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  2. Extending Product Function

    Learn how to extend the function of HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).

  3. Command-line client (CLI) reference

    CLI is a command-line interface that provides access to the HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) server. It can be used to find or set properties and to run numerous functions.

  4. CLI Commands

    The following list shows the commands that are available.

  5. setPreferredJavaPackage

    Sets a package as preferred for its OS and CPU, unsetting the previously preferred package if there was one.

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  • Extending Product Function

    Learn how to extend the function of HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).

    • 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.

    • Command-line client (CLI) reference

      CLI is a command-line interface that provides access to the HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) server. It can be used to find or set properties and to run numerous functions.

      • Installing the command-line client

        The command-line client is available in an archive file that you can download from the server.

      • Command format

        To run a command, open a command-line window and specify the command and its parameters. In some cases, you must pass a JSON string with information for a command.

      • CLI Commands

        The following list shows the commands that are available.

        • addAgentPoolToTeam

          Add an agent pool to a team

        • addAgentToPool

          Add an agent to an agent pool

        • addAgentToTeam

          Add an agent to a team

        • addApplicationToTeam

          Add an application to a team

        • addComponentResourcePropDef

          Create a component resource property definition

        • addComponentTemplateToTeam

          Add a component template to a team

        • addComponentToApplication

          Add a component to an application.

        • addComponentToTeam

          Add a component to a team

        • addEnvironmentBaseResource

          Add a base resource to an environment

        • addEnvironmentProperty

          Create a component environment property

        • addEnvironmentToTeam

          Add an environment to a team

        • addGroupToTeam

          Add a group to a role on a team

        • addGroupToTeam1

          Add a group to a role on a team

        • addJavaPackage

          Upload a Java package.

        • addPostProcessingScriptToTeam

          Add a post processing script to a team

        • addProcessToTeam

          Add a process to a team

        • addResourceToTeam

          Add a resource to a team

        • addStatusToSnapshot

          Add a status to a snapshot

        • addTagToAgent

          Add a tag to an agent

        • addTagToApplication

          Add a tag to an application

        • addTagToComponent

          Add a tag to a component

        • addTagToResource

          Add a tag to a resource

        • addUserToGroup

          Add a user to a group

        • addUserToTeam

          Add a user to a role on a team

        • addUserToTeam1

          Add a user to a role on a team

        • addVersionFiles

          Upload files to a version

        • addVersionLink

          Add a link on a version

        • addVersionLinkWithName

          Add a link on a version

        • addVersionStatus

          Add a status to a version

        • addVersionToSnapshot

          Add a component version to a snapshot

        • addWebhookToApplication

          Add a webhook to an application

        • addWebhookToProcess

          Add a webhook to a process

        • addZInventoryEntries

          Add entries to Z inventory.

        • archiveVersion

          Archive the given versions of a component

        • autoDiscoverResource

        • bulkGetAgentJavaHomes

          Get list of managed Java installations in bulk

        • bulkGetPreferredJavaPackageForAgent

          Get the preferred Java packages compatible with agents in bulk.

        • bulkInstallAgentJava

          Install Java packages as a new managed Java installations in bulk

        • bulkSetAgentJavaHome

          Set the configured JAVA_HOME of agents in bulk

        • bulkUninstallAgentJava

          Uninstall a managed Java installations in bulk

        • cancelApplicationPipelineExecution

          Cancel an application pipeline execution

        • cancelWorkflow

          Cancel a workflow in progress

        • closeTask

          Approve or reject an approval task

        • copyResource

          Copy a resource into a new parent

        • copyVersion

          Copy a component version with all of its properties

        • createAgentPool

          Create an agent pool

        • createApplication

          Create an application from a JSON file

        • createApplicationFromTemplate

          Create an application with components from a JSON file

        • createApplicationPipeline

          Create a new application pipeline

        • createApplicationProcess

          Create an application process

        • createApplicationTemplate

          Create an application template from a JSON file

        • createAuthToken

          Create an authorization token

        • createComponent

          Create a component

        • createComponentProcess

          Create a new component process

        • createComponentTemplate

          Create a component template from a JSON file

        • createDeploymentTrigger

          Create a deployment trigger.

