Instantiate Your First Bundle

This tutorial guides you from zero to a generated set of stacks and Terraform code using a Catalyst Bundle.

Prerequisites

• Terramate Catalyst CLI installed
• A repository with at least one available bundle (local or remote catalog)

Steps

1. Scaffold the bundle

terramate scaffold

• Select the bundle and provide requested inputs. The CLI writes an instantiation file (HCL/YAML).

2. Generate code

terramate generate

• Creates stacks (if missing) and generates Terraform files into them.

3. Inspect the result

• Open the created stacks and review generated Terraform.
• Run your usual terraform plan (or OpenTofu) in the affected stacks.

Next steps

• How‑to: Reconfigure a bundle
• Concepts: Scaffolding and Code Generation