Publish and Update
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This topic provides resources to help you publish and update your service tile for Pivotal Platform.
Publish Your Tile
The Pivotal Partner Software Product Release Cycle explains how Pivotal works with partners to release Pivotal Platform products, from the private alpha and closed beta phases, to general availability and publication on Pivotal Network.
After you’ve packaged your product’s BOSH releases, stemcell, metadata, and other tile components into a single zipped download file, post it to Pivotal Network in one of two ways:
- Use the Pivotal Network API command
POST /api/v2/products/:product_slug/product_files. - Use the Pivotal Network product upload form.
Update Your Tile
Most tile updates originate with the tile developer, but new releases of Pivotal Platform can also necessitate tile changes to maintain compatibility with the current version of the platform.
Tile Generator automates tile versioning and upgrades.
For more information, see Versioning in the Tile Generator documentation.Tile Upgrades explains how to write and include a JavaScript file that automates tile upgrades by migrating property names and values from one tile version to another.
When changes to Pivotal Platform require tile changes, Pivotal distributes instructions to all of its partners: