Creating a loop

You can create a loop to build the pipeline of tasks across the integrated applications in HCL DevOps Loop.

Before you begin

Ensure that the following prerequisites are completed:

About this task

When you create a loop, DevOps Loop creates specific resources in each of the applications and also, installs and configures the required plugins. During the loop creation, when the plugins are installed and configured, personal access tokens are created in Plan, Control, and Test. On loop creation, the respective users are added to the specific resources in each of the capabilities.

Procedure

  1. Click Teamspace > <teamspace_name> to navigate to your teamspace.
  2. Click Create Loop on the home page of your teamspace.
    The Define Loop tab is displayed.
  3. Perform the following actions in the Define Loop tab:
    1. Enter a loop name.
      Note: The first five characters for the loop name must always be unique, and they should not be reused while creating another loop.
    2. Optional: Enter details about the loop in Description.
    3. Optional: Enable the Learning Loop option to prepopulate the loop with demo data for exploring workflows and practicing tasks.
  4. Click Next.
    The Invite Members tab is displayed.
  5. Perform the following actions in Invite Members tab.
    1. Enter the email ID of the team member to be added to the loop in Search members.
    2. Click Add.
  6. Click Create.
    The loop setup process begins. A progress view displays the status of each capability being initialized. Once all the capabilities are fully initialized, the loop is successfully created.
    For details about the capabilities and resources configured during loop creation, see Capabilities and resources configured during loop creation.

What to do next

After creating a loop, you can complete several tasks by navigating to the integrated capabilities and viewing the resources created during loop setup.
  1. View the Dashboard to see summaries and statuses of the activities through visualizations. See Dashboards and insights.
  2. Create components and applications in DevOps Deploy. See Creating components in a loop and Creating applications in a loop.
  3. For Control integration, create a file named input.txt under the repository in Control.
  4. Perform the following steps in Build: