About This Document

This document describes Serena Release Manager and explains how to install, configure, and administer the solution. This guide's primary audience is administrators who will perform these tasks.

Release managers and other release participants, such as product owners and release engineers, may also find useful information in About Serena Release Manager. Online help is also available for these users on each form in Release Manager, as discussed in Getting Help.

This document is divided into these parts:

Overview
Provides key terms and concepts and a typical release flow. Each Release Manager process is described, along with the interaction with Release Automation.
Installation
Provides installation prerequisites and steps for server installation and configuration. Steps for importing the solutions and promoting process app snapshots are also provided.
Implementation
Explains process app implementation steps, such as preparing user accounts and creating release artifacts, such as applications, runbooks, and environments.
Integration
Provides information on configuring integrations for associating business requests and development tasks with application releases and deploying using the Release Automation deployment hub.