An Integration represents an external technology instance integrated into FlexDeploy that is running in one or more Environments. Credential Stores and Providers can now be found under integrations as well.
There are many types of Integrations:
Source Control
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Repositories - represent a source code management system such as Subversion, Git, TFS, CVS, etc. Holds properties necessary to authenticate. The paths to specific projects in the SCM are contained in the project instead so that the Instance can be used across many projects.
Testing Instances - represent a software test tool. Holds properties necessary to run tests, and allows the properties to be used wherever the test is run.
Issue Tracking System Instances - represent an Issue Tracking System. Currently JIRA, Redmine, Azure Boards, GitLab, and GitHub are supported out-of-box, and custom systems can be created. The settings on this Instance allow FlexDeploy to authenticate and manage tickets in the issue tracking system.
Change Management System Instances - represent a Change Management System. ServiceNow, Freshservice, BMC Helix Remedyforce, and Jira ITSM are supported out-of-box, and custom systems can be created. The configuration of this instance allows FlexDeploy to maintain change tickets in the change management system.
Credential Stores - represent an instance of specific type of credential store provider. You can have many such credential stores in FlexDeploy of same or different type. There is one credential store created by default, which is named Local.
Cloud - represents
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cloud accounts
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for various providers.
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A number of providers are supported
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out of the box. Custom cloud providers can also be created. Cloud Accounts allow FlexDeploy to access various
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clouds, platforms, and tools during workflow executions.
Containers - Accounts for container services like Docker and Kubernetes
Artifact Repository - Accounts for Nexus, Artifactory, or other Artifact Repositories
CI Server - Accounts for Jenkins or other CI tools
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Scan Tool - Accounts for Acunetix, Checkmarx, SonarQube, or other
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Scan tools
Messaging - Accounts for Microsoft Teams, Slack, or other messaging tools
Other - Other account providers can be setup here if they don’t fit well in another category.
Viewing Integrations
There are 2 permissions associated with the integrations page. It is recommended that if a a group has permission to Integration Providers, the group should also be given permission to Integration Instances.
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To view the list of Integrations defined within FlexDeploy, select the Topology select Integrations tab from the menu and choose the Integrations tabunder Configuration.
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By default, all only active Integration instances are displayed in the search resultseach table, and the data is ordered by updated on with the most recent on top. To refine the search results, type all or part of the Integration instance name into the Search box, and the list will automatically filter. Select the Active checkbox to show the inactive Integration instances as wellyou can sort by each column in the tables as well as query the values in each column.
Creating or Editing Integrations
Each Each Integration type has slightly different configuration requirements. The following links will assist in setting up Integrations.
Creating/Editing an SCM IntegrationCreating/Editing a
Creating/Editing an Issue Tracking Integration
Creating/Editing a Change Management IntegrationCreating/Editing a
Creating/Editing a Container Account and ProviderCreating/Editing
Creating/Editing a CI Server Account and ProviderCreating/Editing a Analysis Tool
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Account and Provider page for more details for managing accounts and providers.
Inactivating/Activating Integrations
To inactivate an Integration instance at any time, click the Active link Checkmark on the desired Integration instance in the table, and it will toggle to Inactive. This will hide that Integration instance after leaving the screen, until the Active checkbox is unchecked. To reactivate an Integration instance, click the Inactive link Icon and it will toggle back to Active.