Unified Cloud Services Tools (UCS Tools) — UCS Tools Documentation
Last updated: 1/23/2026
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Introduction
- Overview
- Release Content
- Acronyms and Terms
- Release Notes
Registry
Prerequisites
- Development System
- Prerequisites
- Create Your NGC Personal Key
- Deployment System
Getting Started
- Install UCS Tools
- Launch UCS Studio
- Create a Reference Application
- Build the Reference Application
- Update the Reference Application
- Deploy the Reference Application
Microservice Specification
- UCS Microservice
- UCS Tools Application
- Microservice Builder Input Specification
- Input Directory Structure
- Manifest file -
manifest.yaml - Configs Directory -
configs - Scripts Directory -
scripts - Container Configs Directory -
containers - Endpoint Definition Files Directory -
endpoints - Customized Helm Template Directory -
templates - Manual Compliance Test Results -
manual_compliance_test_results.yaml - Documentation -
README.md - License -
LICENSE.txt - Changelog -
changelog.txt - Tests Directory -
tests - Values file values.yaml
- Endpoints
- UCS Microservice Compliance
- Secrets Management
- UCS Microservice Additional Features
Application Development
- Creating an Application
- Using Textual Representation and CLI Tools
- List Available Microservices
- View Information of Microservices
- Create Application Boilerplate
- Update App Information
- Update Dependencies
- Add and Configure Microservices
- Implicitly Added Parameters
- Configuring Secrets
- Connect Microservice Endpoints
- Add Detailed Documentation
- Value Spec File for Deployment
- Using UCS Studio
- Using Textual Representation and CLI Tools
- Building an Application
- Deploy an Application with Helm
- Deploy an Application to NVCF
- Adding Monitoring to UCS Tools Applications
- Log Management for UCS Tools Applications
- Exporting an Application as UCS Microservice
- NIM Operator Support
- Additional Application Features
Microservice Development
- Creating a Microservice
- Building a microservice
- Microservice Builder Components
- Deployment
- Container
- Init Container
- Volume
- Volume Claim Template
- Default Volume Mount
- Persistent Volume Claim
- Service
- Image Pull Secret
- ConfigMap
- Pod Annotations
- Pod Labels
- Pod Security Context
- Container Restart Policy
- Pod DNS Policy
- PVC Retention Policy
- Pod Management Policy
- Job Options
- Job Deadline
- CronJob Schedule
- Restart Pod On Config Changes
- Ingress
- Application Workload
- UCX Configuration
- Custom Metadata
- Pod Scheduling Specification
- Service Account Specification
- Pod Monitor Custom Resource Definition
Tutorials
- Hello World
- Housekeeping
- Introduction
- Creating a Microservice
- Building Microservices with ucf_ms_builder_cli
- Creating Applications using Microservices - CLI Tools and Textual Format
- Building Applications with ucf_app_builder_cli
- Creating and Building Application using Studio
- Deploying and Running Microservices and Applications
- Inspecting and Debugging Microservices and Applications
- Stopping and Cleaning up Microservices and Applications
- Connecting Microservices
- Housekeeping
- Introduction
- Defining Microservices using Ingress/Egress Endpoints
- Creating the Application:
- Building Microservices and Applications
- Creating and Building Application using Studio
- Deploying and Running Microservices and Application
- Inspecting and Debugging Microservices and Applications
- Stopping and Cleaning up Microservices and Applications
- Adding Storage
- Sharing Storage between Pod Replicas
- Partial Redeployment of App
- Restarting Pods on Config Changes
- Housekeeping
- Introduction
- Inspect current microservices and resources
- Updating the parameters in the application
- Building the Application and Partial Redeployment
- Inspecting the Microservices and Application
- Adding Dependency on configmaps
- Rebuild and Redeploy the Microservice and Application
- Inspect the Redeployed Application
- Update the Config Param and Rebuild and Redeploy the application
- Rebuild and Redeploy the Application
- Inspect the Redeployed Application
- Stopping and Cleaning up Microservices and Applications
- Some Notes
- Passing files to a Microservice
- UCX Support in UCS Tools
Reference
- UCS Studio
- Remote Access
- Repo Sync
- Create a New Graph
- Add and Remove Microservices
- Multiple Selection
- Connect and Disconnect Microservices
- Copy/Cut/Paste a Service
- Undo and redo
- Canvas Pan and Zoom
- Node Collapse and Expansion
- Graph Layout and Focus
- Inspect and Change Service Properties
- Save and Load a Graph
- Import and Export Parameters
- Build the App and Generate Helm Charts
- UCS Microservice Builder CLI
- UCS Application Builder CLI
Frequently Asked Questions
- FAQ
- The app build command seems to be stuck?
- Failed to load/export parameters of a graph
- Unable to delete a backdrop
- Graph is broken after sync up from the registry
- Application builder CLI hangs
- Unable to run WebSocket streaming with UCS Studio
- Can I change the default paths for registry and config?
- CLI
service listoperations do not seem to do anything - CLI
service synccommand fails with error “An unhandled error occurred!” repo syncoperation fails for local repository- Parameters file exported from UCS Studio does not work
- Uninstall UCS Tools
Licenses