Welcome
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 the platform in your environment.

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.
- Configuration of external databases for the capabilities in DevOps Loop
  DevOps Loop capabilities use databases to store configuration data, execution results, and operational information. In the default configuration, some capabilities deploy internal databases as part of the Helm installation. However, you can configure the capabilities to use external databases that are managed outside the Kubernetes cluster.
- Installation of DevOps Loop
  To get started working with HCL DevOps Loop, you must first install the platform in your environment.
  - 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.
  - Installation of DevOps Loop on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
    You can find information about tasks that you can perform to install DevOps Loop on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by using the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) service.
  - 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.
  - Installation of DevOps Loop on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    You can find information about tasks that you can perform to install DevOps Loop on AWS by using the Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
  - Installation of DevOps Loop in an air-gapped environment
    An air-gapped environment is a network or system isolated from the public internet, typically for security or compliance reasons. In such environments, all external resources must be imported manually. DevOps Loop supports air-gapped installations by providing scripts and configurations to transfer required resources into your private environment.
  - Managing DevOps Loop features after installation
    After you install HCL DevOps Loop, you can manage and customize certain features based on your requirements.
- License management and user administration
  After you install DevOps Loop, you must manage licenses, users, and authentication to control access to platform resources.
- 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 the required backup and pre-upgrade tasks, you can upgrade DevOps Loop to a newer version.
- Integrations in DevOps Loop
  DevOps Loop provides a set of integrations to extend the platform’s capabilities and connect your loops to external systems and intelligent tools. These integrations enable you to automate tasks, enhance productivity, and interact with loop resources from outside the DevOps Loop interface.
- DevOps Loop MCP server
  The DevOps Loop Model Context Protocol (MCP) server provides a standardized interface so that external MCP clients can interact with DevOps Loop and perform supported operations.
- 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 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.
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.

Installation of DevOps Loop

To get started working with HCL DevOps Loop, you must first install the platform in your environment.

You can install DevOps Loop on the following supported platforms:

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS)
Kubernetes Service (K8S)
Google Kubernetes Enigine (GKE)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Air-Gapped Environment

Note:

Before you get started with the installation, review the requirements for configuring external databases for DevOps Loop capabilities. See Configuration of external databases for the capabilities in DevOps Loop.

Optional components

DevOps Loop supports optional components such as Harbor.

To enable Harbor during installation, set:

HARBOR_ENABLED=true

For prerequisites, configuration parameters, verification, and troubleshooting for Harbor, see Installing DevOps Loop with Harbor integration and Troubleshooting Harbor integration.

For additional installation parameters, see Additional Helm parameters.

If you encounter issues during the installation or upgrade process, see Troubleshooting DevOps Loop installation and upgrade.