ALF Events

Release Automation can emit Serena Application Lifecycle Framework (ALF) events to a target endpoint server. ALF is an integrative layer for Serena products. You can use ALF events for custom integrations from SBM to Release Automation.

Connection Information

To use ALF events, you must specify the following connection information.

Field Description
SBM Link

A full URL to an SBM event generation service or a root URL to SBM server where the event manager is hosted.

The link format should be as follows: protocol://host:port

User Name User name used to perform authorization on the SBM server.
User Password Password used to perform authorization on the SBM server.

ALF Event Settings

The ALF events apply to the several categories, and there are corresponding sections in the user interface that you can expand or collapse individually. You can use the following control buttons to more easily work with the ALF event options:

The ALF events categories and their options are given in the following sections.

Agent

Event Description
Status changed If this option is selected, ALF Events for agent status change will be emitted from Release Automation.

Application

Event Description
Process Started If this option is selected, ALF Events for application process start will be emitted from Release Automation.
Process Finished If this option is selected, ALF Events for application process finish will be emitted from Release Automation.
Snapshot Created If this option is selected, ALF Events for application snapshot creation will be emitted from Release Automation.
Snapshot Modified If this option is selected, ALF Events for application snapshot deletion will be emitted from Release Automation.
Approval Required If this option is selected, ALF Events will be emitted when application approval is required.
Manual Task Created If this option is selected, ALF Events will be emitted when manual tasks are created for application processes.

Component

Event Description
Version Created If this option is selected, ALF Events for component version creation will be emitted from Release Automation.
Version Deleted If this option is selected, ALF Events for component version deletion will be emitted from Release Automation.
Process Started If this option is selected, ALF Events for application process start will be emitted from Release Automation.
Process Finished If this option is selected, ALF Events for application process finish will be emitted from Release Automation.
Process Started If this option is selected, ALF Events for component process start will be emitted from Release Automation.
Process Finished If this option is selected, ALF Events for component process finish will be emitted from Release Automation.
Approval Required If this option is selected, ALF Events will be emitted when component approval is required.
Manual Task Created If this option is selected, ALF Events will be emitted when manual tasks are created for component processes.

Environment

Event Description
Approval Required If this option is selected, ALF Events will be emitted when environment approval is required.

Standalone Process

Event Description
Process Started If this option is selected, ALF Events for generic process start will be emitted from Release Automation.
Process Finished If this option is selected, ALF Events for generic process finish will be emitted from Release Automation.
Manual Task Created If this option is selected, ALF Events will be emitted when manual tasks are created for application processes.