        • createEnvironment

          Create a new environment

        • createEnvironmentFromTemplate

          Create a new environment from template

        • createEnvironmentTemplate

          Create a new environment template

        • createGenericProcess

          Create a generic process

        • createGroup

          Create an empty group

        • createMaintenanceBlackout

          Create a Maintenance Blackout for the given date range. The date range cannot overlap with any existing Maintenance Blackout date ranges

        • createManyVersions

          Create multiple component versions

        • createPostProcessingScript

          Create a post processing script from a JSON file

        • createResource

          Create a resource

        • createResourceTemplate

          Create a resource template from a JSON file

        • createResourceTemplateWithAgentPrototypes

          Create a resource template with agent prototypes from a JSON file

        • createSnapshot

          Create a snapshot

        • createSnapshotOfEnvironment

          Take a snapshot of an environment

        • createStatus

          Create a status

        • createTeam

          Create a team

        • createUser

          Create a user

        • createVaultAppRole

          Create a new Vault App Role

        • createVaultSecretStore

          Create a secret store.

        • createVersion

          Create a component version

        • createWebhookTemplate

          Create a new webhook template

        • deleteAgent

          Delete an agent

        • deleteAgentPool

          Delete an agent pool

        • deleteAgentProperty

          Remove a property from an agent

        • deleteAllDesiredInventoryVersions

          Delete all versions for a component in an environment

        • deleteApplication

          Delete an application

        • deleteApplicationPipeline

          Delete an application pipeline

        • deleteApplicationProcess

        • deleteApplicationTemplate

          Delete an application template

        • deleteComponent

          Delete a component

        • deleteComponentVersionPropDef

          Delete a component version property

        • deleteDeploymentTrigger

          Delete a deployment trigger.

        • deleteEnvironment

          Delete an environment

        • deleteEnvironmentTemplate

          Delete an environment template

        • deleteFrontendServer

          Delete a frontend server.

        • deleteGroup

          Delete a group

        • deleteJavaPackage

          Delete a java package.

        • deleteMaintenanceBlackout

          Delete the given maintenance blackout

        • deletePostProcessingScript

          Delete a post processing script.

        • deleteRedundantDesiredInventoryVersions

          Delete all redundant versions for a component in an environment

        • deleteResource

          Delete a resource

        • deleteResourceProperty

          Delete a resource property

        • deleteResourceRoleProperty

          Delete a resource role property

        • deleteSecretStore

          Delete a secret store.

        • deleteSnapshot

          Delete a snapshot

        • deleteStatus

          Delete a status

        • deleteTeam

          Delete a team

        • deleteUser

          Delete a user

        • deleteVaultAppRole

          Delete a Vault AppRole

        • deleteVersion

          Delete a version from a component

        • deleteWebhookTemplate

          Delete a webhook template

        • downloadVersionArtifacts

          Download the artifacts of a component version

        • executeApplicationPipeline

          Execute an application pipeline

        • exportApplication

          Export an application to a json file.

        • exportComponent

          Export a component to a json file.

        • exportComponentTemplate

          Export a component template to a json file.

        • exportDetailedGroup

          List the members of a group (detailed)

        • exportGenericProcess

          Export a process to a json file

        • exportGroup

          List the members of a group

        • exportSnapshot

          Export a snapshot to a zip file.

        • finishedImporting

          Mark a version as completed importing

        • forceCancelWorkflow

          Force cancel a workflow in progress

        • forceRenameAgent

          Rename an agent

        • getAgent

          Get information about an agent

        • getAgentJavaHomes

          Get list of managed Java installations

        • getAgentMaintenanceTask

        • getAgentMaintenanceTasks

        • getAgentPool

          Get information about an agent pool

        • getAgentPools

          Get information about all agent pools

        • getAgentProperty

          Get the value of a property on an agent

        • getAgentPrototypes

          Get all agent prototypes with this resource template as their ancestor

        • getAgentStatuses

          Returns a JSONObject with count of agents to status. Expected format: { "ONLINE":4, "UPGRADE_RECOMMENDED":1 } Requires Settings Tab permission

        • getAgents

          Get information about all agents

        • getAllApplicationProcessesForApplication

          Get all application processes of an application

        • getAllComponentProcessRequestCount

          Get all component process requests submitted after a certain time

        • getAllComponentsForTemplate

          Get a list of all components using this template

        • getAllLatestDesiredInventory

          Get all of the latest desired inventory for an environment.

        • getAllProcesses

          Get information on all generic processes

        • getAllTeams

          List teams

        • getAllUsersInRoleForTeam

          List all users with a given role on a team

        • getAllUsersWithEmail

          Get all users with a given e-mail address

        • getApplication

          Get information about an application

        • getApplicationPipeline

          Get an application pipeline definition

        • getApplicationPipelineExecution

          Get an application pipeline execution

        • getApplicationPipelineExecutions

          Get a list of up to 100 application pipeline executions

        • getApplicationPipelines

          Get a list of up to 100 application pipelines

        • getApplicationProcess

          Get information about an application process

        • getApplicationProcessExecution

          Get an application process request's activity trace.

