Welcome
Capabilities of DevOps Loop
HCL DevOps Loop provides an integrated suite of capabilities such as Plan, Code, Control, Build, Test, Release, Deploy, Measure and Harbor (if enabled) to manage every stage of the software development lifecycle within a connected, continuous loop.
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.
Troubleshooting and Support
Learn how to troubleshoot some common issues with HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).

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, Measure and Harbor (if enabled) 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.
- 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.
  - Getting Started
    Quickly become productive with HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).
  - Installing an external agent for Deploy in DevOps Loop
    You can install and connect an external Deploy agent to a DevOps Loop instance running on Kubernetes (K8s), and IBM Kubernetes Service (IKS).
  - Integrating
    HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) supports integrations with other IBM® and HCL products, products from others, and certain cloud systems.
  - Administering
    Learn how to administer settings in HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) elements and communication between the elements.
  - Managing Security
    HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) uses a flexible team-based and role-based security model that maps to your organizational structure.
  - Modeling Software Deployment
    Modeling software deployment in HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) includes configuring components and component processes and adding those components to applications. Then, you use processes to deploy the components to environments.
  - Deploying
    Learn how to deploy applications in HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).
  - Reporting
    Provides several different deployment and security reports.
  - Extending Product Function
    Learn how to extend the function of HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).
  - Troubleshooting and Support
    Learn how to troubleshoot some common issues with HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).
    - Logging
      The server maintains logs for auditing and troubleshooting.
    - Troubleshooting the DevOps Deploy server and agents
      Troubleshooting information that is specific to the server and agents is provided here.
    - Troubleshooting DevOps Deploy when running as a container
      When you install HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) server by using the provided Helm chart, two containers are created. The first is named init that performs some initialization steps, including initialization of your database. The second is hcl-launch-prod, which is the main server container. You can debug issues by checking the logs of each of these containers.
    - Troubleshooting problems on z/OS®
      To troubleshoot problems on agent computers that are running IBM® z/OS®, examine the agent log files.
    - Performing AI analysis on failed deployments
      You can perform AI analysis on failed deployments to identify the root cause of the failures and troubleshoot them easily.
- 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 assistant integrated into DevOps Loop. It provides a unified conversational interface for retrieving information and performing actions 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.

Troubleshooting and Support

Learn how to troubleshoot some common issues with HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy).

For assistance with Deploy, contact support.

Important:

Before you initiate a support request for Deploy, you must recreate the unexpected behavior in a standard environment. You must disable or remove all third-party products, including non-standard configurations and monitoring agents (such as Dynatrace or New Relic).

Product support covers only the configurations that are described in the official documentation. You must remove external variables to ensure that the issue can be properly isolated to the core Deploy system.