Managing Applications

3 minute readReferenceAutomation

CloudBees CD/RO provides access to a wide range of application component management functionality and information.

Accessing application management features

Use one of the following methods to access these features:

  • From the CloudBees CD/RO UI, browse to https://<cloudbees-cd-server>/ and select Deployment Automation  Applications from the main menu.

  • From the CloudBees CD/RO Flow UI: browse to https://<cloudbees-cd-server>/flow/ and select Deployment Automation  Applications from the main menu.

  • From the Automation Platform UI, browse to https://<cloudbees-flow-server>/commander/ and select Projects from the main menu. Locate the project of interest from the project list. Select the link in the Applications column to get the list of applications for that project.

Use the information detailed below to view and manage application components.

Applications
Figure 1. Applications
1 Manage application characteristics.
  • Reconfigure an application by selecting the application name link or Application data application information.

  • Review the application Project, Type, and Microservices information

2 Modify an application process run instance.
  • Remove applications by:

    1. Selecting the application checkbox.

    2. Selecting Delete application .

  • Reconfigure a process run instance by selecting the run instance name link, Application data instance information, or three-dots three-dots.

3 Review the application Status, Progress Duration, and Start time information.
4 Modify specific application attributes.
  • Review application component information by selecting the Components numeric link.

  • Reconfigure the application processes model by selecting the Processes numeric link or the process name link.

  • Update the application environment settings by selecting the Environments numeric link or the environment name link.

5 Manage applications.

Editing applications

Access the application editing functionality using one of the one of the following methods:

  • Selecting the application name link on the Applications page.

  • Selecting Application editor from the View view on the Applications page.

Use the information detailed below to view and manage applications.

Application editor
Figure 2. Edit application
1 Choose an editing feature by:
  • Toggling between editors by selecting Application editor or DSL editor.

  • Navigating to the application process run by selecting Application process runs.

  • Managing application snapshots by selecting Snapshots snapshot.

2 Manage applications by:
  • Editing application properties by selecting Property browser property browser.

  • Adding a new tier by selecting blue plus add tier or Tier Tier.

  • Using these tier management functions by selecting three-dots three-dots:

    • Details

    • Requirements

    • Add component

    • Access control

    • Change history

    • Delete

3 Modify application processes by:
  • Adding a process by selecting Add process add process or Application process runs process.

  • Modify application process model by selecting the process name or model process process process modeling.

  • Using these process management features by selecting three-dots three-dots:

    • Details

    • Parameters

    • Properties

    • Access control

    • Change history

    • Delete

4 Modify application environments by:
  • Adding new environment or resource by selecting Add add or Map Map.

  • Running the application in an environment by selecting Run run.

  • Modify environment map by selecting three-dots three-dots.

5 Manage applications by:
  • Selecting three-line to access the following features related to the application:

    • Details

    • DSL Export

    • Properties

    • Notifications

    • Access Control

    • Change History

    • Delete

  • Running application in all environments by selecting Run run.

Managing application process runs

Use one of the following ways to access Application process runs features:

  • From the CloudBees CD/RO UI, browse to https://<cloudbees-cd-server>/ and select Deployment Automation  Application process runs from the main menu.

  • From the CloudBees CD/RO Flow UI, browse to https://<cloudbees-cd-server>/flow/ and select Deployment Automation  Application process runs from the main menu.

  • From the Applications listing page select Application process runs from the View view menu.

  • From the Application editor page select the app proc run icon Application process runs.

Use the information detailed below to view and manage application process runs.

Application process run
Figure 3. Application process runs
1 Manage application job process runs.
  • Reconfigure a job process by selecting the job name or Info job information.

  • Remove an application process run instance by:

    1. Selecting the job checkbox.

    2. Selecting Delete job.

2 Review the job Status, Progress, Duration and Start time information.
3 Manage the application attributes.
  • Modify the application processes model by selecting the process name link.

  • Update associated environment settings by selecting the environment name link.

  • Select three-dot three-dots to access these job related features.

    • Run the job process again with the same parameters by selecting Run.

    • Halt the job run instance by selecting Stop

    • Edit the job attributes by selecting, Properties, Parameters, or Details.

    • Remove the job from the application by selecting Delete.