        • getApplicationProcessRequest

          Get information about a specific application process request

        • getApplicationProcessRequestProperties

        • getApplicationProcessRequestStatus

          Request the status of an application process request

        • getApplicationProcessUnfilledProperties

          List properties that must be specified for a process

        • getApplicationProperties

          Get all application properties and their values.

        • getApplicationProperty

          Get the value of a custom property on a application

        • getApplicationTemplate

          Get information about an application template

        • getApplicationTemplatePropDefs

          Get information about the property definitions for the application template

        • getApplicationTemplates

          Get information about all application templates on the server

        • getApplications

          Get information about all applications on the server

        • getApplicationsProcessRequests

          Get information about all application process requests on the server

        • getApplicationsProcessRequestsCount

          Count all application process requests

        • getApprovalTasks

          List recent approval tasks

        • getAuthenticationRealms

          Get information about all authentication realms on the server

        • getBlueprintNodePropertiesTemplate

          Get blueprint properties

        • getBlueprintsInApplication

          Get all blueprints in an application

        • getComponent

          Get information about a component

        • getComponentEnvironmentProperties

          Get component environment properties for an environment

        • getComponentProcess

          Get information about a component process

        • getComponentProcessRequest

          Get information about a specific component process request

        • getComponentProcessRequestCount

          Get the number of component process requests submitted after a certain time given a specified component

        • getComponentProcessRequests

          Get information about all component process requests

        • getComponentProperties

          Get values for component properties

        • getComponentProperty

          Get the value of a property on a component. Property names can be prefixed to specify which set of propertieswill be searched. Unprefixed properties will search custom 'Component Properties' on a component while a propertynamed such as template/propertyName will search the properties inherited from a component templates property definitions.

        • getComponentTemplatePropDefs

          Get information about the property definitions for the component template

        • getComponentTemplates

          Get information about all component templates on the server

        • getComponentVersionPropDefs

          List the version property definitions for a component

        • getComponentVersions

          Get the versions of a component

        • getComponents

          Get information about all components on the server

        • getComponentsInApplication

          Get all components in an application

        • getCurrentActivityList

          Returns all child workflows of a parent request id if specified else returns all running workflow activities.

        • getDatabaseLatency

          Gather statistics by runnning a database latency test. Result times are in milliseconds. This may take several seconds.

        • getDeploymentTrigger

          Get information about a single deployment trigger.

        • getDeploymentTriggers

          Get information about all deployment triggers for an environment.

        • getEnvironment

          Get information about an environment

        • getEnvironmentBaseResources

          Get all base resources for an environment

        • getEnvironmentProperties

          Get environment property values

        • getEnvironmentProperty

          Get the value of a custom property on an environment.

        • getEnvironmentResourceTree

          Get resource tree for an environment

        • getEnvironmentTemplate

          Get information about an environment template

        • getEnvironmentTemplatePropDefs

          Get information about the property definitions for the environment template

        • getEnvironmentsInApplication

          Get information about all environments in an application

        • getFirstUserWithEmail

          Get the first user with a given e-mail address

        • getFrontendServers

          Get a list of frontend servers.

        • getHighWatermarks

          Return high watermarks for agent usage

        • getInventoryChangesForSnapshot

          Get inventory changes for application process run with snapshot in environment

        • getJavaPackage

          Get available Java packages.

        • getJavaPackages

          Get available Java packages.

        • getJavaPackagesForAgent

          Get Java packages compatible with a specific agent.

        • getLatestDesiredInventory

          Get the latest desired inventory for an environment.

        • getLatestSnapshotForEnvironment

          Get the latest snapshot deployed to an environment

        • getLoggingConfig

          Get logging configuration

        • getMaintenanceBlackouts

          Returns a list of all Maintenance Blackouts that start or end within the specified range. If no range is provided then all Maintenance Blackouts will be returned

        • getOverlappingArtifacts

          Get all artifacts overlapped in the given version

        • getPostProcessingScript

          Get information about a post processing script

        • getPostProcessingScripts

          Get a list of post processing scripts.

        • getPreferredJavaPackageForAgent

          Get the preferred Java package compatible with an agent.

