XL Release Delphix plugin

Preface

This document describes the functionality provided by the XLRelease plugin for Delphix.

See the XL Release reference manual for background information on XL Release and release automation concepts.

Overview

Requirements

You need to have Jython installed to run unit tests.

Note: XLR version should not be lower than lowest supported version. See https://support.xebialabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003299946-Supported-XebiaLabs-product-versions. The plugins uses the REST API (1.10.0) exposed by the server.

Installation

• Copy the latest JAR file from the releases page into the XL_RELEASE_SERVER/plugins/__local__ directory.
• Restart the XL Release server.

Features/Usage/Types/Tasks

The tasks are:

• Refresh
• Rewind
• Snapshot
• Start
• Stop
• Delete
• Disable
• Enable

References

• https://docs.delphix.com/docs/reference/web-service-api-guide/web-service-protocol
• https://docs.delphix.com/docs/reference/web-service-api-guide/web-service-object-model
• https://docs.delphix.com/docs/reference/web-service-api-guide/api-cookbook-common-tasks-workflows-and-examples/api-cookbook-stop-start-a-vdb

TODO

• Move to the python SDK
• Add job action output on every task script