Chapter 12. Generating assets for application deployment in user interface

Procedure

1. In the Administration view, click Generators.

   On the Generators page, you can create, edit, and delete generators.

2. Click Create new generator.

3. Configure the following fields:

   1. In the Name field in the opened dialogue, enter a unique name for the generator.
   2. Select Helm as the generator.

   3. Click Template repository to expand the section.

      1. Select a Repository type from Git and Subversion.
      2. (Optional) Enter the URL of your repository that contains the Helm templates.
      3. (Optional) Enter the Branch of your repository.
      4. (Optional) Enter the Root path of your repository.
      5. Select the credentials to access your repository if it is private.

   4. (Optional) Click Values and enter the new value for an attribute in the discovery manifest as a key-value pair.

      During asset generation, the generator overrides the value of the matching attribute in the discovery manifest with the value you enter.

   5. (Optional) Click Parameters to enter parameters and their default values as a key-value pair.

      Parameter fields will require user inputs before the template generates the assets.

      Note

      During template instantiation, parameters take precedence over value and values take precedence over the configurations present in the discovery manifest.

4. Click Save. You can click anywhere on the generator row to open the details view that shows the generator configuration details, parameters, and values.

Procedure

1. In the Migration view, click Archetypes.

2. Click the Options menu ( ) of an archetype, and select Manage target profiles.

   The Target profiles for <archetype-name> appears.

3. Click Create new target profile.
4. In the Name field in the opened dialogue, enter a unique name for the target profile.
5. Click the Tag category field and select the category tag to associate with the tag.
6. Select specific generators and click the right arrow to move the generator from the Available generators list to the Chosen generators list.
7. Click Create.

Procedure

1. In the Migration view, click Applications.
2. Click the edit icon ( ) to update an imported application.

3. In the Update application dialog, click Asset repository and configure the following details:

   1. Select the Asset repository type from Git or Subversion.
   2. Enter the asset repository URL in the Asset repository field.
   3. Enter the Branch of your repository.
   4. Enter the Root path of your repository.
4. Click Save and close the Update application dialog.
5. Click Manage Credentials from the Options menu ( ) of the application.
6. Select the asset repository credential on the Manage Credentials dialog and close the dialog.

Prerequisites

1. You generated the discovery manifest.
2. You configured the application tags in an archetype.
3. You configured generators and target profile in the archetype.

Procedure

1. In the Migration view, click Applications.
2. Click the Options menu ( ) of an application.
3. Click Generate assets to open the Generate assets dialog.
4. Select a target profile and click Next.
5. Click the toggle button to open the JSON view where you can enter the parameter values.
6. Click Next to review the configurations to generate assets.
7. Click Generate assets.