Setup¶

NOTE: With the introduction of "Learning Data" in Loops this section is no more needed.

NOTE: Keeping it for learning purposes only: Manual Setup of Demo Environment on top of pre-provided DevOps Loop Environment.

Start Here¶

How to log in¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Open DevOps Loop in Browser	example URL= 'https://devops.automation.techzone.ibm.com/automation'
2	Enter Your Credentials in the Login Screen Example: User: 'demo@devops.loop' Password: 'Passw0rd'
3	Click on the Sign In Button

The Home Page¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	After you have been logged in you will be directed to your homepage
2	If no Teamspace or Loop has been created follow: Creation of a Teamspace and Loops instructions
3	if a Teamspace and Loop exists it will provide you an overview about metrics from your Loops
4	If you are in a different TeamSpace, click on TeamSpace Icon and switch to Demo
5	If you are not on the Home Page page, click on Home Button in the side bar to switch to the Home Page

Setup a Teamspace and Loop¶

Setup a Teamspace¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Click on the Teamspace icon
	1.1 to view or create a Teamspace
2	Click on Create TeamSpace
3	Enter a name and a Description
	2.1 Example Name: 'Demo' Example Description: 'Teamspace for Demos'
4	press Next Button to proceed
5	You can search and add Teammembers to a Teamspace
6	Teammember is added to a list. Proceed to add more members if needed.
7	Press Create to proceed
8	Teamspace creation will take a few moments
9	Teamspace created. Click on Go to Teamspace for next steps
10	New Teamspace is shown
11	Please proceed with Setting up a Loop

Setup a Loop¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Press the Create Loop Button
2	In the Loop creation Dialog enter a name and a description
	2.1 Name:	"EchoLogic"
	2.2 Description:	"Bringing together the power of Echo and Logic into bleeding edge, cloud native and beyond!"
3	press the Next Button to proceed
4	You can search and add a Teammember to the Loop
	4.1 enter "a" in search dialog and if a mail address is shown, select it and click on Add
	4.2 a new Member is added
5	Press the Create Button to start Loop creation
6	Loop creation can take a few moments, as soon as it finishes a Success screen will be shown
7	Creation is successfull
8	Press now Go to my Loops Button to proceed
9	As your Loop has no data please proceed with Setting up Demo Data

Setup AI Integrations¶

Please follow this instructions

Setup Demo Data¶

NOTE: All Files which are referenced here are available in the following GitHub Repository: https://github.com/DevOpsAutomationLabs/EchoLogic_DemoApp

Folowing options how you can use the data from the repo:

Download latest https://github.com/DevOpsAutomationLabs/EchoLogic_DemoApp/releases/latest source code zip file Unzip on your local drive Access the files from the provided links in the setup steps Clone to your local disc

Download EchoLogic DemoApp files¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Click URL to Latest Version
2	The latest version will be shown
3	In the Assets section
4	Click on Source Code Zip
5	Save into Downloads Folder
6	Click on Downloads Icon of Browser
7	Click on File to automatically unzip and show in Filemanager
8	The ZIP file should have been unzipped into a new folder

Importing Demo Data into Plan¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Switch to Plan
	1.1 by either pressing "Let's go to Plan" button on its tile
	1.2 by using the central app switcher on the top left of your screen
	1.3 by using the button/link from What would you like to do today section
2	Click on Let's Go on the "EchoL" application
	2.1 if you get a Welcome Screen click to close to proceed with data import
3	click in the Sidebar
	3.1 on Configuration
	3.2 Use the Import Feature of plan to load sample data
4	In the Dialog for importing record data
	4.1 click the Choose File Button
	4.2 go into Downloads/EchoLogic_DemoApp-NN/files/plan folder
	4.3 select the sample data file EchoLogic.zip to be imported
	4.4 Now we have the file selected
	4.5 Press the Import Button to start
6	The Import process starts.
	6.1 By clicking on Details the process output can be viewed
	6.2 Import has finished
	6.3 Press the close button (bottom right on the screen)
7	verify that data has been loaded
	7.1 Click on Project Board icon on the Sidebar
	7.2 Your board should look similar to this screenshot

Importing Demo Data into Control¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Switch to Control
	1.1 by either pressing "Let's go to Control" button on its tile
	1.2 by using the central app switcher on the top left of your screen
	1.3 by using the button/link from What would you like to do today section

Setup a Personal Access Token¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Click on the top right on Profile and Settings
	1.1 Provide a name for the token. Example demostokenos
	1.2 Select Settings
2	Click on Access Tokens in the menu
	2.1 click on the Select Permissions section to open settings
	2.2 Set "issue" to "Read/Write"
	2.3 Set "repository" to "Read/Write"
	2.4 Set "user" to "Read"
	2.5 Click on Generate Token Button
3	The new Token is created and shown
	NOTE:
	3.1 Copy and Paste the token into a text file for reference!

