

registrygen generate all-docs 

The available parameters can be found as follows:

$ registrygen generate all-docs help
Generate API docs for an entire registry

Usage:
  registrygen generate all-docs [flags]

Flags:
      --docsOutDir string              The directory path to where the docs will be written to (default "content/registry/packages")
  -h, --help                           help for all-docs
      --packageTreeJSONOutDir string   The directory path to write the package tree JSON file to (default "static/registry/packages/navs")
      --registryPackagesPath string    The path to the registry metadata files (default "../registry/themes/default/data/registry/packages/")

The API Docs Templates

This tool depends on the pulumi/pulumi repo, namely the pkg/codegen/docs generator. The docs generator uses Go-based templates to render the markdown files in-memory which this tool then writes to the filesystem. All changes to the templates must be made in the pulumi/pulumi repo.