Welcome
Administering
This guide describes how to install HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity). After you install Velocity, you can perform administrative tasks such as license configuration, upgrading, migrating, managing access permissions and security. This guide is intended for system administrators.
Configuring DevOps Velocity Measure
A default Velocity Measure administrator ID is included as part of Velocity Measure. It is used to install and complete initial configuration tasks.
Configuring security settings
The Velocity Measure security model is organization- and team-based. The organization is the base element; teams belong to organizations. Team members manage releases, events, and deployments. Administrators manage teams and assign users to them.
Managing users and authentications
Use Authorization and Authentication to manage users and authentication.
Managing users
Use the Users page to create, edit, or remove users.
Authenticating users with OIDC
Use the Authentication page to manage user authentication with OpenID Connect.

Release Notes
This document includes information about the new features introduced, defects fixed, and known issues identified in this version of HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity). You can also find the installation and upgrade instructions along with the contact information of HCL Customer Support.
System Requirements
This document contains information about hardware and software requirements for HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity).
Getting Started
This document provides an overview of HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity).
High-Level Overview
Use HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity) to automate your release lifecycle and manage your DevOps value streams.
Tutorials
Learn how to complete frequently-used tasks such as creating value streams.
Managing licenses
Configure your license or apply a trial key.
Administering
This guide describes how to install HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity). After you install Velocity, you can perform administrative tasks such as license configuration, upgrading, migrating, managing access permissions and security. This guide is intended for system administrators.
- Installing DevOps Velocity
  To get started with HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity), you must install it on any one of the container platforms. You can find information about the selection of a container platform, installation methods, and procedure for installing Velocity.
- Installing DevOps Velocity plugins on air-gapped networks
  HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity) plugin installations on air-gapped networks.
- Uninstalling DevOps Velocity
  You can uninstall HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity) by stopping the server and removing the product containers.
- Configuring trusted certificates in DevOps Velocity
  The default configuration in Velocity accepts connections with self-signed CA certificates. You can configure Velocity to restrict self-signed CA certificates and allow only a predefined set of trusted CA certificates.
- Plugin multiplexing
  Plugin multiplexing lets integrations that use the same plugin type and version share pods in Velocity.
- Upgrading DevOps Velocity
  You can find information about upgrading of HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity).
- Migrating DevOps Velocity
  You can find information about migration of HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity) to another container orchestration.
- Configuring DevOps Velocity Measure
  A default Velocity Measure administrator ID is included as part of Velocity Measure. It is used to install and complete initial configuration tasks.
  - Configuring an email server
    Configuring an email server
  - Configuring calendar settings
    Use the Calendar Settings page to manage the appearance of calendar events.
  - Configuring security settings
    The Velocity Measure security model is organization- and team-based. The organization is the base element; teams belong to organizations. Team members manage releases, events, and deployments. Administrators manage teams and assign users to them.
    - Roles and permissions
      A number of roles are defined in the product that can be assigned to a user or group. Roles set boundaries on activities that a user or group member can perform.
    - Managing users and authentications
      Use Authorization and Authentication to manage users and authentication.
      - Managing users
        Use the Users page to create, edit, or remove users.
        Authenticating users with LDAP
        Use the User authentication settings page to manage user authentication.
        Authenticating users with OIDC
        Use the Authentication page to manage user authentication with OpenID Connect.
      - Creating a header-based SSO authentication integration
        A header-based single sign-on (SSO) authentication realm uses an external server for authentication.
    - Managing user groups
      You can combine users into groups. When you grant permissions to the group, you simultaneously grant them to the group members. When you assign a group to a team, all group members are simultaneously assigned to the team.
    - Managing teams
      To prepare a team, you create the team and then add users or user groups to it. After you add users, you assign permissions to them.
    - Managing passwords
      Password management details how you can change the administrator password and retrieve the RabbitMQ password from Kubernetes and OpenShift.
    - Managing user access keys
      Create a key that you can use to authenticate API calls.
  - Configuring log level settings
    Control the amount of detail sent to log files.
  - Configuration of data retention policy
    Data retention policies in Velocity Measure help you manage the lifecycle of data objects by archiving or deleting resources based on scope, retention rules, and execution schedules.
- DevOps Velocity Measure MCP Server - Tech Preview
  A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server provides a structured way for GenAI clients to access tools, data, and actions through a consistent, secure interface. When you connect a GenAI client that supports MCP to the Velocity Measure MCP server, you can use natural-language requests to retrieve information from your Velocity Measure.
Managing Value Streams
A value stream represents the objects and activities that you employ to deliver customer value, from initial concept to final delivered project.
Data Insights
The Insights feature provides DevOps metrics for your project data.
Analytics Dashboards
Analytics creates team-specific dashboards that generate charts for each activity of the product development. HCL DevOps Velocity (Velocity) creates dashboards automatically while you create a team.
Releasing Software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
Extending Product Functions
Learn how to extend the function of VelocityVelocity Measure
How to
The topics in this section describe how to work with Velocity Measure features. Tutorials and workbooks are available for users of all experience levels.
Troubleshooting
Before you contacting support, gather background information and perform tasks that will assist in solving the problem. It helps to be as specific as possible and include all relevant information.
Notices for DevOps Velocity
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.
DevOps Velocity GDPR statement
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been adopted by the European Union (EU) and applies from May 25, 2018.
Glossary

Authenticating users with OpenID Connect (OIDC)

Use the Authentication page to manage user authentication with OpenID Connect.

Before you begin

To configure the OIDC authentication, you must haveVelocity Measure administrator permission and privileges.

About this task

OpenID Connect is an authentication method which you can use to authenticate users.

To configure an OIDC authentication, complete the following steps:

Procedure

From the Velocity Measure page, click Settings > Authentication > OIDC.
Click Configure OIDC .
On OIDC page, in the Name field, enter a name for the OIDC configuration.
In the Description field, enter a description for the OIDC configuration.
In the OIDC Issuer field, enter the issuer for OIDC authentication.
In the Authorization URL field, enter the URL of OIDC authorization provider .
In the Token URL field, enter the URL for token request with OIDC provider.
In the User info URL field, enter the URL for user information request with the OIDC provider.
In the Client ID field, enter the client ID that is registered with the OIDC provider.
In the Client Secret field, enter the client secret that the OIDC provider issues upon registration.
Click Save.

You have successfully configured OIDC authentication. You can log in to Velocity Measure using OIDC configuration.
On the Velocity Measure login page, click Login with OIDC to log in using OIDC configuration.
The Authorization URL page opens to validate the user for accessing the Velocity Measure
On the Authorization URL page, enter the username in Username field and password in Password field.
You have successfully logged in to the Velocity Measure.
On the Settings > Authentication > OIDC configuration page, click Delete configuration to delete the OIDC configuration.

Results

You have successfully configured the OIDC authentication. You can log in to Velocity Measure using the OIDC authentication.