Plugins Glossary
- Actions
- Actions are defined in execution plugin configurations and are
executed in integrating products through deployment and failure tasks.
- Artifacts
- Files or other software elements. In
Deployment Automation,
these are represented by component versions.
- Base Configurations
- A base plugin configuration must be created for each set of
configurations. It stores connection information and other shared properties
and enables you to quickly create configurations of different types using that
information. Some fields can be overridden at the derivative configuration
level so that you can create configurations for different organizations or for
slightly different purposes.
- Baselines
- In
Dimensions CM,
containers for release-ready components or artifacts. For more details, refer
to the
Dimensions CM
documentation.
- Change Packages
- In
ChangeMan ZMF,
containers for release-ready components. For more details, see the
ChangeMan ZMF
documentation.
- Collections
- Collections are the lists of objects that you work with as part
of
Release Control,
such as requests, deployment units, and deployment tasks. These are populated
by collection widgets.
- Component Versions
- Instances of a
Deployment Automation
component, which contain the artifacts to be deployed or otherwise configured.
- Configuration Overrides
- You can override field values when creating or updating a
configuration. You can also override the configuration settings at the
SBM
item level using auxiliary table override values. See
Auxiliary Table Level Configuration Overrides.
- Configurations
- Provide connection information, product-specific details, and
filters telling the plugin what data to obtain from the integrating product.
- Plugin Instances
- Variations of a plugin that may represent different versions of
the plugin or instances owned by different business units who want to maintain
an independent maintenance schedule.
- Plugins
- Plugins are used to implement the integrations between Release
Control and other products.
- Projects
- In
SBM,
containers for release items, such as application releases, release trains, and
environments;
SBM
projects.
- Providers
- Providers implement the plugin functionality. Plugins may have
more than one provider implemented, such as an object provider and an execution
provider.
- Release Items
- A general term used to refer to
Release Control
items that are submitted as
SBM
items, such as release packages and deployable release trains.
- Single Sign-on (SSO)
- Serena-installed software that enables a user to log in to a
Web-based component of
SBM
and be recognized on subsequent accesses to that component or other Web-based
components of SBM. This software also provides the ability for security tokens
to be used in an orchestration, allowing Web services to be called without
requiring the user to provide credentials at inconvenient times.
- Snapshots
-
A
Deployment Automation
snapshot captures an application's current state, and as the application moves
through different environments, the snapshot ensures that proper component
versions are used.
- Tags
- Tags are unique names you can assign to plugin configurations in
addition to the system-assigned Type Name. These are referenced in collection
widgets to categorize the objects, such as requests, deployment units, and
deployment tasks.
- Tasks
- Release Control
tasks include deployment tasks, failure tasks, and tasks defined in task
templates. In some cases, the term deployment tasks may be used in general to
refer to all of these types of tasks.
- Type Name
- Type indicates the type of configuration based whether the
configuration is a base configuration or one of the provider types, object
(item) or execution (action). Type Name gives the specific instance name of the
base configuration or provider type.
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