Automation deployment tasks integrate with Serena Release Automation and Serena Release Automation, powered by Nolio, to automate installation and configuration tasks. This section tells how to create a Serena Release Automation deployment task. For information on creating a Serena Release Automation, powered by Nolio, deployment task, see Creating Release Automation (Nolio) Deployment Tasks .
You can create a Serena Release Automation deployment task, which is used to deploy a deployment unit for a release package into a particular stage.
You can do the following:
Associate the task to a release package stage.
Specify the application involved in the tasks.
Specify components and versions for which installation and configuration tasks are to be executed.
Specify the target environments on which to run the tasks.
Specify the processes that define the actions to be taken on the environments.
Specify owners for the task.
The sequence number is used to specify order of execution of the deployment tasks. The automation deployment task is specific to a single stage. Each set of application parameters is for a specific server.
To execute an automation deployment task for installation and configuration of files through Serena Release Automation, Serena Release Manager needs information on the applications, components and component versions, environments, and processes.
To create a Release Automation deployment task:
From a release package or deployment process template view, navigate to the Deployment tab and then select the Deployment tasks tab.
Select a stage for which this task will be executed.
Click Create Task.
The Create Deployment Task form appears.
In Task Type, select Release Automation.
The Task Type: Automation form appears.
Fill out the Automation form.
For example:
Enter Task name and Sequence number.
Click Get application to refresh the list of applications stored in Serena Release Automation and then select an application.
Click Get component to refresh the list of components for the selected application and then select the component.
Select the version of the component from the Version menu.
Click Get environment to refresh the list of environments for the selected application and then select an environment.
Click Get process to refresh the list of processes for the selected environments and then select a process.
Specify the Schedule execution time, the date and time at which you want the deployment task to be initiated.
Select the primary and secondary owners for the task.
Optionally enter a description.
Click OK.
The automation deployment task is saved. It will be executed according to its sequential order when the release package to which it is associated is deployed to the specified stage.