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Administration
This section provides information on administration, installation, configuration, and integrations and teamspace management.
AI Integrations - Tech Preview
You can integrate AI providers such as OpenAI, Ollama and IBM watsonx.ai 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.
Configuring 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.

Release Notes
This document includes information about the features introduced, a product overview, and installation instructions, as well as contact information of HCL Customer Support for this version of HCL DevOps Loop.
System Requirements
This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL DevOps Loop.
Getting Started
HCL DevOps Loop is a platform designed to support the full DevOps lifecycle. The Getting Started section introduces key concepts and walks through the initial steps to help new users begin working with the platform.
Administration
This section provides information on administration, installation, configuration, and integrations and teamspace management.
- Installation of DevOps Loop
  To get started working with HCL DevOps Loop, you must first install DevOps Loop.
- License management and user administration
  After you install HCL DevOps Loop, you must consider how the platform manages licenses, users, and authentication.
- Backup and Restoration of DevOps Loop
  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.
- Private CA and Self-Signed Certificate support
  A private Certificate Authority (CA) is an organization-specific service that issues and manages digital certificates for use within an enterprise’s private network. These certificates secure communication between internal applications and services.
- Upgrading DevOps Loop
  After you complete certain backup and pre-upgrade steps, you can upgrade DevOps Loop to a newer version using Helm.
- AI Integrations - Tech Preview
  You can integrate AI providers such as OpenAI, Ollama and IBM watsonx.ai 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.
  - AI provider setup requirements
    When you want to integrate an AI provider such as OpenAI, Ollama, or IBM watsonx.ai with HCL DevOps Loop, ensure that the following prerequisites are met.
  - Configuring 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.
  - Configuring 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.
  - Configuring IBM watsonx integration
    You can integrate the IBM watsonx AI service with HCL DevOps Loop to establish a connection and use Loop Genie services for enhanced automation and AI capabilities.
- 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.
- Uninstalling DevOps Loop
  You can safely uninstall DevOps Loop from your environment, ensuring that all resources and data are properly removed.
Working with loop
You can find information about creating and managing loops, learning loop, managing members, and using dashboards and search to monitor progress across integrated capabilities.
Capabilities of DevOps Loop
HCL DevOps Loop provides an integrated suite of applications such as Plan, Code, Control, Build, Test, Release, Deploy and Measure to manage every stage of the software devolopment lifcycle within a connected, continous loop.
Loop Genie - Tech Preview
Loop Genie is an AI-powered, multi-agent chatbot integrated into DevOps Loop. It performs tasks and retrieves information across multiple products and loops through a single conversational interface.
Troubleshooting
Offline Documentation
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.

Configuring 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.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Ensured that you have administrative privileges in DevOps Loop.
You must have completed the steps to prepare your Ollama environement for integration with DevOps Loop. See Requirements for Ollama integration.

Procedure

Click Settings > Integrations.
The Integrations page is displayed.
Click .
The New Integration pane is displayed with the Overview tab.
Enter a name to identify the integration in Name.
Select Ollama from the Provider list.
Click Next.
The Configure tab is displayed.
Enter the URL of the AI provider in API Endpoint.
Select Chat in Mode to set the mode of communication.
Select an LLM to be used from the Model list.
Click Save.

Results

You have integrated your Ollama account with DevOps Loop.