Pre-Con Lab: Build Plug-ins for CA Release Automation Continuous Delivery Edition—Easy as 1, 2, 3

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Pre-ConLab:BuildPlug-insforCAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEdition– Easyas1,2,3WalterGuerrero- Eng.ServicesArchitect- CATechnologiesJackyMahadab- Sr.Eng.ServicesArchitect- CATechnologies

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Abstract

Implementingcontinuousdeliveryrequiresmanytoolsworkinginconcert,fromapplicationlifecyclemanagementtotestautomationtochangemanagement(andmanyothers).TheCAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEditionsolutionoffersasinglepointofcontroltoplan,manageandorchestratecomplexreleases,deliveringhigh-valueanalyticsforapplicationcontent,releaseprocessesandprojectteams.Jointhishands-onlabtolearnaboutimportantcontinuousdeliveryintegrationpointsandhowtodevelopplug-instosupportyourdiverseecosystem.Andyoudon’thavetobeadevelopertodoit.

WalterGuerrero&JackyMahadabCATechnologies


Agenda

INTRODUCTIONTOCARELEASEAUTOMATIONCDEDITIONPLUG-INARCHITECTURE

BESTPRACTICESFORCARELEASEAUTOMATIONCDEDITIONPLUG-INDEVELOPMENT

QUESTIONSANDANSWERS

LABWALKTHROUGH

INTRODUCTIONTOLABENVIRONMENT

HANDSONLAB

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CAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEditionPlug-inArchitecture


CAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEdition

CAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEdition

OffersImportantContinuousDeliveryIntegrationPoints

ALM

ContinuousIntegration

Testing

Provisioning

Deployment

ChangeManagement

ApplicationTracking

ReleaseExecution

ProductivityMetrics

ProcessImprovement

ConflictAvoidance

BusinessValue

§ Easytobeimplementedandeasytouse

§ Workswithanytoolortechnology(commercial,homegrownoronpremise)

§ Supportstoolsandtechnologiesspanningthecontinuousdeliverypipeline

DATA&OPERATIONS


WhatistheCAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inFramework?

Integrationthroughplug-insletsyou extend CAReleaseAutomationCDEdition functionalityandcanprovidethefollowing capabilities

§ ApplicationModelsfromDeploymentTools

§ ContinuousDeliveryTaskInstrumentation

§ ReleaseContentfromTrackingTools

CAReleaseAutomationContinuous

DeliveryEdition

JiraPlug-in

CustomPlug-in

RallyPlug-inRest

Plug-in

Custom2Plug-in

RAPlug-in


CAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inFrameworkExpandedDefinition

ApplicationModelsfromDeploymentTools

Plug-inscanimportapplicationmodelsfromCAReleaseAutomationforusein CAReleaseAutomationCDEdition.

ContinuousDeliveryTaskInstrumentation

Plug-intasksletyouinstrumentimportantactionsinyourcontinuousdeliverypipelinefromremotecomponentsinthecontextof CAReleaseAutomationCDEdition releases.

ReleaseContentfromTrackingTools

Plug-inscanintegratewithtrackingtoolstoannotatereleaseswithrelatedworkitems.


WhatissupportedbytheCAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inFramework?

Theplug-inframeworksupportsthefollowingcapabilities:§ Configuringendpointconnectionstotheremotecomponent§ Creatingautomatedtasksthatinstrumentoperationsintheremote

component§ Importingapplicationandenvironmentmodels§ Importingcontent


Pre-packagedCAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-ins

ThefollowingPlug-insaremadeavailableaspartofyourinstallation§ Atlassian JIRA§ CAReleaseAutomation§ CAAgileCentral(formerlyRally)

§ RESTFULAPIcalls§ ServiceNow


BestPracticesforDevelopingCAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-ins


CAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inDevelopmentRequirements

Thearchitectureoftheplug-inframeworkisintendedtoallowforquickandflexibledevelopmentofintegrationswithremotecomponentsinyourcontinuousdeliverypipeline

Theplug-inframeworkdoesnotrequireanyspecificprogramminglanguageordeliverymodel§ AsdynamicwebJavaprojectthatyou

install(similartothecurrentpackagedplug-ins)

§ Asanonlineservicethattheproductconnectsto,whichcouldbeusingmicroservices


CAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inMessageArchitecture

All packagedplug-insareJavawebapplicationsthatarepackagedasTomcat8WARfilesthatyoudeploylocallyorremotelyfromthecoreproductinstallation.


InstallationAftertheplug-inhasbeenwrittenandtested.AWARiscreated,thisisthedistributionmechanism.

HTTPServicesTheplug-inmustbeanHTTPservicethatcanacceptaPOSTrequest,instrumenttherequestedoperation,andreturnaresponse.

ManifestTheplug-inmustincludeamanifest.json filethatdetailstheplug-in’scapabilities.

CAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inDevelopmentRequirements


CAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inSDKRequirements

CreateadynamicwebprojectinEclipseEEforTomcat8.0

IncludethefollowinglibrariesfromtheCDDwarpackage§ Plug-ins-dto-1.11-SNAPSHOT.JAR

§ JDK8(64-bit)§ Tomcat8(64-bit)§ Eclipse(64-bit)

Youmayalsohavetoincludeadditionallibrariesbasedonyourprojectneeds§ I.E.Jerseylibraries:jersey-client-2.23.2.jar,jersey-core-2.23.2.jar


CAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inDynamicWebProjectSetup

TypicalsetupofdynamicwebprojectinEclipse


CAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inDynamicWebProjectSetup

TypicalviewoftheEclipsedynamicwebprojectsetupwiththesupportingobjects


CAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inWeb.xmlDefinitionTheweb.xmlneedstobedefinedwiththeentriesshown


CAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inManifest.json DefinitionManifest.json definesthepluginandthetaskstobeexecuted


CAReleaseAutomationCDEditionPlug-inJAVAClasses

CreatethenecessaryJAVAclassesasneeded.

Inthisexamplethatwouldbe:– slackConnectivityTest.java– slackSendMessage.java


LabWalkThrough


SetupMessagingviaSlack

§ CommunicatingwiththereleaseteamviaSlack§ Plug-inswillbecreatedusingtheSLACKWEBAPI§ Messageswillbesenttothedesignatedchanneltoprovidea

statusoftheCDErelease


Createreleaseandaddtaskcontainingcustom

plug-in

Verifypre-requisites CreatethedynamicwebprojectinEclipse

Addnecessaryobjectstothecustomplugin

AddendpointtoRACDEsystem

Installcustomplug-in CreateWARfile Testcustomplug-ininEclipse

CDESlackPluginHighLevelWorkflow


Hands-onLab


LabAims§ InstallerchecksforJDKandpromptsforTomcatinstallationfolder

§ DownloadfromCAsupportsiteCreatecustomplug-in

Createtaskandverificationlogic

Generatewarfile TestinCAReleaseAutomationCDEdition


StartingupEclipseProject

§ CommunicatingwiththereleaseteamviaSlack§ Plug-inswillbecreatedusingtheSLACKWEBAPI§ Messageswillbesenttothedesignatedchanneltoprovidea

statusoftheCDErelease


SetupMessagingviaSlack

§ Wearegoingtouseapre-built“dynamicwebproject”intheEclipseinstallationinyourVM

§ StartupEclipsebyclickingontheicononyourdesktop


Updateweb.xml§ Updatetheweb.xml§ Changeparm-nameto:com.ca.plugins.slack§ Changeurl-patternto:/servlet/*§ Savefile


Updatingmanifest.json§ Updateendpoint

parameterforURLto:“URL”

§ Updateendpointparameterfortokento:“token”

§ UpdatetaskURLto:“api/chat.postMessage”


CreatingWARfile§ Createwarfilebyhighlight

projectàExportàWar file§ Entertheinformationas

shown§ Copythewarfiletoyour

%TOMCAT%\webapps folder§ Waitafewminutesforthe

WARfiletobeloadedtoyourTomcatinstallation


WarFileExpandedinwebapps§ Onceyoucopythepluginthatyouhave

createdandithasbeenexpandedtothewebapps folder

§ Verifyyourinstallationbybringupyourbrowser

§ Enterthefollowing:– http://localhost:8080/cdd-slack-plugin/manifest.json

§ Themanifest.json willbedisplayed


AddPlugintoCDE§ AddplugininCDE

– AdminstrationàPlug-ins

§ Registerplugin§ Enterinformationas

shown§ Click“Register”

buttontocompletetheregistration


NewPluginRegistration§ Thenew“slack”pluginhasbeenadded


AddEndpointtoCDE§ AddendpointinCDE

– AdminstrationàEndpoints

§ AddthenewSlackendpoint§ Enterinformationasshown§ Click“Add”button


EndpointAdded§ Checkthattheendpointisshowninthelist


AddTasktoRelease§ Switchto“Releases”§ Clickon“ReleaseA”


AddTasktoRelease§ Clickthe“AddTask”link§ Createanew“SendMessage”task§ Enterthevaluesasshown§ Clickthe“Create”button§ Runthe“DevTest”phase


CAReleaseAutomationCDEdition:AdaptableforAnyEnterpriseEnvironment

EasytobeimplementedandeasytouseSIMPLEWorkswithanytoolortechnology(commercial,homegrown,opensource,SaaSoronprem)OPENSupportstoolsandtechnologiesspanningtheContinuousDeliverypipelineBROAD


ExperiencesPlanningcustomRACDEplug-ins

Creationoftheplug-ins

InstallationinRACDEinstallation

UtilizationofRACDEplug-ins

KeyTopicsLearnabouttheCAReleaseAutomationCDEdition(RACDE)plug-inarchitecture

Howtheplug-insinteractinRACDE

FindingsLearntocreateacustomRACDEplug-inutilizinganEclipsedynamicwebprojectforthegenerationoftheslackplug-ins

SummaryAFewWordstoReview


Questions?


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