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 Settings > Automation > Installed Plugins 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.