Installation of plug-ins
You can install plug-ins from the Deploy Web UI and the plug-ins site.
Deploy plug-ins are categorized into two types; core plug-ins and external plug-ins.
Core plug-ins
Plug-ins that are shipped and pre-installed in Deploy are called the core plug-ins. In an initial installation, the core plug-ins are listed on the page. Alternatively, these plug-ins are available to download and their documentation is also available from the HCL plug-ins site.
The following table lists the core plug-ins:
| Plug-in | Plug-in Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ClearCase | Source Configuration | Automates importing version artifacts from ClearCase (Base and UCM). |
| File System | Source Configuration | Automates uploading artifacts from a normal file system. |
| File System (Versioned) | Source Configuration | Automates uploading artifacts from a versioned file system. |
| Git | Source Configuration | Automates importing artifacts from Git. |
| Maven | Source Configuration | Automates downloading artifacts from Maven projects. |
| Subversion | Source Configuration | Automates importing artifacts from a Subversion repository |
| TFS | Source Configuration | Automates importing version artifacts from a TFS server. |
| TFS_SCM | Source Configuration | Automates importing version artifacts from a TFS server. |
| DevOps Build | Source Configuration | Automates uploading artifacts from a DevOps Build server. |
| zOS File | Source Configuration | Automates uploading data sets, UNIX files, and generic artifacts from a z/OS system. |
| File Utils | Automation | Includes steps, such as deleting or creating directories and replacing tokens in a file, that perform folder-level and file-level tasks as part of a deployment process. |
| General Utilities | Automation | Provides utilities for basic tasks that don't fit in a specific plug-in. |
| Groovy | Automation | Provides steps for executing user-defined Groovy scripts. |
| Kubernetes | Automation | Includes steps to work with resources and images in Kubernetes. |
| OpenShift | Automation | Includes steps to work with resources and images in Red Hat OpenShift. |
| Shell | Automation | Allows users to run custom shell scripts during the deployment process. |
| System Information | Automation | Includes a variety of checks to perform against the operating system. These steps can be used to verify that a deployment can succeed or has succeeded. |
| Launch Applications | Automation | Creates and manages Deploy applications. |
| Launch Component | Automation | Creates and manages Deploy components. |
| Launch Configuration Management | Automation | Downloads and uploads configuration templates from/to Deploy. |
| Launch Environments | Automation | Creates and manages Deploy environments. |
| Launch Processes | Automation | Supports interaction with processes and process requests. |
| Launch Resources | Automation | Manages Deploy resources. |
| Launch Versioned File Storage | Automation | Allows Deploy to upload artifacts to CodeStation. |
| Launch Versions | Automation | Allows editing Component Versions in Deploy. |
| zOS Multi Generate Artifact Information | Automation | Generates one or more informational texts based on defined templates. |
| zOS Utility | Automation | Includes steps related to deployment activities for z/OS. |
External plug-ins
External plug-ins are the plug-ins that you must install to be able to use them. Deploy
supports integration with many external applications. You can install the external
plug-ins by using the following methods:
Note: The plug-ins are developed and updated
independently of the Deploy
release cycles.