This plugin is used to automate build and deploy operation of webMethods IntegrationServerIntegration Server(ESB) assets into their target environments.

The webMethods plugin implements Continuous integration and deployment process for Software AG webMethods ESB assets (IntegrationServer packages) using FlexDeploy tool along with the use of webMethods ABE, Deployer components.

This document contains instructions for automating the build and deployment of webMethods ESB (named IntegrationServer) assets (named packages) using FlexDeploy.and execute server operations such as Start, Stop, Restart of Integration Server instances. webMethods Plugin automates Build and Deploy processes for integration assets with help of webMethods ABE and WMDeployer components.

FlexDeploy platform enables Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery capabilities which would be applicable for for webMethods Integration Server packages as well. 

Asset Build Environment(ABE)

ABE comes with a set of Build scripts that are used in building the checked out code from source control systems and generating deployer composites. It is used to automate the Build process for a repository based deployment scenario. This is packaged along with the webMethods product suite.

webMethods Deployer

WMDeployer is a tool used to deploy a wide variety of webMethods assets belong to various application integration components that reside on source webMethods runtime components (runtimes) or repositories to target webMethods runtimes. Deployer and its Command Line scripts are offered directly out-of-the-box to support automated deployments. 

Supported Versions

• Latest version of SoftwareAG-webMethods10 product suite has been tested.

• Older versions of webMethods standalone server should work as well, but have not been tested.The plugin supports all the Source Control Management integrations provided by FlexDeploy, such as Git, Subversion, TFVC, CVS, and Perforce

• webMethods ESB Assets (IntegrationServer packages) are supported for build and deployments.

Key Features

• Easily configurable. No configurations required on target webMethods environment side.

• Supports webMethods Deployer’s repository-based deployment as recommended by SoftwareAG.Automates the process of Project Automator Files generation and project creation in webMethods Deployer for each deployment

• Deployment of Packages is supported for standalone webMethods servers and the cluster.

• Facilitates automatic Deployer project creation using webMethods Project Automator script. This will reduce the manual efforts that are spent today and avoid human errors during deploymentdeployments.

• Deploys webMethods Applications to Standalone target Servers without manual efforts.

• Continuous Integration End to end Traceability and Visibility from Source Control Systems to Build and & Deployment phases.

• Plugin handles build for both SCM controlled checked out code and developer checked out exported source code from webMethods Designer as well.

• Plugin

supports

• enforce version based build

and deployment using webMethods ABE & Deployer tools and traditional Zip & Unzip tools.

• webMethods ESB Assets (IntegrationServer packages) are supported for build and deployments.

Limitations

• Deploying Applications to webMethods Cluster is not implemented in the current version.

• Plugin operations to start/stop webMethods standalone Server instances and cluster are not yet available.

• Support is not available at this time for webMethods Deployer's Runtime based deployment scenario.

These features are being considered for the next version of the plugin

• management and helps consistency across environment of the releases, repeatable releases etc.

• Source Control Repositories supported by FlexDeploy (such as Git, Subversion, TFVC, CVS, PVCS and Perforce) can be used easily, for other Source Control Repositories use generic plugins to extract source code.

Plugin Operations