Creating components from AntHillPro

AntHillPro is a build integration tool.

Before you begin

Install an agent that has access to the AntHillPro server.

Procedure

  1. In HCL Launch, click Components, and then click Create Component.
  2. In the Create Component window, specify a name and description for the component.
  3. In the Teams fields, specify the access information for the new component.
  4. To use a template for the new component, select a template from the Template list.
    In this case, the component inherits source configuration, properties, and processes from the template. For information about templates, see Component templates.
  5. In the Source Configuration Type list, select AntHillPro.
  6. Specify the following parameters for the component:
    Anthill URL
    The URL of the AntHillPro server, such as https://anthillrepo.company.com/repository.
    User
    The user name of the AntHillPro-credentialed user.
    Password
    The password of the AntHillPro-credentialed user.
    Project
    The name of the project. AntHillPro projects roughly correspond to HCL Launch components.
    Workflow
    The name of the workflow that contains the AntHillPro builds to import.
    Status
    The status that a build life must have before it can be imported. The server only imports build lives that contain this status.
    Artifact Sets
    If Copy to CodeStation is checked, type the list of artifact sets that are resolved in CodeStation. Place each list item on a new line.
    Import Versions Automatically
    Select this check box to check for new versions periodically and to import new versions automatically. If you do not import versions automatically, you can import versions manually by clicking Components > selected component > Versions and then clicking Import New Versions.
    Copy to CodeStation
    This option, which is selected by default, creates tamper-protected copies of the artifacts and stores them in the embedded artifact management system, CodeStation. If the check box is cleared, only metadata about the artifacts is imported. In most cases, keep this check box selected. The default for this setting is in the system setting Components copy to CodeStation by default. For more information, see Server settings.
    Default Version Type
    Specify how to import versions into CodeStation:
    Full
    Each version is comprehensive and contains all artifacts.
    Incremental
    Each version contains a subset of artifacts.
    Use the system's default version import agent/tag
    If this parameter is selected, the agent or tag that you specified on the System Settings page is used to import component artifacts. Agents must have access to the system where the artifacts are located. For more information, see Server settings.
    Import new component versions using a single agent
    If this parameter is selected, use the Agent for Version Imports field to identify the agent that is used to import artifacts into the component. The agent must have access to the system where the artifacts are located. To import artifacts from where the server is located, install an agent in the same location and specify that agent.
    Import new component versions using any agent with the specified tag
    If this parameter is selected, use the Agent Tag for Version Imports field to identify the tag that is used to select agents to import artifacts into the component. All tagged agents must have access to the system where the artifacts are located.
    Use Default Artifact Cleanup Settings
    To apply the component version cleanup settings that are specified on the System Settings page, select the Use Default Artifact Cleanup Settings check box. If this check box is cleared, you must specify how long to keep component versions. For more information about cleaning up component versions, see Cleaning up component versions.
    Run Process after a Version is Created
    To automatically run a process after versions are imported, select this check box, and then specify an application process and an environment for the process. The process runs only when the version is imported automatically, not when you import versions manually. Similarly, the process does not run when you create versions with the REST API or the udclient command. If the automatic version import finds multiple versions, the process runs only once.
  7. Click Save.

Results

The new component is listed on the Components page. The Versions tab shows the available versions of the component. If you selected the Import Versions Automatically check box, versions are displayed automatically. Otherwise, click Import New Versions to show the available versions. Depending on the number and size of the artifacts, it might take time before the versions are displayed. To see the artifacts in the component, click a component version.

What to do next

Create processes for the component. See Creating component processes.