        • getProcessRequest

        • getProcessRequests

          Get information about all generic process requests on the server

        • getRelayStatuses

          Returns a JSONObject with count of agent relays to status. Expected format: { "ONLINE":4, "OFFLINE":1, } Requires Settings Tab permission.

        • getRelays

          Get information about all relays a user has access to.

        • getResource

          Get information about a resource

        • getResourceInventoryEntriesForComponent

          Get current resource inventory entries for a component

        • getResourceProperties

          List resource properties

        • getResourceProperty

          Get a resource property

        • getResourceRoleProperties

          List resource role properties

        • getResourceRoleProperty

          Get a resource role property

        • getResourceTemplate

          Get a resource template

        • getResourceTemplateChildren

          Get all children or descendants of a resource template

        • getResources

          List resources

        • getResourcesWithComponentVersion

          List resources that have a specified component version

        • getSecretStore

          Get information about a secret store.

        • getSecretStores

          Get information about all secret stores.

        • getSnapshot

          Get information about a snapshot

        • getSnapshotConfiguration

          Get the list of configuration objects in a snapshot

        • getSnapshotVersions

          Get the list of versions in a snapshot

        • getSnapshotsInApplication

          Get information about snapshots in an application

        • getStatus

          Get information about a status

        • getStatusList

          Get a list of statuses on a snapshot

        • getStatuses

          List statuses

        • getSystemConfiguration

          List system configuration properties

        • getSystemProperties

          List system properties

        • getSystemProperty

          Get the value of a system property

        • getTagsForType

          Get the Tags for an object type.

        • getTagsOnAgent

          List all tags on an agent

        • getTagsOnApplication

          List all tags on an application

        • getTagsOnComponent

          Return all tags on a component

        • getTagsOnResource

          List the tags on a resource

        • getTasksForUser

          Return all approval tasks and manual tasks assigned to the user

        • getTeam

          List information about a team

        • getUser

          List information about a user

        • getUserByEmail

          Get the user or users with a given e-mail address

        • getUsersThatCanRunDeploymentTriggers

          Get all users that can run deployment triggers.

        • getVaultAppRole

          Get information about a Vault AppRole

        • getVaultAppRoles

          List the Vault AppRoles for a Vault store

        • getVersionId

          Get a version ID

        • getVersionLink

          Get a link on a component version

        • getVersionLinks

          List links on a version

        • getVersionProperties

          List the properties on a component version

        • getWebhookTemplate

          Get information about a webhook template

        • getWebhookTemplates

          List the viewable webhook templates

        • getWorkflowTraceLogs

          Returns full workflow trace with execution logs as a zip file in the current directory.If the underlying workflow is not complete, an HTTP 412 response is returned.

        • importApplication

          Import application from json or yaml file.

        • importComponent

          Import component from json or yaml file.

        • importComponentTemplate

          Import component template from json or yaml file.

        • importGenericProcess

          Import process from json or yaml file.

        • importGroup

          Import a group

        • importLdapUser

          Import a user from LDAP

        • importSnapshot

          Import snapshot from zip file.

        • importVersions

          Import new component versions

        • installAgent

          Install an agent

        • installAgentJava

          Install a Java package as a new managed Java installation

        • listArtifacts

          Get the list of artifacts for a version

        • loadEnvironmentCompliancy

          Get the compliancy of a given environment

        • lockSnapshotConfiguration

          Lock a snapshot's configuration

        • lockSnapshotVersions

          Lock a snapshot's version list

        • login

          Log in to the server

        • logout

          Log out of the server

        • moveResource

          Update a resource's parent

        • pauseWorkflow

          Pause a workflow in progress

        • provisionEnvironment

          Provision a cloud environment

        • removeAgentFromPool

          Remove an agent from an agent pool

        • removeAgentFromTeam

          Remove an agent from a team

        • removeAgentPoolFromTeam

          Remove an agent pool from a team

        • removeApplicationFromTeam

          Remove an application from a team

        • removeComponentFromTeam

          Remove a component from a team

        • removeComponentResourcePropDef

          Delete a component resource property definition

        • removeComponentTemplateFromTeam

          Remove a component template from a team

        • removeEnvironmentBaseResource

          Remove a base resource from an environment

        • removeEnvironmentFromTeam

          Remove an environment from a team

        • removeEnvironmentProperty

          Delete a component environment property

        • removeGroupFromRoleOnTeam

          Remove a group from a role on a team

        • removeInventoryForUnmappedComponents

          Removes environment inventory for components with no resources in the enviroment resources.

