Creating/Editing a Pipeline Version

To create a new pipeline, navigate to the Search Pipelines screen using the Piplelines menu, and click on the Create button. To edit an existing pipeline, click on the Pipeline Name column of the target pipeline in the search results, or select the row and click the Edit button.

Default Change Management System Instance

@since 5.2.0.1 The pipeline can identify the default CMS istance to select for releases which use this pipeline. This allows setting a default, and eliminates the having to remember to select the instance on each release.

Field	Description
Name	The name of the pipeline.
Updated On	The user who last updated the pipeline verson (read-only).
Updated By	The last update date/time of the pipeline version (read-only).

Definition

The Definition tab provides the definition of the pipeline stages, and their steps and gates. Changes to the pipeline, like a workflow, are versioned so that changes can be published to consumers, or previous versions can be reverted.

Field	Description
Description	A free-form description of the pipeline version.

To add stages to the pipeline version, see Creating/Editing a Pipeline Stage.

Once the stages are added to the pipeline version you can reorder by clicking the arrows on the stage, or delete the stage by clicking the delete button. To view/edit the stage, click on the maximize button.

Click the button to save your changes and continue with further updates, or the button to save your changes and return to the previous page. The button reverts the changes and returns to the previous page.

Click the button to set the selected pipeline version as active, and be sure to save your changes. Upon activation, the previously active version becomes inactive. Once a version has been activated it is locked from future edits, and you must click the button to create a new version in order to make further changes. You can switch the editor to another version of the pipeline by selecting the pipeline version name in the Switch Version drop-down.

Any pipeline version which is active, or has ever been active, is locked from future edits. You must make a copy in order to make further changes.

Team

A Team defines a set of roles which will participate during execution of the pipeline. Roles assigned to the pipeline may then be used within the defined gates and steps (i.e. an approval step). A role contains default members, which can be FlexDeploy Groups, FlexDeploy Users, or email addresses (used for notifications only). A release which consumes the pipeline inherits the roles and default members from the pipeline, and can override those members. For example, the Release Manager members can be different across releases.

Tips

Groups may not be assigned directly to gates or steps. Instead, you must create a pipeline role and assign the appropriate group as a member.
As a best practice, avoid assigning users directly to pipeline roles. Instead, create a group with assigned users, and assign the group to the role. This allows managing users in a centralized location, and avoids management across potentially many pipelines and releases.
Establish defaults in the role definitions of the pipeline, especially if team members are common across releases, to eliminate the need to configure the team on each and every release.

In addition to members, a role defined within a pipeline also establishes default permissions. When a release consumes the pipeline, it inherits the roles default permissions, but can override them for that particular role. In other words, a role may have different permissions from release to release if necessary.

To create a new Role, click the icon. To edit an existing Role, click on the role name. To delete a new Role, click the icon.

Add FlexDeploy Group or FlexDeploy User members to the role by shuttling them from the Available lists on the left to the Member lists on the right.

Tip

Filter the list of available Groups or Users by typing all or part of its name into the Search fields.

Field	Description
Name	The name of the pipeline role.
Manage Stage Execution	Whether or not this role has permission perform actions on the pipeline stage in the release dashboard (e.g. Replay Stage).
Manage Step Execution	Whether or not this role has permission perform actions on the pipeline stage step in the release dashboard (e.g. Replay Step, Skip Step).
Upload Execution Info	Whether or not this role has permission to upload execution information in the release dashboard (e.g. Inputs, Change Tickets).
Active	Indicates whether this pipeline role is active.
Available Groups	All FlexDeploy Groups defined within the Security.
Member Groups	FlexDeploy Groups assigned as members of this role.
Available Users	All FlexDeploy Users defined within the Security.
Member Users	FlexDeploy Users assigned as members of this role.
Email Recipients	Semi-colon delimited list of email addresses assigned to this role. Used for email notification only.

Click the button to save the changes to the role (be sure to also save the pipeline, or changes will be lost), or to revert any unsaved changes.

