Learn how to extend the function of HCL Launch.
The HCL Launch server and blueprint design server each have a separate REST interface. You can use these REST interfaces to automate tasks on those servers.
The following list shows the commands that are available for the HCL Launch server.
Resources for working with component processes.
Welcome to the HCL Launch 7.1.2 documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use HCL Launch.
This section provides overview and getting started information.
Tutorials are available for every experience level.
An HCL Launch installation consists of the HCL Launch server, a database, and at least one agent.
Learn how to upgrade HCL Launch elements, including the server, agents, and blueprint design server, and how to migrate data.
Learn how to uninstall an HCL Launch server, or agent.
HCL Launch supports integrations with other IBM® products, products from others, and certain cloud systems.
Learn how to administer settings in HCL Launch elements and communication between the elements.
HCL Launch uses a flexible team-based and role-based security model that maps to your organizational structure.
Modeling software deployment in HCL Launch includes configuring components and component processes and adding those components to applications. Then, you use processes to deploy the components to environments.
Learn how to deploy applications in HCL Launch.
provides several different deployment and security reports.
The UrbanCode plug-ins provide tools for creating component processes and integrations. The IBM UrbanCode site provides plug-ins for several common deployment processes, and others that are available to integrate with a wide variety of tools, such as middleware tools, databases, and servers.
Notification templates are the basis for emails that the server sends to users after an event occurs on the server. You can create customized notification templates by modifying the default templates provided, or by creating new templates of your own.
Many different programs can run REST commands. To run the command, you call a method on a REST resource and pass parameters or a request in JSON format.
Many REST and command-line client commands have examples in their help topics. A few more examples using various programming languages and scenarios are provided here. The commands are similar for the server.
The way that you authenticate to run REST commands depends on how the server is set up and the tool that you are using to run the commands.
The following example describes how to use the REST commands to deploy an application.
Resources for working with agent pools.
Resources for working with applications, including manipulating the components and environments that are associated with applications.
Resources for editing and creating application processes.
Resources for creating, editing, and deleting agents.
This command returns a JSON representation of a component process.
Resources for working with component templates.
Resources for reading, creating, and deleting deployment triggers.
Resources for creating, editing, and provisioning environments.
Resources for working with environment templates.
Resources for viewing and deleting frontend servers.
Resource for managing inventory.
Resources for working with generic process requests.
Resource for relay cli
Resources for changing system properties and for updating system configuration settings.
Resources for adding users and groups to teams and for creating authorization tokens.
Resources for manipulating component versions.
Resources for manipulating workflows.
CLI is a command-line interface that provides access to the HCL Launch server. It can be used to find or set properties and to run numerous functions.
Programmatically manage processes with PAC language.
Learn how to troubleshoot some common issues with HCL Launch.
