SDA Component Version Plugin Configuration Details

The default SDA component version plugin provides functionality for Serena Deployment Automation deployment units and executions, where deployment units are component versions.

The SDA component version plugin Deployment Unit provider is used when adding deployment units and it allows you to link component versions to your release package.
The SDA component version plugin Execution Provider is used to select a custom component process or application process when creating deployment tasks or task templates.

Limitations

For SDA version 6.1.1 and above, there are no known limitations.
For SDA version 6.1 and earlier, the following limitations exist:
- Notification from cancelled component processes cannot be detected.
- Deployment hangs if approval has been rejected.
- Notification from completed component processes cannot be automatically detected. You must specially configure the process in Deployment Automation. For more information, see solution S141306 on the Serena Support Knowledgebase.

Example SDA Plugin Configuration

The fields for an example SDA component version plugin configuration are described in the following table.

Field	Description	Example Values
Name	A unique name for the plugin configuration	SDA 6.0 Component Version
Description	A description of the plugin configuration that distinguishes it from other configurations in the list	Sample SDA 6.0 Component Version Configuration - Requires additional configuration before use.
SDA Server URL	URL for the SDA server	http://<SDA_SERVERNAME>:8080/serena_ra/
SDA Application Request Process link	* Unused *
SDA Post deploy URL	The URL that points to the location in the Release Control installation where the SDA notification service is running	http://<RLC_SERVERNAME>:8085/rlc/rest/deploy/autoprocess/notification/SDA/
SDA Post deploy message variables	The variables passed along with the notification to the recipient	${p:request.id}:${p:finalStatus}
User Name	If Single Sign-On (SSO) is not enabled for this server, use this user name to log into this system.	admin
Password	If SSO is not enabled for this server, use this password to log into this system.	password123
Use Single Sign-On (SSO)	Enable single sign-on to allow the provider service to log in to the SDA system using the authentication token of the user. If you set this to `true`, ensure that SSO is enabled for SDA as documented in "Configuring Tomcat for SSO" in the Serena Deployment Automation Integration Guide.	false
Execution Properties	Used when adding deployment tasks or task templates
Execution - Provider Name	A descriptive name of the execution provider	SDA 6.0 Component Version
Execution - Provider Description	Description of the provider, which appears as a tooltip in Edit Deployment Tasks when users are adding a deployment task	SDA 6.0 Component Versions Execution Provider
Execution - Wait for Callback for Component Process	Whether to wait for the component process to respond with results. Note: Notification from completed component processes cannot be automatically detected. You must specially configure the process in Deployment Automation. For more information, see solution S141306 on the Serena Support Knowledgebase.	false
Execution - Show Component Process action	Whether to show the component process action	false
Execution - Use Custom URL	Whether to allow a custom URL for the application process request and component process request	true
Execution - Custom Application Process Request URL	The template used to generate the hyperlink to view the content of the SDA application request	app#applicationProcessRequest/%REQUEST_ID%
Execution - Custom Component Process Request URL	The template used to generate the hyperlink to view the content of the SDA component process request	app#componentProcessRequest/%REQUEST_ID%
Deployment Unit Properties	Used when adding deployment units
Deploy Unit - Provider Name	A descriptive name of the deployment unit provider	SDA 6.0 Component Version
Deploy Unit - Provider Description	Description of the provider, which appears as a tooltip in Edit Deployment Units when users are adding a deployment unit	SDA 6.0 Component Versions Deployment Unit Provider
Deploy Unit - Use Custom URL	Whether to allow a custom URL for the component version; if this is not set to true, when users click on the component version hyperlink in the Deployment Units list, the version page will not display in SDA.	true
Deploy Unit - Custom Component Version URL	If the Use Custom URL field is set to `true`, this property is used to generate the hyperlink to view the component version artifacts in SDA.	app#version/%COMPONENT_ID%
Provider Types
Execution	Provides functionality for executing deployment tasks	Enabled
Deployment Unit	Provides functionality for linking deployment units	Enabled
Request	Provides functionality for associating requests	Not Supported
Configuration Information
Configuration ID	Unique identifier of this configuration within the database instance. Read only.
Configuration UUID	Unique global identifier of this configuration. Read only.