📄️ Get Started With CIs
Deploy stores all of its information in the repository. The Explorer gives you access to the configuration items (CIs) in the repository and allows you to edit them manually.
📄️ Define a New CI Type
You can define new configuration item (CI) types in Deploy. When you specify a new type, its base (a concrete Java class or another synthetic type), and its namespace, the new type will become available in Deploy. The new CI type can now be a part of deployment packages and created in the Repository browser. Each of the three categories of CIs (deployables, deployeds, and containers) can be defined this way.
📄️ Customize an Existing CI Type
Deploy's type system allows you to customize any configuration item (CI) type by adding, hiding, or changing its properties. These properties become a part of the CI type and can be specified in the deployment package (DAR file) and shown in the Deploy GUI.
📄️ Default Names for CIs in Deploy
If you want to apply the same connectivity CI to multiple new CIs that require it, you can use a default convention to assign one of these CIs as the default. Reserved names are used to provide a consistent method of defining the default CI across the system.
📄️ Define a Synthetic Method
In Deploy, you can define methods on configuration items (CIs). Each method can be executed on an instance of a CI via the GUI or CLI. Methods are used to implement control tasks, as actions on CIs to control the middleware. An example is starting or stopping a server.
📄️ Compare Configuration Items
Using the Deploy Compare feature, you can compare two or more configuration item (CI) trees. In addition to comparing the chosen configuration items, it recursively traverses the CI tree and compares each CI from one tree with matching configuration items from other trees.