Metadata

Filename patterns:

• alz_library_metadata.json

The metadata file is a JSON file that contains metadata about the library. Note only the JSON format is supported for this file, there can only be one metadata file and it must be in the root of the library member directory. It is used to provide information about the library, such as the name, display name, description and any dependencies.

We publish the schema of the library metadata here and we have registered the file name with schemastore.org to enable automatic validation in editors.

It is a key value proposition that one library member can depend on another library member. This is done by specifying library references in the .dependencies section of the metadata file.

Clients can read this metadata to understand the dependencies of the library and ensure that they download all the required libraries in order to create a successful deployment.

Dependencies come in two flavors:

1. ALZ Library dependencies
2. External dependencies

These are defined by the library path and reference (version):

{
  "dependencies": [
    {
      "path": "platform/alz",
      "ref": "2024.07.0"
    }
  ]
}

These are defined by the library path and reference (version):

{
  "dependencies": [
    {
      "custom_url": "git::https://github.com/myorg/myrepo.git//mypath@mytag",
    }
  ]
}

The custom_url should be valid go-getter URL format.

Do not put security sensitive information into the custom_url. Instead configure any authentication/authorization externally to the client.