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Extending product function
Learn how to extend the function of HCL Launch.
REST API reference
You can use these REST interfaces to automate tasks.
REST commands for the HCL Launch server
The following list shows the commands that are available for the HCL Launch server.
snapshot resource
Create a snapshot
This command creates a snapshot by specifying the components (optional, by IDs and/or names) for the snapshot, rather than taking a snapshot of an environment.

Extending product function
Learn how to extend the function of HCL Launch.
- Plug-ins
  The HCL plug-ins provide tools for creating component processes and integrations. HCL plug-ins provides plug-ins for several common deployment processes, and others 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
  You can use these REST interfaces to automate tasks.
  - 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.
    - agentCLI resource
    - agentPool resource
    - application resource
      Resources for working with applications, including manipulating the components and environments that are associated with applications.
    - applicationPipeline resource
    - applicationProcess resource
    - applicationProcessRequest resource
      Resources for requesting application processes.
    - applicationTemplate resource
    - approval/task resource
      Resources for creating, editing, and deleting agents.
    - authenticationRealm resource
    - blueprint resource
    - calendar resource
    - component resource
    - componentProcess resource
      Resources for working with component processes.
    - componentProcessRequest resource
    - componentTemplate resource
      Resources for working with component templates.
    - deploymentTrigger resource
    - environment resource
      Resources for creating, editing, and provisioning environments.
    - environmentTemplate resource
    - frontendServer resource
      Resources for viewing and deleting frontend servers.
    - group resource
    - inventory resource
    - javaPackage resource
    - login resource
    - postProcessingScript resource
    - process resource
      Resources for editing and creating generic processes.
    - processRequest resource
      Resources for working with generic process requests.
    - relay resource
    - resource resource
    - resourceTemplate resource
    - secretstore resource
    - snapshot resource
      - Add a component version to a snapshot
      - Add a status to a snapshot
      - Create a snapshot
        This command creates a snapshot by specifying the components (optional, by IDs and/or names) for the snapshot, rather than taking a snapshot of an environment.
      - Delete a snapshot
      - Export a snapshot to a zip file.
      - Get a list of statuses on a snapshot
      - Get information about a snapshot
      - Get inventory changes for application process run with snapshot in environment
      - Get the list of configuration objects in a snapshot
      - Get the list of versions in a snapshot
      - Import snapshot from zip file.
      - Lock a snapshot's configuration
        This command locks the configuration included in a snapshot. This prevents the snapshot from being affected by any future changes to the relevant configuration and also prevents users from manually changing which configuration the snapshot is using. This cannot be reversed.
      - Lock a snapshot's version list
        This command locks the list of component versions included in a snapshot. This cannot be reversed and prevents any future changes to the list of versions included in the snapshot.
      - Remove a component version from a snapshot
      - Take a snapshot of an environment
    - sshInstallAgent resource
    - status resource
    - systemConfiguration resource
    - tags resource
    - team resource
    - teamsecurity resource
    - user resource
    - vault/appRole resource
    - version resource
      Resources for manipulating component versions.
    - webhookTemplate resource
    - workflowTrace resource
- 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.

Create a snapshot

This command creates a snapshot by specifying the components (optional, by IDs and/or names) for the snapshot, rather than taking a snapshot of an environment.

Request

PUT https://{hostname}:{port}
    /cli/snapshot/createSnapshot
Accept: application/json

Table 1. Header parameters
Parameter	Type	Required	Description
Accept	`application/json`	true

This command takes a JSON request string or file. Use the following template for the request:

{
  "application": "Application name or ID",
  "description": "Description",
  "name": "Snapshot name",
  "versions": "JSON array of mappings from components by 
  name or ID to versions by name or ID, such as [{\"
  JPetStore-APP\": \"latest\"}, {\"JPetStore-DB\": \"1.0\"}, 
  {\"3d6cd2fd-3381-4b95-b851-1aa7f83e225e\":\"c2c61215-c20a-
  4bc9-8f34-7f9f41de385b\"}]"
}

Example

curl -k -u jsmith:passwd 
   
  "https://myserver.example.com:8443/cli/snapshot/createSnapshot"
  -X PUT -d @newSnapshot.json

Example JSON request

{
  "name": "My snapshot",
  "application": "JPetStore",
  "description": "JPetStore snapshot",
  "versions": [
    {"JPetStore-APP": "1.1"}, 
    {"JPetStore-DB": "1.0"}, 
    {"JPetStore-WEB": "1.1"}
  ]
}

Example JSON request

You can also use the keywords latest, latestVersion, and newest in place of component version names. In this case, the process uses the most recently created component version. The following example shows how you can use these keywords in the JSON request.

{
  "name": "My snapshot",
  "application": "JPetStore",
  "description": "Snapshots of most recently created component versions",
  "versions": [
    {"JPetStore-APP": "latest"}, 
    {"JPetStore-DB": "latestVersion"}, 
    {"JPetStore-WEB": "newest"}
  ]
}

Example response

{
  "id": "ff9274d4-bc3d-493c-90aa-5020e2fda56d",
  "name": "My snapshot",
  "description": "JPetStore snapshot",
  "created": 1391451659050,
  "active": true,
  "locked": false
}

Related CLI command: createSnapshot.