Properties

Pipeline Properties are used to decorate a release with some context. Values for the properties are provided on each release, and may be used in various groovy scripts within the pipeline definition. For example, only execute a particular step in the pipeline if the "Release Type" is "Security".

To create a new Pipeline Property, click the icon. To edit an existing Pipeline Property, click on the Property Code .

Field	Description
Active	Indicates whether the pipeline property is active. Inactive properties will not appear on the release.
Code	A code for the property, as appropriate for variables within Groovy or Shell scripts. (e.g. no spaces or special characters other than underscore.)
Description	A meaningful description for the property.
Data Type	The data type for this property. Valid types are Boolean, Double, Integer, String.
Subtype	Not currently used.
Default Value	A default value to assign to the property if not specified on the release.
Rows	Defines the height of the component to display when capturing the value from the user.
Columns	Defines the length of the component to display when capturing the value from the user.
Display Name	A meaningful name for the property used for display.
List Data	A list of valid values for the property. Optional, and only applicable for String data type. Allowed formats: Value1,Value2,Value3 Key1,Value1##Key2,Value2##Key3,Value3 (e.g. Key1 will be what is displayed, Value1 will be the actual value when selected) ,Value1,Value2 (e.g. Note comma in the front - will result in empty item in list) ##,Key2,Value2 (e.g. Empty item in list)
Encrypted	Whether or not to encrypt the value, not display on screen or in the logs. Only applicable for String data type.
Multiselect	Whether multiple values can be selected from the List Data. Only applicable for String data type, and when List Data is provided.
Length	The maximum allowed length of the property value. Optional, and only applicable for String data type.
Required	Whether or not a value is required for this property.
Min Value	Minimum allowed value. Optional, and only applicable for Integer and Double data types.
Max Value	Maximum allowed value. Optional, and only applicable for Integer and Double data types.
Validator1	Optional Groovy Script to validate provided value. The script should return true if the value is valid, and false otherwise. The user specified value is available to the script in the Value variable. If not valid, the ValidationMessage is displayed to the user. For example, Example if ("BAD".equals(Value)) {ValidationMessage="Bad value!!"; return false;} else {return true;}
Validator2	Optional Groovy Script to validate provided value. See Validator1.
Validator3	Optional Groovy Script to validate provided value. See Validator1.
Validator4	Optional Groovy Script to validate provided value. See Validator1.
Validator5	Optional Groovy Script to validate provided value. See Validator1.

Click the button to save the changes to the property (be sure to also save the pipeline, or changes will be lost), or to revert any unsaved changes.

Project Groups

Project Groups provide categorization tags for release content. As such, pipelines define the tags, and deploy segments of the content based on those tags. Releases consuming the pipeline can then tag its content as belonging to those groups.

For example, suppose a pipeline defines project groups Database, Configuration, and Applications. The steps within a pipeline stage can then deploy all Database, deploy all Configuration, and finally, deploy all Applications. The release which consumes the pipeline, then defines which content is tagged with Database, Configuration, and Applications.

Field	Description
Active	Indicates whether the project group is active. Inactive project groups will not appear on the release or be available to the pipeline steps.
Code	A name for the project group.

To add a new project group, click the icon. Enter the Group Name.

To edit a project group, modify the Group Name, or set the Active flag.

To delete a project group, click on the icon for the project group you wish to remove.

Change Management

@since 5.2.0.1

The default CMS Instance will be configured automatically on the release which uses this pipeline. The default CMS is set on the release only if the release has not explicitly set the CMS instance. This allows the pipeline developer to indicate that all releases should utilize the selected instance, but it still may be overridden on the release in rare cases where that makes sense. If all releases for this pipeline should use a particular CMS instance, the default eliminates having to remember to select it on each and every release.

Referenced By

Identifies the Releases which are referencing this pipeline.

Field	Description
Release	The internal id of the release.
Name	The name of the release.
Description	The description of the release.
Start Date	The start date of the release.
End Date	The end date of the release.
Status	The status of the release.