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Description
HCL Launch is an Application Deployment Automation tool that provides facilities for modeling your applications, including its components, run-time environments, and automated processes. Applications are the central point of focus of HCL Launch.Quick Info
87.1155713 
launch-application-87.1155713.zip
Uploaded: 21-Apr-2023 14:08
launch-application-86.1150656.zip
Uploaded: 01-Feb-2023 18:53
Release Notes
Updating jettison library for CVE-2022-45693 and CVE-2022-45685.launch-application-85.1142530.zip
Uploaded: 10-Oct-2022 15:59
Release Notes
Updating jettison library for CVE-2022-40150 CVE-2022-40149.launch-application-84.1132353.zip
Uploaded: 26-Apr-2022 18:36
Release Notes
Update for java 17 compatibility.launch-application-83.1131564.zip
Uploaded: 08-Apr-2022 15:29
Release Notes
Update udclient and uDeployRestClient.launch-application-82.1128761.zip
Uploaded: 07-Feb-2022 16:56
Release Notes
Remove log4j functionality related to: CVE-2019-17571, CVE-2020-9488. CVE-2021-4104, CVE-2022-23302, CVE-2022-23305, CVE-2022-23307.launch-application-81.1127193.zip
Uploaded: 07-Jan-2022 20:54
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Add compatibility with Groovy 3.launch-application-80.1106934.zip
Uploaded: 26-May-2021 07:10
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Fixing CVE:CVE-2019-4233launch-application-80.1102019.zip
Uploaded: 16-Mar-2021 11:06
Summary
Usage
StepsSummary
The HCL Applications plugin manipulates applications on the HCL Launch server. For example, the steps in this plugin can create applications, add applications to teams, and add components to applications.
This plugin includes one or more steps, click Steps for step details and properties.
Compatibility
This plugin HCL requires Launch 6.0.1 and later.
This plugin runs on all operating systems that are supported by the HCL Launch agent, including z/OS with UNIX System Services.
Installation
See Installing plugins in HCL Launch for installing and removing plugins.
History
The following table describes the changes made in each plugin version.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 86 | Updating jettison library for CVE-2022-45693 and CVE-2022-45685. |
Usage
Creating multiple applications
The Create Multiple Applications step provides the ability to create multiple applications using one JSON file or JSON text body. The format of this JSON body follows the HCL Launch createApplicationFromTemplate REST endpoint. See Create an application with components from a JSON filet for he informaton about this endpoint.
To create multiple applications, create multiple JSON application objects inside of a JSON array as follows:
[{"name": "Application One",
"notificationScheme": "DEFAULT"},
{"name": "Application Two",
"notificationScheme": "DEFAULT"},
{"name": "Application Three",
"notificationScheme": "DEFAULT"}]
Steps
The following process steps are available in the HCL Applications plugin.
- Add Application To Team
- Add Component To Application
- Add Tag To Application
- Check If Application Exists
- Check If Application Process Exists
- Create Application
- Create Application From Template
- Create Application Process
- Create Application Property
- Create Multiple Applications
- Create Snapshot
- Create Snapshot Of Environment
- Delete Application
- Get Application Details
- Get Components in Application
- Get Environments in Application
- Remove Component From Application
- Remove Tag from Application
- Run Application Process
Add Application To Team
Adds an application or a list of applications delimited by commas to a team for a given type classification.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application/Applications | String | A comma delimited list of application names/ids to add to the team. | Yes |
| Team | String | Yes | |
| Type | String | The type classification to add. Leave blank to use the type Standard Application. | No |
Add Component To Application
Adds a component to an application.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application Name | String | Yes | |
| Component Name | String | Yes |
Add Tag To Application
Adds a tag to an application.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application Name | String | Yes | |
| Tag Name | String | Yes |
Check If Application Exists
This step will succeed if the application exists and fail if it does not.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | String | Yes |
Check If Application Process Exists
This step will succeed if the application process exists and fail if it does not.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application Name | String | Yes | |
| Application Process Name | String | Yes |
Create Application
Creates an application.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application Description | String | A description of the new application. | No |
| Application Name | String | The name of the new application. | Yes |
| Default Notification Scheme | String | The notification scheme for this application. The default is none. | No |
| Enforce Complete Snapshots | Boolean | Check this box if the application should require an explicit version for each component. | No |
Create Application From Template
Creates an application from a template and add existing components. Supported by UCD v6.2.3.1 and greater.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application Description | String | A description of the new application. | No |
