Welcome
Extending Product Function
Learn how to extend the function of HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).
REST API reference
You can use these REST interfaces to automate tasks.
REST commands for the DevOps Deploy server
The following list shows the commands that are available for the HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) server.
componentProcess resource
Import a component process from a file
This command imports a component process from a JSON or YAML file format.

Release Notes
This section includes what's new, defect fixes, and deprecations and removals in all releases.
System Requirements
This document includes information about the hardware, containers, prerequisite software, supported operating system, and database requirements with component level detail for the HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).
Getting Started
Quickly become productive with HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).
Installing
A HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) installation consists of a Deploy server, a database server, and at least one agent.
Upgrading and Migrating
Stay updated with latest features and functionalities by upgrading HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) server, agents, and relays. This section also provides instruction on how to migrate your Deploy instance.
Integrating
HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) supports integrations with other IBM® and HCL products, products from others, and certain cloud systems.
Administering
Learn how to administer settings in HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) elements and communication between the elements.
Managing Security
HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) uses a flexible team-based and role-based security model that maps to your organizational structure.
Modeling Software Deployment
Modeling software deployment in HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) 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 DevOps Deploy (Deploy).
Reporting
Provides several different deployment and security reports.
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.
  - 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.
  - REST commands for the DevOps Deploy server
    The following list shows the commands that are available for the HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) server.
    - agentCLI resource
    - agentPool resource
    - application resource
    - applicationPipeline resource
    - applicationProcess resource
    - applicationProcessRequest resource
    - applicationTemplate resource
    - approvalTask resource
    - authenticationRealm resource
    - authorizationRealm resource
    - blueprint resource
    - calendar resource
    - component resource
    - componentProcess resource
      - Create a new component process
        This command creates a new component process.
      - Export a component process
        This command exports a component process to a JSON or YAML file format.
      - Export a component template process
        This command exports a component template process to a JSON or YAML file format.
      - Get information about a component process
        This command returns a JSON representation of a component process.
      - Import a component process from a file
        This command imports a component process from a JSON or YAML file format.
      - Import a component template process
        This command imports a component template process from a JSON or YAML file format.
    - componentProcessRequest resource
    - componentTemplate resource
    - create resource
    - delete resource
    - deploymentTrigger resource
      Resources for reading, creating, and deleting deployment triggers.
    - diagnosticsLatency resource
    - environment resource
    - environmentTemplate resource
    - externalApprovalProcess resource
    - frontendServer resource
    - group resource
    - info resource
    - infoAll resource
    - inventory resource
    - javaPackage resource
    - license resource
    - login resource
    - patternIntegrationProviderCLI resource
    - postProcessingScript resource
    - process resource
    - processRequest resource
    - relay resource
    - removeGroupFromTeam resource
    - removeUserFromTeam resource
    - resource resource
    - resourceTemplate resource
    - role resource
    - secretstore resource
    - serverKeystore resource
    - snapshot resource
    - sshInstallAgent resource
    - status resource
    - systemConfiguration resource
    - tags resource
    - teamsecurity resource
    - update resource
    - user resource
    - vault/appRole resource
    - vault/ldapUser resource
    - version resource
      Resources for manipulating component versions.
    - webhookTemplate resource
    - workflowTrace resource
    - zInventory resource
- 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.
- Process-as-code feature
  Programmatically manage processes with PAC language.
Troubleshooting and Support
Learn how to troubleshoot some common issues with HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).
Security Considerations
You can act to ensure that your installation is secure and set up user access controls.

Import a component process from a file

This command imports a component process from a JSON or YAML file format.

Request

POST https://{hostname}:{port}
    /cli/componentProcess/import?{parameters}
Accept: {contentType}
Content-Type: {contentType}

Table 1. Request parameters
Parameter	Type	Required	Description
component	string	true	Name or ID of the component
processUpgradeType	string	false	Supported values are, CREATE_NEW_IF_EXISTS, FAIL_IF_DOESNT_EXIST, FAIL_IF_EXISTS, UPGRADE_IF_EXISTS, USE_EXISTING_IF_EXISTS.

Table 2. Header parameters
Parameter	Type	Required	Description
Content-Type	`application/json` `application/yaml`	true
Accept	`application/json` `application/yaml`	true

Related CLI command: importComponentProcess.

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