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Capabilities of DevOps Loop
HCL DevOps Loop provides an integrated suite of capabilities such as Plan, Code, Control, Build, Test, Release, Deploy and Measure to manage every stage of the software development lifecycle within a connected, continuous loop.
Build
Build offers the capability to build applications, manage continuous integration workflows, and store build artifacts.
Administering
Users with the correct permissions can configure security, create users, configure integrations, and create notifications and announcements among other things.
Agents
Agents are light-weight processes that are installed on hosts and communicate with the Build server.

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.
Working with Loops
A loop is a workflow that connects DevOps activities of your team from planning and development through build, deployment, testing, and release phases.
Capabilities of DevOps Loop
HCL DevOps Loop provides an integrated suite of capabilities such as Plan, Code, Control, Build, Test, Release, Deploy and Measure to manage every stage of the software development lifecycle within a connected, continuous loop.
- Plan
  Plan is a change management software application within the DevOps Loop that supports seamless ticket creation, tracking, and comprehensive issue management. With customizable workflow automation, it helps teams to streamline and adapt processes to meet their unique business requirements while preparing work for the next stages of the loop.
- Code
  Code is a cloud-based browser IDE in a dev container that is part of HCL DevOps Loop, allowing developers to write, compile, build, and debug code directly in the browser without requiring local setup.
- Control
  Control manages source code within the DevOps Loop using GitHub compatible APIs that integrate with existing developer tools, workflows, and automation. It supports version management, collaboration, and code governance as development progresses.
- Build
  Build offers the capability to build applications, manage continuous integration workflows, and store build artifacts.
  - System requirements
  - Overview of Build
    Build is a continuous integration and build-management system.
  - Tutorials
    This section contains tutorials for users of all experience levels. If you are new to Build, this tutorials introduces the most-used product features in an easy-to-follow way. You do not need additional resources to complete the tutorial.
  - Administering
    Users with the correct permissions can configure security, create users, configure integrations, and create notifications and announcements among other things.
    - Configuring an external agent for Build in DevOps Loop
      You can configure an external Build agent to connect with DevOps Loop installed on Kubernetes (K8s), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), IBM Kubernetes Service (IKS), or OpenShift Container Platform (OCP).
    - Integrating Build resources with existing loop and teamspaces
      You can integrate the previously created Build resources, including teams, mappings, and agent pools to an existing teamspace and loop after you upgrade from DevOps Loop 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 or later.
    - Integrations
      When you configure integrations, you allow Build to use and manage the objects and artifacts that are produced in external tools such as HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).
    - Managing scripts
      The script library provides numerous scripts for you to use and modify.
    - User notifications
      Build can send information about build results to selected users by email, instant messaging, and other methods.
    - Security
      Build provides a flexible team-based, and role-based security model that maps to your organizational structure.
    - Project support
      Projects represent items that can be built individually for release or distribution.
    - Server management
      Use server settings to manage your server other system-related settings.
    - Agents
      Agents are light-weight processes that are installed on hosts and communicate with the Build server.
      - Configuring agents
        After an agent is installed, it must be configured before it can be used.
      - Modifying agent settings
        After an agent is installed, you can modify its settings.
      - Creating agent pools
        Agent pools represent collections of agents. An agent pool can consist of one or more agents.
      - Modifying agent pools
        Agent pools represent collections of agents. When an agent pool is assigned to a project, any pool member can do the work.
      - Modifying agent settings
        After an agent is installed, you can modify its settings.
      - Restarting agent brokers
        The JMS broker manages server-agent communication.
      - Managing untrusted agent certificates
        If you are using mutual authentication, the server must have a certificate in its keyStore for each agent.
      - Viewing agent workspace data
        Use the view workspace feature to view the contents of an agent's workspace related to a job for a build. The workspace viewer displays real-time content of an agent directory structure and files. You can expand directory structures and view individual file contents. There is no need to use another tool such as Remote Connect to view files on the agent.
    - Creating scripts to automate administrative tasks
      The Build Client facilitates writing scripts that interact with various REST endpoints in Build to automate tasks such as creating templates, assembling projects, running builds, and various other administrative tasks.
    - Accessing development tools
      Use the Tools window to access the Build development tools.
    - Installing plug-ins
      You install plug-ins by downloading the installation files and loading them into Build.
  - Creating and Managing Projects
    Projects run builds, manage dependencies with third-party tools, and can be used for administrative, operational, and system maintenance.
  - Build pipelines
    A build pipeline defines the automated process that transforms source code into deployable artifacts. It specifies the steps required to compile, test, validate, scan, and package the code.
  - Creating Jobs and Processes
    Jobs are the core building blocks of Build. Process definitions assemble jobs into the basic unit of automation. A process definition determines how, when, and where jobs run.
  - Managing Project Templates
    Project templates are reusable plans that map build processes.
  - Monitoring and Reporting
    With the monitoring tools you can review current and historical activity and save your filter conditions for future use. You can create charts and reports from most database tables.
  - Extending Product Functions
    You can create your own plug-ins to extend the product’s capabilities.
- Test
  The Test capability in DevOps Loop is powered by the DevOps Test application. Test centralizes test data, environments, test runs, and reports in a single web based interface within the DevOps Loop. It streamlines test management, execution, and tracking, providing greater efficiency and visibility to ensure quality throughout the loop.
- Release
  Release standardizes and automates the software release lifecycle with the DevOps Loop, moving applications smoothly from preproduction to production. It provides predictable scheduling, integrates changes from planning tools, and gives stakeholders clear visibility into plans and milestones.
- Deploy
  Deploy standardizes and simplifies the rollout of software components across environments within the DevOps Loop. Its release automation tools improve deployment speed and reliability, providing visibility into multi-tiered deployments and orchestrating complex processes across environments and approval gates.
- Measure
  Measure provides end-to-end visibility into the DevOps Loop, giving teams to track how value is created throughout the work flow. It consolidates testing, security, and performance metrics to identify bottlenecks, team issues, and opportunities for improvement while strengthening governance across the organization.
Loop Genie overview - Tech Preview
Loop Genie is an AI-powered, multi-agent assistant integrated into DevOps Loop. It provides a unified conversational interface to perform tasks and retrieve information across multiple DevOps Loop capabilities.
Troubleshooting
Offline Documentation (PDF)
You can access the following link to view or download the release notes, system requirements, and user documentation for DevOps Loop in a Portable Document Format (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.

Agents

Agents are light-weight processes that are installed on hosts and communicate with the Build server.

Agents run commands on the host, move files to and from it, and work with other tools installed on the host. Agents are responsible for running builds and driving third-party tools. After an agent is installed, it opens a socket connection to the server for server-agent communication. Agents can also use the Build web services. After agent communication is established, agent information is displayed in the web-based UI, where it can be configured and modified.