        • removeProcessFromTeam

          Remove a process from a team

        • removeResourceFromTeam

          Remove a resource from a team

        • removeTagFromAgent

          Delete a tag from an agent

        • removeTagFromApplication

          Remove a tag from an application

        • removeTagFromComponent

          Delete a tag from a component

        • removeTagFromResource

          Remove a tag from a resource

        • removeUserFromGroup

          Remove a user from a group

        • removeUserFromRoleOnTeam

          Remove a user from a role on a team

        • removeVersionFromSnapshot

          Remove a component version from a snapshot

        • removeVersionLink

          Remove a link from a version

        • removeVersionLinkByName

          Remove a link from a version

        • removeVersionStatus

          Remove a status from a version

        • removeWebhookFromApplication

          Removes a webhook from a process

        • removeWebhookFromProcess

          Removes a webhook from a process

        • repeatApplicationProcessRequest

          Repeat an application process request

        • requestApplicationProcess

          Run an application process

        • requestProcess

          Executes new generic process request(s) for resource(s)

        • restartAgent

          Restart an agent

        • restoreArtifacts

          Restore artifacts of an archived version

        • resumeWorkflow

          Resume a workflow in progress

        • rollbackZInventoryEntries

          Rollback Z inventory.

        • savePostProcessingScript

          Get information about a post processing script

        • searchZInventoryEntries

          Search Z inventory.

        • setAgentJavaHome

          Set the configured JAVA_HOME of an agent

        • setAgentProperty

          Set a property on a agent

        • setApplicationProperty

          Set a property on an application

        • setComponentEnvironmentProperty

          Set a component environment property value

        • setComponentProperty

          Set a property on a component

        • setComponentVersionPropDef

          Set a version property for a component

        • setEnvironmentProperty

          Set a property on environment

        • setLoggingConfig

          Get logging configuration

        • setPreferredJavaPackage

          Sets a package as preferred for its OS and CPU, unsetting the previously preferred package if there was one.

        • setResourceProperty

          Set a property on a resource

        • setResourceRoleProperty

          Set a property on a resource

        • setSystemConfiguration

          Update the system configuration

        • setSystemProperty

          Set a system property

        • setVersionProperty

          Set a property on a component version

        • shutdownAgent

          Shut down an agent

        • testAgent

          Test the connection from an agent to the server

        • uninstallAgentJava

          Uninstall a managed Java installation

        • unsetPreferredJavaPackage

          Unsets a package as preferred for its OS and CPU, leaving no package as preferred.

        • updateAgent

          Update agent settings

        • updateApplicationPipeline

          Update an application pipeline definition

        • updateApplicationTemplate

          Update an application template

        • updateApplicationTemplatePropDefs

          Update an application template prop sheet def from a JSON file.

        • updateComponent

          Update the basic settings of a component

        • updateComponentResourcePropDef

          Update a component resource property definition

        • updateComponentTemplatePropDefs

          Update a component template prop-def sheet from a JSON file. Replaces the property definitions.

        • updateEnvironment

          Update an environment

        • updateEnvironmentProperty

          Update a component environment property

        • updateEnvironmentTemplate

          Update the basic settings of an environment template

        • updateEnvironmentTemplatePropDefs

          Update an environment template prop sheet def from a JSON file.

        • updateMaintenanceBlackout

          Modifies the time range for the given Maintenance Blackout. A date cannot be modified if it has already occurred

        • updateResource

          Update a resource

        • updateResourceTemplate

          Update a resource template from a JSON file

        • updateTeam

          Update a team

        • updateUser

          Update a user

        • updateUsersInAuthRealm

          Update all users in an authentication realm

        • updateVaultAppRole

          Update a Vault AppRole

        • updateVaultSecretStore

          Update a secret store.

        • updateWebhookForApplication

          Update an application webhook

        • updateWebhookForProcess

          Updates a webhook for a process

        • updateWebhookTemplate

          Update a webhook template

        • upgradeAgent

          Upgrade an agent

    • Process-as-code feature

      Programmatically manage processes with PAC language.

setPreferredJavaPackage

Sets a package as preferred for its OS and CPU, unsetting the previously preferred package if there was one.

Format

udclient [global-args...] [global-flags...]
  setPreferredJavaPackage [parameters]

Parameters

Table 1. Parameters
Parameter Type Required Description
package string true Name or ID of the java package

Related REST command: Sets a package as preferred for its OS and CPU, unsetting the previously preferred package if there was one..

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