Deployment Automation Plugin Configuration Overview

The Deployment Automation plugin provides functionality for Deployment Automation deployment units and executions, where deployment units are component versions and snapshots.

Before you can use the Deployment Automation plugin, administrators must do the following:

Install and add the plugin. See Preparing the Plugins.
Add one or more configurations of the plugin. See Adding Plugin Configurations and the configuration details topic for the plugin you plan to use.
Configure custom column fields to display appropriate data for Deployment Automation deployment units.

The following default configurations of the Deployment Automation plugin are included in Release Control:

The Component Version Action configuration is used to select a custom component process or application process when creating deployment tasks or task templates.
The Component Version Items configuration is used when adding deployment units and it allows you to link component versions to your release package.
The Snapshot Action configuration is used to select an application process and snapshot when creating deployment tasks or task templates.
The Snapshot Items configuration is used when adding deployment units and it allows you to link snapshots to your release package.

See the following for more details.