Welcome
Extending product function
Learn how to extend the function of HCL Launch.
REST API reference
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.

Welcome
Welcome to the HCL Launch 7.1.2 documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use HCL Launch.
Release information
Overview
This section provides overview and getting started information.
Tutorials
Tutorials are available for every experience level.
Installing
An HCL Launch installation consists of the HCL Launch server, a database, and at least one agent.
Upgrading and migrating
Learn how to upgrade HCL Launch elements, including the server, agents, and blueprint design server, and how to migrate data.
Uninstalling
Learn how to uninstall an HCL Launch server, or agent.
Integrating
HCL Launch supports integrations with other IBM® products, products from others, and certain cloud systems.
Administering
Learn how to administer settings in HCL Launch elements and communication between the elements.
Managing security
HCL Launch uses a flexible team-based and role-based security model that maps to your organizational structure.
Modeling software deployment
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.
Deploying
Learn how to deploy applications in HCL Launch.
Reporting
provides several different deployment and security reports.
Extending product function
Learn how to extend the function of HCL Launch.
- Plug-ins
  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.
- Creating notification templates
  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.
- REST API reference
  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.
  - Running REST commands
    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.
  - Examples of REST API commands
    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.
  - Authenticating for REST commands
    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.
  - Deploying applications by using REST commands: An example
    The following example describes how to use the REST commands to deploy an application.
  - REST commands for the HCL Launch server
    The following list shows the commands that are available for the HCL Launch server.
- Command-line client (CLI) reference
  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.
- Process-as-code feature
  Programmatically manage processes with PAC language.
Troubleshooting and support
Learn how to troubleshoot some common issues with HCL Launch.

REST API reference

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.