reference.html.md.erb

---
title: Reference information on building service tiles
owner: Services
---

You can learn about API information, configuration property, and other references for
building your <%= vars.platform_name %> tiles.

## <a id="troubleshooting"></a>Troubleshooting

Use these resources to troubleshoot more complex issues:

- [Troubleshooting <%= vars.platform_name %>](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Application-Service/4.0/tas-for-vms/troubleshooting.html)
- [Troubleshooting applications](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Application-Service/4.0/tas-for-vms/deploy-apps-troubleshoot-app-health.html)
- [Advanced troubleshooting with BOSH CLI](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Operations-Manager/3.0/vmware-tanzu-ops-manager/install-trouble-advanced.html)

## <a id="api"></a>API

* [Service broker API](https://github.com/openservicebrokerapi/servicebroker/blob/v2.13/spec.md) lists the requests, responses, and status codes required for a service broker.

* [Catalog metadata](./kb-articles/app-access-tas.html).

* [Subcommands](https://docs.vmware.com/en/On-Demand-Services-SDK-for-VMware-Tanzu/0.42/on-demand-services-sdk/GUID-creating.html) from the On-Demand Services SDK documentation lists the subcommands that ODB service adapter must respond to.

## <a id="properties"></a>Configuration properties

* [Property and template references](./property-template-references.html) catalogs how top-level properties, form properties, property blueprints, configurable properties, and job types are defined in tile installer `.yml` files, such as those generated by the Tile Installer or hand-coded legacy tiles. It also explains how to specify the locations of tile configuration properties in a tile installer `.yml` file.

* [Property Blueprint reference](./property-template-references.html#property-blueprints) compiles a list of accessors and values for configuration properties in the `property_blueprints` section of a tile installer `.yml` file.

## <a id="cli"></a>Command Line Tools

* [Cloud Foundry CLI Reference Guide](http://cli.cloudfoundry.org/en-US/cf/) catalogs the cf CLI.

* [pcf Command Line Utility](./pcf-command.html) catalogs the `pcf` utility, which you can use to bypass Operations Manager.

* [The Fly CLI](http://concourse.ci/fly-cli.html) catalogs the `fly` command-line interface to Concourse.


* [Tanzu Operations Manager v3.0 Partners Release Notice](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Operations-Manager/3.0/vmware-tanzu-ops-manager/release-notes.html)
* [Tanzu Operations Manager v2.10 Partners Release Notice](release-notes.html)