SDA Snapshot Plugin Configuration Details

The default SDA snapshot plugin provides functionality for Serena Deployment Automation deployment units and executions, where deployment units are snapshots.

The SDA snapshot plugin Deployment Unit provider is used when adding deployment units and it allows you to link snapshots to your release package.
The SDA snapshot plugin Execution provider is used to select an application process and snapshot when creating deployment tasks or task templates.

Limitations

No limitations exist if you are using Deployment Automation version 6.1.1 or above.
For Deployment Automation 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.

Field	Description	Example Values
Name	A unique name for the plugin configuration	SDA 6.0 Snapshot
Description	A description of the plugin configuration that distinguishes it from other configurations in the list	Sample SDA 6.0 Snapshot Configuration - Requires additional configuration before use.
SDA Server URL	URL for the Deployment Automation 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 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 is not enabled for this server, use this user name to log into this system.
Password	If single sign-on is not enabled for this server, use this password to log into this system.
Use Single Sign-On (SSO)	Enable single sign-on to allow the provider service to log in to the Deployment Automation system using the authentication token of the user.	true
Execution Properties	Used when adding deployment tasks or task templates
Execution - Provider Name	A descriptive name of the execution provider	SDA 6.0 Snapshot
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 Snapshot Execution Provider
Execution - Use Custom URL	Whether to allow a custom URL for the snapshot	true
Execution - Custom Application Process Request URL	The template used to generate the hyperlink to view the content of the SDA custom application process request	app#applicationProcessRequest/%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 Snapshot
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 Snapshot Deployment Unit Provider
Deploy Unit - Use Custom URL	Whether to allow a custom URL for the snapshot; if this is not set to true, when users click on the snapshot hyperlink in the Deployment Units list, the snapshot page will not display in SDA.	true
Deploy Unit - Custom Snapshot URL	If the Use Custom URL field is set to `true`, this property is used to generate the hyperlink to view the snapshot in SDA.	app#snapshot/%SNAPSHOT_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.