Templates

What are templates?
Templates are track skeletons based on commonly used sandbox types, containing predefined components like containers, challenges, and tabs. Using templates speeds up your track building. Because after creating from a template, you only have to complete the track.
What templates does Instruqt provide?
You can apply the following templates:
Template
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AWS Cloud Account
Link an AWS cloud account to your sandbox
Use the cloud client Docker container
Use the AWS CLI and UI from our learn environment
Limit usage of the cloud account using IAM and SCP policies
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Sandbox container
Lightweight Linux system
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Sandbox virtual machine
Provision virtual machine sandbox host using a predefined Compute Engine image
Use the Docker daemon on the sandbox host to build and run container images
Add check and solve scripts
Add simple assets (a Dockerfile) to the sandbox host
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Helm chart
A virtual machine with a kubernetes cluster
Helm already installed on the machine
NGINX ingress controller pre-installed on the kubernetes cluster
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Kubernetes
Provision a single node k3s cluster on a virtual machine
Deploy a webserver (NGINX) on Kubernetes
Use a service tab to expose the web server through the Instruqt UI
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Multi-node Kubernetes cluster
Provision a multi-node k3s cluster
Use a predefined Instruqt image with k3s
Pass parameters to a sandbox host using environment variables
Use the track setup script to block loading the track until all services are up
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VSCode & TypeScript
Add IDE code editor features to an Instruqt track
Use a code server container to serve a VSCode IDE
Run a unit test suite in a check script
How to apply a template
The How-to guide Create a track from a template explains applying templates.

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What are templates?

What templates does Instruqt provide?

How to apply a template