Since an App Catalog is needed for all SharePoint App Solutions, it would make sense to support creating it as part of ASPI. I've given this some thought as to how to implement this.
Since the App Store Service is also required - I believe that it should be integrated into the creation of that service. Two additional XML Elements are required
true/false - Create App Catalogs for each web app
relative path - Default AppCatalog
Add code:
Since the App Store Service is also required - I believe that it should be integrated into the creation of that service. Two additional XML Elements are required
true/false - Create App Catalogs for each web app
relative path - Default AppCatalog
Add code:
for each web application
New-SPSite -Url http://webAppName/sites/AppCatalog -OwnerAlias "sp_adminAccount" -Name "GAF App Catalog" -Template "APPCATALOG#0"
Update-SPAppCatalogConfiguration -site http://webappurl/sites/AppCatalog