To create a snapshot, you specify which version of components
and processes to include in the snapshot. Typically, to create a snapshot
you copy the components and processes from an environment where you
deployed the application without errors.
Procedure
- From the IBM® UrbanCode™ Deploy dashboard,
click Applications, and then select an application.
- On the application page, click Snapshots, and then click
Create Snapshot.
- Type the name of the snapshot in the Name field,
and type a description in the Description field.
- Click Save. The Component
Versions page opens for the new snapshot. All the components
in the application are listed.
- Add component versions to the snapshot.
- Typically, you create a snapshot by copying versions of components
from an environment in which you deployed and tested the application
without errors. To copy the component versions in an environment,
click Select For All, and then click Copy
from Environment. Select the environment from which to
copy component versions and processes. This procedure copies the currently
deployed versions of the components from that environment.
- To create a snapshot that includes the component versions
from another snapshot, click Select For All,
and then click Copy from Snapshot.
- To select component versions individually, for each component click
Add in the Versions column. After you click
Add, click the Versions field to select a version of
that component that is available in CodeStation. To select all the latest versions or to select all
versions that match a name pattern, click Select For All and then select the
appropriate option from the list.
- Optional: To refine the versions of the component
processes in the snapshot, click . By default,
the most recently defined version of each component process and property
is used. Latest is displayed in the Versions column,
with the actual version in parentheses.
- Optional: To lock snapshot component versions, using the Applications page, select
an application, then click . By default, the lock setting is determined by the option selected in the
Lock Snapshots field on the Create Environment window.
To lock previously unlocked component versions, click Lock Versions.
- Optional: To lock a snapshot configuration, using the Applications page, select an
application, then click . By default, the lock setting is determined by the option selected in the
Lock Snapshots field on the Create Environment window.
To lock an unlocked snapshot configuration, click Lock Configuration.