Clone Target Repository¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Open a Terminal to clone the target and source repositories
2	cd into the Documents folder cd Documents
3	Clone the target repository
	3.1 Git Clone command	git clone https://devops.automation.techzone.ibm.com/control/Demo/EchoLogic.git"
	3.2 Provide Username: demo-devops.loop
	3.3 Provide access token (copy from textfile)
4	The target repository is cloned
	4.1 check the folder with ls EchoLogic
5	If needed Getting back to Documents	cd&cd Documents
6
7	Copy some folders and files from Source Repo to Target Repo
	7.1 Copy docs folder	cp -r EchoLogic_DemoApp/docs EchoLogic/
	7.2 Copy files folder	cp -r EchoLogic_DemoApp/files EchoLogic/
	7.3 Copy src folder	cp -r EchoLogic_DemoApp/src EchoLogic/
	7.4 Copy the Readme file	cp -r EchoLogic_DemoApp/README.md EchoLogic/
8	Check target repo folder ls EchoLogic
9	Push changes
	9.1 Add changes	git add .
	9.2 Commit Message	git commit -m "upload"
	9.3 Push changes	git push
	9.4 Provide username and token (same as with clone)
	9.4.1 demo-devops.loop
	9.4.2 Provide access token (copy from textfile)
	9.5 push finishes
10	Switch back to Control and view Repo

Setup Demo Data in Deploy¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Switch to Deploy
	1.1 by either pressing "Let's go to Deploy" button on its tile
	1.2 by using the central app switcher on the top left of your screen
	1.3 by using the button/link from What would you like to do today section

Setup an Agent Pool¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Switch to Resources View by clicking on the Sidebar
2	Switch to AgentPools View
3	In this view
4	click on
5	In the Create Agent Pool Dialog
	5.1 Enter "demo" in the name field
	5.2 Select all agents
	4.3 Click on Save Button
6	New Agent Pool is listed in the View

Importing Components¶

NOTE: Download the component JSON files which are used in this section

Echo Component

Logic Component

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	In the sidebar select the Components Icon
2	Components View
3	click on Import Component Button
4	Import Dialog opens
5	click on Chose File Button
6	Switch to folder with files and select one
	6.1 - Echo Component
	6.2 - Logic Component
7	File is selected
8	click the Submit Button
9	Result is component imported
10	Repeat Import for second component

Setup Resource Tree¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Switch to Resource Tree View
2	In this view
3	Create a Top-Level Group
	3.1click on Create Top-Level Group button
	3.2 The Create Resource Dialog appears
	3.3 Enter "EchoLogic" in the name field
	3.4 click on Save Button
	3.5 Top Level Group created
4	Add Sub Groups for Environments
	4.1 To add sub Groups to Top Level click on the 3 dots
	4.2 Menu is shown
	4.3 Select Add Group from this menue
	4.4 Enter Sub Group name "DEV"
	4.5 Click on Save Button
	4.6 repeat this section to add additional Groups for "QA" and "PROD"
5	Add an Agent Pool to Environment Sub Groups
	5.1 To add Agent Pool to Sub Group click on the 3 dots of the sub group
	5.2 Menu is shown
	5.3 Select Add Agent Pool
	5.4 Select "demo" from list of Agent Pools and enter "demo" as name
	5.5 Click on Save Button
	5.6 repeat this section to add an Agent pool to Groups "QA" and "PROD"
6	Add a Component Tag
	6.1 To add a Component Tag to the Agent Pools click on the 3 dots on the right side of it
	6.2 Menu is shown
	6.3 Select Add Component Tag
	6.4 Select "EchoLogicComponents" from List of Tags and use same as Name
	6.5 Click on Save Button
	6.6 repeat this section to add a Component Tag to other 2 Sub Groups/Environments
7	Final Resource Tree View

Application¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	Switch to Applications View by clicking on the Sidebar
	View for all Applications

Import or Create App¶

If no Application exists either import or create application

Import Application¶

NOTE: Download App_EchoLogic_NoComponents.json to your local file system.

Step	Details	Additional Information
	If no Applications are available
	click on the Import Applications Button
	If necessary change the settings in the Dialog
	Click on the Choose File Button to select App Import file
	Select file App_EchoLogic_NoComponents.json in your file explorer
	click on Submit Button to start Import
	Application is shown

Create New Application¶

Step	Details	Additional Information
	If no Applications are available
	Click on the Create Application Button
	Select New Application from Menu
	The Create Application Dialog is shown
	Select "Demo"
	click on the Save Button to create new App
	Application is shown

Add Components to Application¶

NOTE:If no components are associated to the new Application, add the imported components.

follow imported components step if not done yet

Step	Details	Additional Information
	Click on Components Tab
	Components View is shown
	Click on Add Components Button
	In the Dialog select "Echo" and "Logic"
	Click on Save Button
	Components View with added Components

Add Environments to Application¶

NOTE:If no environments are available in the new Application, add them following this steps:

Step	Details	Additional Information
	Click on the Create Environment Button
	In the Dialog enter "DEV" as Name
	Scroll down and click on Color
	to select the color for your environment
	click on the Save Button to create new Environment
	Repleat this section and add "QA" and "PROD" environments
	List of all Environments

Assign Resources to Environments¶

NOTE:If environments do not have a base resource associated follow this steps to add them:

Step	Details	Additional Information
	In the Environments List click on the "DEV" entry
	The Environment View is shown
	click on the Add Base Resources button
	In the Dialog select the Resource with same name as Environment
	Click on Save Button
	Repeat this section for "QA" and "PROD" Environments

Import Processes¶

NOTE:If application has no applications processes, follow these steps to import them:

Step	Details	Additional Information
1	From the list of Applications
2	Click on the "EchoLogic" Application
3	First View is the Environments view
	click on "Processes" Tab
	List of all Application Processes will be shown.
	Click on Import Process Button
	The Import Process Dialog opens
	click on Choose File Button
	From the artifact list select App_Processes.yml
	File is selected
	click on Submit Button to start import
	Imported Application Process are shown

Importing Data into Test¶

Importing Data into Build¶