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Release Notes
This document includes product description, information about installation instructions along with the contact information of HCL Customer Support. You can also find the known issues identified in this version of HCL DevOps Loop.
What's New
You can find information about the features introduced, enhancements, or other changes made in HCL DevOps Loop.
Known issues
You can find the known issues that are identified in this version of HCL DevOps Loop.
System Requirements
This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL DevOps Loop.
Getting Started Guide
This guide provides an overview of HCL DevOps Loop. You can find the task flows to get you started with DevOps Loop. This guide is intended for new users.
Overview of DevOps Loop
HCL DevOps Loop is a platform designed to support and streamline the software application development lifecycle. DevOps Loop integrates key processes such as planning, coding, testing, release management, deployment, and monitoring into a seamless workflow for enhanced productivity within the DevOps ecosystem.
DevOps Loop User Interface
You can find an overview of the HCL DevOps Loop user interface.
Accessibility features of DevOps Loop
Accessibility features help users who have physical disabilities, such as visual and, hearing impairment, or limited mobility, to use the software products successfully.
Installation of DevOps Loop
To get started working with HCL DevOps Loop, you must first install DevOps Loop.
Installing DevOps Loop on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS)
You can find information about the tasks that you can perform to install HCL DevOps Loop on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS) by using a newly created cluster. You can use the Helm chart to perform the installation.
Installing DevOps Loop on Kubernetes Service (K8S)
You can find information about the tasks that you can perform to install HCL DevOps Loop on Kubernetes Service (K8S). You can use the Helm chart to perform the installation.
Installing DevOps Loop on a RHEL system for a demo setup
You can find information about the tasks that you can perform to install HCL DevOps Loop on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system for a demo setup.
Management of DevOps Loop features
After you install HCL DevOps Loop, you can manage certain features based on your requirements.
Configuration of solutions
After installing HCL DevOps Loop, you must review the configuration required for the individual DevOps solutions.
Backup and restoration of the DevOps Loop data
You must back up HCL DevOps Loop data before you uninstall the current version of DevOps Loop. You must back up the data to avoid data loss or inaccessibility of data.
Uninstalling DevOps Loop from IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS)
To reinstall HCL DevOps Loop when an ongoing installation fails, you can uninstall DevOps Loop and its components from theIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS) cluster.
Uninstalling DevOps Loop from Kubernetes Service (K8S)
To reinstall HCL DevOps Loop when an ongoing installation fails, you can uninstall DevOps Loop and its components from the Kubernetes Service (K8S) cluster.
License management and user administration
After you install HCL DevOps Loop, you must consider how the platform manages licenses, users, and authentication.
DevOps Loop licensing information
You can find the details of licensing that HCL DevOps Loop supports.
Default user administration
HCL DevOps Loop uses Keycloak (https://www.keycloak.org/) to manage and authenticate users. You can manage user access by logging in to the Keycloak instance that is installed with DevOps Loop.
Enabling the social sign-up and social login for DevOps Loop
You can enable social authentication for users to sign up and log in to HCL DevOps Loop by using a social network account. The Keycloak admin can configure this social sign-up in the Keycloak UI.
Revoking a license
Each user is assigned a license when they log in to the DevOps Loop for the first time. As an admin, you can revoke the assigned license if the user is no longer part of the platform.
About user roles and access permissions
Users have different roles and access levels on the platform and in integrated applications, depending on their tasks and the settings in each application.
Integrations - Tech Preview
You can integrate AI providers such as OpenAI and Ollama with DevOps Loop. AI integration with the platform unlocks advanced data analysis capabilities, providing deeper insights into project details. After the integration is complete, you can query the system to assess project resources, track progress, and gain an understanding of the project status for better decision-making and optimizied workflows.
Adding an OpenAI integration
You can integrate your OpenAI account with HCL DevOps Loop so that can you connect to the providers and use Loop Genie services.
Adding an Ollama integration
You can integrate your Ollama account with HCL DevOps Loop so that you can connect to the providers and use Loop Genie services.
Integration management
You can manage integrations that are configured in HCL DevOps Loop by editing, deleting, enabling, or disabling them as required.
Teamspace management
A teamspace in HCL DevOps Loop is a secure, dedicated environment designed for multiple teams to work independently within a single shared DevOps Loop installation.
Creating a teamspace
You can create a teamspace in HCL DevOps Loop to provide your team with a dedicated, secure workspace that automatically spans across all the integrated applications like Plan, Control, Code, Test, Deploy, and Measure.
Adding or inviting members to a teamspace
You can add existing members or invite new members to join a teamspace in DevOps Loop by using the Edit Teamspace option.
Joining a teamspace as an invited member
You can join a teamspace in DevOps Loop when you receive an invitation from a teamspace owner. The invitation email includes a link to update your account and access the DevOps Loop.
Loop management
The loop consists of several interconnected phases that ensure continuous software development, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Creating a loop
You can create a loop to build the pipeline of tasks across the integrated applications in HCL DevOps Loop.
Tasks after creating a loop
You can complete certain tasks after creating a loop by navigating to the integrated applications.
Interacting with Loop Genie - Tech Preview
You can interact with Loop Genie, which is a chatbot, to get answers to your queries on end-to-end project data within a loop.
Dashboards
REST commands for Deploy
This set of reference topics provides additional information on using the command line interface for tasks related to teamspaces and loops in Deploy.
DevOps Code
DevOps Code (Code) is a cloud-based IDE that is part of HCL DevOps Loop, allowing developers to write, compile, build, and debug code directly in the browser without requiring local setup.
DevOps Code overview
DevOps Code (Code) is a cloud-based integrated development environment on HCL DevOps Loop, with which you can write, compile, build, and debug software applications in a so-called dev container, accessible directly from a web browser. The editor provides a completely configured development environment with preinstalled extensions, tools, and libraries. You can start coding without the need to set up the environment on your local machine.
Getting started
You can find the basic steps for setting up a workspace in the DevOps Code (Code) Browser IDE. You can find instructions for accessing and using the dev container environment. A video walkthrough is also available to visually guide you through the same process.
Using dev containers
DevOps Code (Code) enables you to work with a Starter dev container and preconfigured dev containers.
Administering dev containers
As a teamspace admin, you can configure which dev containers are available to team members. These configurations follow the Dev Containers specification and are versioned by pushing them to a Control Git repository. This process provides a consistent, ready-to-use, preconfigured development environment across the team.
User interface
The DevOps Code (Code) user interface offers key features that are designed to facilitate navigation, file management, source control, debugging, and extension management within the browser IDE.
Extensions
DevOps Code (Code) supports extensions that enhance your development experience, including tools for coding, debugging, version control, and more, within the same IDE.
Automatic port forwarding
DevOps Code (Code) automatically forwards ports from the dev container, so that you can access to applications that use TCP ports, from your local machine. For example, if you run a web application in Code, the port on which the web server listens will be forwarded so that you can access the web application from your web browser.
File management features
DevOps Code (Code) offers file management features such as drag-and-drop, browsing and downloading files, thereby simplifying your development workflow.
Troubleshooting
All Guides (PDF)
You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of HCL DevOps Loop as a PDF file.
Security Considerations
This document describes the actions that you can take to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls in HCL DevOps Loop.
Notices
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.