| Application Name | String | The name of the new application. | Yes |
| Default Notification Scheme | String | The notification scheme for this application. The default is none. | No |
| Enforce Complete Snapshots | Boolean | Check this box if the application should require an explicit version for each component. | No |
| Existing Component IDs | String | Specify a list of existing component IDs to add to the new application. Separate each component ID by a new line or comma. | No |
| Template ID | String | The ID of the template to use. If you are using an application template, either this field or templateName are required. | No |
| Template Name | String | The name of the template to use. If you are using an application template, either this field or Template ID are required. | No |
| Template Version | String | The version of the template to use. Leave blank to use latest. | No |
Create Application Process
Creates an application process.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSON body | String | JSON request body that represents the process to be created. | Yes |
Create Application Property
Creates a property for an application.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | String | name/ID of the application that the environment belongs to. | Yes |
| Property Name | String | name of the property to set. | Yes |
| Property Value | String | value of the property to set. | No |
| Secure | Boolean | check if the property should be secure. | No |
Create Multiple Applications
Creates multiple applications using a JSON format. Outputs a comma delimited list of the application UUIDs that were created (application.ids). Supported by UCD v6.2.3.1 and greater.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSON File/Text | String | Specify a body of JSON text or a file to define Applications. Separate multiple JSON objects by using commas within an array. For example: [{},{},{}]. | Yes |
Create Snapshot
Create a snapshot for an environment, specifying the list of versions to include.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | String | Name or ID of the application to add the snapshot to | Yes |
| Description | String | No | |
| Snapshot Name | String | Yes | |
| Versions | String | A newline-separated list of versions to add to the snapshot. Each line must be of this format: [component name or ID]=[version name or ID] |
Yes |
Create Snapshot Of Environment
Create a snapshot for an environment, specifying the list of versions to include.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | String | Name or ID of the application to add the snapshot to | Yes |
| Description | String | No | |
| Environment | String | Name or ID of the environment to base the snapshot on | Yes |
| Snapshot Name | String | Yes |
Delete Application
Deletes an application
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | String | Name or ID of the application to delete | Yes |
Get Application Details
Retrieve basic configuration information about a application.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | String | Application name or ID | Yes |
Get Components in Application
Get a list of components in an application.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | String | Name or ID of the application | Yes |
Get Environments in Application
Get a list of environments in an application.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active environments | Boolean | check if active environments should be included in the list. | No |
| Application | String | Name or ID of the application | Yes |
| Inactive environments | Boolean | check if inactive environments should be included in the list. | No |
Remove Component From Application
Removes component(s) from an application
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | String | Name or ID of the application from which the components are to be removed | Yes |
| Components | String | Names or IDs of the components to be removed. Mention one component name per line. | Yes |
Remove Tag from Application
Removes a tag from an application.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application Name | String | Yes | |
| Tag Name | String | Yes |
Run Application Process
Runs an application process.
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application Name | String | The name of the application. | Yes |
| Application Process Name | String | The name of the process to run. | Yes |
| Component Versions | String | If you are not using a snapshot, enter component versions here. Each component-version pair should be on a separate line. Separate each component and version number with a colon. Example- My Component:2.5 | No |
| Environment Name | String | The environment on which this process runs. | Yes |
| Only Changed Versions | Boolean | Check this if you want to install only changed versions. | No |
| Snapshot Name | String | If you are using a snapshot, enter its name here. | No |
| Wait For Application Process To Finish | Boolean | Check this if you want this step to wait until the application process finishes. If checked, the result of this step is the result of the application process regardless of whether the steps is a success or failure. | No |
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