Plugin steps allow you to orchestrate third-party tools at the appropriate time in your component or application process. The following third-party tools can be used with CloudBees CD/RO:
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Application Server—Examples are IIS, JBoss, and Tomcat.
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Build—Examples are Artifactory, Nexus, MSBuild, Maven.
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Code Analysis—Example is SonarQube.
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Databases—Examples are DBI, Oracle, or SQLServer.
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Defect Tracking—Example is JIRA.
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Reporting—An example is Reports.
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Resource Management—Examples are Chef, EC2, or Azure.
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Scripting or Shell operations—Examples are Groovy, Python, or Ruby.
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Source Code Analysis—Examples are ECSCM-ClearCase, ECSCM-Git, or ECSCM-Perforce.
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System —Examples are Artifact or FileSysRepo.
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Test —Examples are ALM or Selenium.
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Utility—Examples are FileOps or SendEmail.
You can access these options from the Plugin Category dialog box:
Plugin Steps in a Component Process
This example shows how to define a test plugin step in a component process.
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In the Application Editor for the eShoppingCart application, select the "install config" process for the database.conf component in the MySQL application tier.
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In the Component Process Visual Editor, add a step after the "log config contents" step.
The "New Step" appears after this step.
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Click + in the "New Step" to define it.
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Name the step "Verify configuration", use the default values, and click Next.
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In the Step Type dialog box, select Plugins.
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In the Plugins Category dialog box, select Test.
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In the Test dialog box, select Selenium.
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Select the Selenium—Test procedure.
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Enter the required parameters for the procedure, and click OK.
The Component Process Visual Editor now shows this step:
Plugin Steps in an Application Process
This example shows how to add a test plugin step in an application process.
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In the Application Editor for the eShoppingCart application, select the Deploy application process.
The Application Process Visual Editor opens.
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Add a step after the "Create Link to application" step.
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Click + in the "New Step" to define it.
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Name the step "Verify setup", use the default values, and click Next.
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In the Step Type dialog box, select Plugins.
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In the Plugins Category dialog box, select Test.
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In the Test dialog box, select TestNG.
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Select the TestNG—Run TestNG procedure.
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Enter the required parameters for the procedure, and click OK. The Application Process Visual Editor now shows this step:
